Topic: Environment & Energy

No Records Response from the Secret Service Regarding Social Media Response to Hurricanes Maria and Irma

May 7, 2019
The U.S. Secret Service's Office of the Deputy Director stated that it had no records of communications about the agency's social media response to Hurricanes Maria and Irma. American Oversight sought these records to better understand how the agency was framing response efforts.

BSEE Cell Phone Logs for Scott Angelle from December 2017 to March 2019


April 30, 2019
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) cell phone logs from Director Scott Angelle. These records only include Angelle's cell phone calls, as BSEE has stated that they do “not maintain or have access to call logs or billing records for office phones.” In 2017, Angelle gave out his cell phone number to a group of oil executives, encouraging them to call him to avoid public records laws. The logs— dating from Dec 1, 2017 to March 30, 2019 — show calls between Angelle, the American Petroleum institute, Chevron, and others. 

FOIA to DOI Office of the Solicitor Seeking Records Relating to Twin Metals’s Mining Leases

April 30, 2019
FOIA to DOI Office of the Solicitor seeking records relating to mining leases held by subsidiary of company owned by Ivanka and Jared Kushner's Washington, D.C. landlord.

USDA Communications with Pork Industry Officials Regarding Hurricane Florence in North Carolina

April 29, 2019
United States Department of Agriculture communication with representatives of the North Carolinian pork industry about damages from the hurricane in 2018.

USDA Records Regarding a Report from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

April 29, 2019
USDA communications in response to our FOIA request seeking records about a recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.

EPA Communications Regarding Glider Trucks

April 12, 2019
Environmental Protection Agency communications regarding the glider truck industry from 2017 through January of 2019.

EPA Records Regarding Expenditures During the 2018-2019 Government Shutdown

April 10, 2019
Environmental Protection Agency records of expenditures made during the government shutdown in late 2018 and early 2019.

BSEE Records Regarding Potential Hatch Act Violations from 2017 to 2018

April 4, 2019
Records from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement regarding potential Hatch Act violations from 2017 to 2018.

Center for Disease Control Records Related to Hurricane Maria Deaths

April 1, 2019
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention records related to Hurricane Maria. American Oversight sought these documents after a study found that the official death toll from the hurricane vastly undercounted the number of people who died as a result of the storm.

News Roundup: The Mueller Investigation Is Over, But the Swamp Is Thriving

March 29, 2019
Look no further than Interior Secretary nominee David Bernhardt.