INTERIOR

Zinke puts solicitor in charge of FOIA oversight

Published: Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke last month quietly shifted oversight of Freedom of Information Act requests to his department's top attorney — a post to which President Trump has yet to nominate an appointee — citing a "dramatic increase" in litigation and demands during his tenure.

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CLIMATE

Supreme Court questions Big Oil effort to duck liability

The Supreme Court heard arguments today in a narrowly drawn jurisdictional dispute with broad implications for climate liability cases. Justices' question: Were oil industry attorneys hiding elephants in mouse holes?

By Pamela King in Greenwire Tuesday, January 19, 2021

WHITE HOUSE

Trump issues new executive orders limiting regulations

President Trump yesterday issued two executive orders that aim to restrict federal regulations in an attempt to limit the incoming Biden team.

By Kelsey Brugger in Greenwire Tuesday, January 19, 2021

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