The Trump administration is making a bad proposal worse as a leaked draft comes to light of the Environmental Protection Agency’s soon-to-be-released supplemental proposal to their so-called Transparency Proposed Rule. Read more >
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Five Things to Yell About in the EPA’s New Opaque “Transparency” Supplemental Rule
November 12, 2019 5:19 PM EDT
Civil Servants are Becoming More Visible Heroes, and the Public is Noticing
November 5, 2019 3:55 PM EDT
It’s tough reading or listening to the news these days, from impeachment to racial attacks to sidelining science. But what is that? I think I see one! A ray of hope in all of the storm clouds: a growing appreciation for the role of civil servants in our country. Read more >
The President’s Latest Senseless Executive Order on Regulations Undermines Public Protection
October 23, 2019 10:33 AM EDT
President Trump issued another set of Executive Orders this month claiming to make the regulatory process more transparent and “fairer” to Americans. It does neither. In fact, the whole narrative that federal agencies have “stealth” regulations, hidden away from the public, only to be seen when an EPA staff member leaps out of the bushes and slaps on the handcuffs, is as ridiculous as it sounds. Agencies just don’t work that way. Why would they? Agency staff strive to do the jobs the laws of the country require. It’s that simple. Read more >
Acting BLM Director William Pendley at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on September 10, 2019. Photo: House Natural Resources Committee/YouTube
Recusal Is Not an Excusal: William Pendley and Conflicts of Interest at the BLM
October 4, 2019 7:19 AM EDT
The acting director of the BLM is deeply conflicted, unqualified, and fundamentally opposed to the mission of the agency he is leading. Read more >
The Indelible Ink of SharpieGate Spreads to NOAA Fisheries
September 30, 2019 4:15 PM EDT
The health of our oceans is profoundly impacted by global warming. Yet you wouldn’t know it from current NOAA Fisheries Director Chris Oliver. At a Senate hearing last week, he “could not say whether climate change is endangering the nation’s fisheries and declined to ‘speculate’ on whether warming oceans will harm fish stocks or generate more hurricanes,” reports E&E news. Read more >