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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EPA

Facing fines, polluters turn to Trump's enforcement fixer

EPA's chief of staff fixed a $100,000 problem for a fellow Oklahoma Republican. That meant more "whiskey fungus" on homes in a small town in Indiana and more smog for Cincinnati. But Ryan Jackson says fixing enforcement cases is part of his job.

By Corbin Hiar and Mike Soraghan in Greenwire 1:48 PM EDT

AUTOS

The coming clash between unions and EVs

UAW's push to unionize a VW plant in Tennessee was the latest episode in a struggle that could rise up again — next time over making electric cars.

By Maxine Joselow and Kristi E. Swartz in Energywire 7:14 AM EDT

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