Mercury May Reach Orbit Through Regulatory Blindspot
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PEER | November 19, 2018
Mercury Satellite Thruster Propellant Threatens Eco-Catastrophe Back on Earth ...
Senators Call for New Safety Board Leader
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PEER | November 16, 2018
From: E&E News “Prominent Senate Republicans have added themselves to the list of lawmakers calling for the White House to nominate a new Chemical Safety Board chair. The Trump administration has repeatedly proposed eliminating CSB, which investigates industrial chemical accidents, ...
PEERMail: We Need More Than Oversight
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We Need More Than Oversight Don’t get me wrong. For the past two years, congressional oversight has been synonymous with congressional overlook. Scrutiny enforced by subpoena would be a welcome change. If the past two years show anything, it’s that inside the Trump-sphere of ...
Agency ‘Hemorrhaging’ Taxpayer Dollars — Watchdog
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From: Greenwire “A government watchdog is criticizing the Chemical Safety Board for lacking transparency and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in a personnel case involving a former managing director of the agency. CSB will hold a closed-door meeting tomorrow on a “legal ...
Why The EPA Won’t Get The Lead Out Of Our Water
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From: The National Memo “Public employees are pushing the EPA to rewrite its regulations which have helped enable crises like Flint, Mich., and now Newark, N.J. An estimated 15 million to 22 million people, or 5% to 7.5% of our nation’s population, drink water delivered through lead ...