An environmental advocacy group is following through on the ultimatum it set last fall, suing the Office of Personnel Management in an effort to force the government’s HR agency to implement a 7-year-old law aimed at limiting agencies’ ability to put federal workers accused of ...

In chemistry, a chain reaction is a rapid sequence of events in which the products of one reaction become the reactants of another. US courts of law can be similar. Take a New Jersey fishing company by the name of Loper Bright Enterprises, which in 2020 filed a lawsuit arguing that the ...

Republican lawmakers in Congress are investigating the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) over numerous allegations of misconduct at Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) in Kansas. In a letter dated July 2, leaders on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and the House ...

A new study has found “forever chemicals” can infiltrate the bloodstream through the skin, raising new questions about the potential health risks of PFAS-laden beauty products, makeup or other items. “This is something that’s affecting every single American,” said ...

A new contract for employees at the Environmental Protection Agency has some new assurances that allow scientists to discuss their work more freely. The new contract has a provision protecting scientific integrity. For more, Federal News Network’s Eric White spoke to Jeff Ruch of Public ...