A Trump Insider Embeds Climate Denial in Scientific Research
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Susan Sargent | March 2, 2020
“An official at the Interior Department embarked on a campaign that has inserted misleading language about climate change — including debunked claims that increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is beneficial — into the agency’s scientific reports, according to documents ...
Massachusetts PFAS Plan Good Start, But Too Limited
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Susan Sargent | February 28, 2020
Sets Limits too High, Omits Thousands of PFAS and Fails to Address Sources ...
National Park 2019 Visitation Reaches More Than 327 Million
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Susan Sargent | February 27, 2020
“More than 327 million visitors descended on the National Park System in 2019, a number that is seen as the third-highest single year tally dating to 1904, yet the head count comes at a time when some parks are overcrowded, National Park Service ranks are depleted, and Congress ...
She Blew the Whistle on Pathogens That Escaped From a Government Lab. Now She’s Being Fired
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Susan Sargent |
“A career scientist who works for the U.S. government is alleging that her supervisors have retaliated against her for sounding an alarm about biosafety and workplace hazards. Her lawyers claim that she has been unfairly targeted for complaining about a litany of issues at a ...
Rolling out a Plan
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Susan Sargent |
“The latest idea coming from the City of Durango’s Natural Lands Preservation Advisory Board is to find a future home for the next big thing – e-bikes. At the heart of it all is the idea to create a new system of user-specific, directional trails for electric bicycles, or e-bikes ...