Top CDC Health and Climate Scientist Files Whistleblower Complaint
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PEER | August 17, 2019
From: Inside Climate News “The Trump administration’s drive to cut climate change out of federal research and policy has been underway at the Environmental Protection Agency and Interior Department since Trump took office. The scientists and their advocates say it has now ...
U.S. climate scientist removed from job to file whistleblower complaint
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From: CNBC “A climate scientist for the Trump administration’s health protection agency who was ordered by his agency to drop work on climate issues will file a whistleblower complaint this week with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, his lawyers said on Wednesday. George Luber, ...
Climate expert at CDC poised to file whistleblower complaint over treatment
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From: Science Today “An expected whistleblower complaint is the latest escalation in a fight between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, and its former head of climate work. George Luber, who led the CDC’s Climate and Health Program, plans to ...
Sewage spills keep taxing Indian River Lagoon, other waters; state issues fines, but is that enough?
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From: Florida Today “But some critics of the state agency argue those fines typically aren’t enough to force utilities to fix longstanding sewage infrastructure issues before frequent big wet-weather spills take drastic ecological tolls on coastal waters. They see a similar ...
Interior Department Moving To Open More Public Lands To Hunting, Fishing
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From: National Parks Traveler “U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials, at the direction of Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, are moving to open seven of their refuges to hunting and fishing, a move spurring concern that National Park System units could be ordered to move in the ...