Probe reveals toxic workplace in enforcement office
by E&E News | May 12, 2021
“EPA’s inspector general issued a stinging rebuke of the agency’s forensics center, highlighting challenges left for the Biden administration to address. Tim Whitehouse, a former EPA enforcement official, generally found the report “unsurprising,” saying the ...
Group slams big spending by leftover Trump appointee
by E&E News | May 11, 2021
“A lingering Trump appointee overseeing the struggling federal agency charged with investigating chemical disasters is spending excessive amounts of taxpayer money, according to documents obtained by a watchdog group. Katherine Lemos, chair of the Chemical Safety and Hazard ...
PEER Accuses CSB Chair Of Misspending Funds, Undermining Nominees
by Inside EPA |
“An environmental whistleblower group claims Katherine Lemos, chair and sole current member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) rewrote the panel’s governing rules to “consolidate” her power at the expense of three pending nominees, and claims she has ...
Colorado used since-“retired” memo when writing disputed Suncor refinery pollution permit
by Colorado Sun | May 10, 2021
“In drafting their long-disputed permit renewal for Suncor Energy’s refinery in Commerce City, state air pollution officials used the same 2010 internal guidance memo that they recently “retired” after whistleblowers called the memo illegal and protested it with the ...
Whistleblowers ask AG to expand probe into Colorado air pollution division
by Colorado Sun | May 7, 2021
“Attorneys for the whistleblowing state air pollution division employees late Friday asked the Colorado Attorney General’s Office to broadly expand the scope of its previously announced investigation into the state health department’s handling of numerous industry permits. The ...