“The inspector generals have provided a much better avenue for serious inquiries into scientific integrity violations because they actually have investigatory powers and they’re not afraid to take on political leaders,” said Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for ...

The final update arrives almost a year after EPA released a draft that was roundly criticized by organizations like Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a watchdog group. In a Thursday interview, Kyla Bennett, the group’s science policy adviser, said the final version was ...

State’s Premier Climate Program in Need of Reform ...

Maryland's Renewable Portfolio Standard is failing to deliver on its renewable electricity goal and imposing unnecessary costs on the state's economy and residents ...

Some states have started to take their own measures. Maine, in particular, banned the use of sewage sludge on agricultural fields in 2022 and remains the only state to have done so. Still, an outright ban on the use of sludge as fertilizer would bring its own problems. Wastewater sludge ...