Sam Takes the Helm at the National Park Service
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Susan Sargent | December 28, 2021
Another issue Sams inherits is reports of harassment and discrimination within the service’s rank and file. A 2017 survey revealed 40% of park service staff reported experiencing harassment during the past year, according to High Country News. The service commissioned a follow-up report ...
Expertise Gaps Plague EPA Chemical Assessments
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Susan Sargent | December 23, 2021
EPA Lacks Plan to Fill or Retain Critical Scientific Specialist Positions ...
PEER Says EPA Ignored Recent Cancer Findings In New-Chemicals Review
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Susan Sargent |
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) is asking EPA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) to investigate what it says is the TSCA new chemicals office’s policy of refusing to consider new toxicity data on existing substances — and argues the agency used that ...
Burnout, expertise gaps plague EPA chemicals office
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Susan Sargent |
Key EPA programs are facing a steep staffing shortage that some employees worry will imperil critical chemicals work and certain Biden administration priorities, even as advocates say the agency has no real plan for fixing the problem. Parts of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution ...
Green’s involvement in field project must end
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Susan Sargent | December 22, 2021
These scientists were dealing in facts, which could hardly be tossed aside as “scare tactics” that Donahue accuses the Field Fund of dealing in. But what they said was, indeed, scary. When you’re bringing up toxins such as asbestos and dioxin in the same breath as PFAS, that should ...