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5 officials who will shape Interior policy in 2020
Seventy thousand or so Interior Department employees — in other words, the entire roster of career staffers and political appointees — will be worth watching in 2020.
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Michael Doyle, Scott Streater, Rob Hotakainen and Dylan Brown, E&E News reporters
Seventy thousand or so Interior Department employees — in other words, the entire roster of career staffers and political appointees — will be worth watching in 2020.
In March 2019, a telephone caller left a message describing Interior Secretary David Bernhardt as a "cancer on the planet" and wishing him a "heart attack." It's one of several threats that Interior leaders and other Cabinet officials have forwarded to the FBI over the years.
By Michael Doyle and Kevin Bogardus in Greenwire
Three years ago, staff in EPA's Midwest office sent a warning to headquarters about rules on lead in drinking water: Even followed perfectly, the standards weren't protecting public health.
By Ariel Wittenberg in Greenwire
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In March 2019, a telephone caller left a message describing Interior Secretary David Bernhardt as a "cancer on the planet" and wishing him a "heart attack." It's one of several threats that Interior leaders and other Cabinet officials have forwarded to the FBI over the years.
By Michael Doyle and Kevin Bogardus in Greenwire
Three years ago, staff in EPA's Midwest office sent a warning to headquarters about rules on lead in drinking water: Even followed perfectly, the standards weren't protecting public health.
By Ariel Wittenberg in Greenwire