Whistleblower Seeks IG Investigation Of EPA’s Statements On Coronavirus
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Elizabeth Duan | October 27, 2020
“A long-time EPA scientist with a history of whistleblowing claims is asking the agency’s Inspector General (IG) “to investigate and remedy misrepresentations” by EPA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the survival times on surfaces of the virus that ...
Without Senate-confirmed leaders, Interior rules may be at risk
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Elizabeth Duan | October 26, 2020
“Through a series of appointments that appear to have bypassed the Appointments Clause of the Constitution and the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, the officials leading those agencies — the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service and the Office of Surface Mining ...
Trump team pushes nuke dumping
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Elizabeth Duan | October 25, 2020
“Many Americans alarmed over the deadly coronavirus pandemic, a worsening climate crisis, an economic disaster on par with the Great Depression, or the White House’s surrender of Afghanistan to the Taliban would sleep better if they had assurances the radioactive waste disposal is ...
While We Focus on COVID-19, Trump’s EPA Is Quietly Killing Us
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Elizabeth Duan |
“As the days tick down to next month’s presidential election, debate rages over the U.S. government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic with critics of President Donald Trump calling for his ouster due to his failure to protect the American public. And yet as mass media ...
Trump order looks to dismantle the ‘deep state’
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Elizabeth Duan | October 22, 2020
“President Trump last night signed an executive order making it easier for the federal government to fire and hire career staff. “The whole process is dubious and questionable,” said Tim Whitehouse, a former EPA attorney and current president of the group Public Employees ...