Career Employees Allege EPA Leaders Silenced Them on Key Deregulation Effort

by Susan Sargent | January 21, 2020
“The Environmental Protection Agency suppressed the work of its career employees and dismissed legitimate science in taking a key deregulatory action, dozens of former and current employees have alleged. The employees are asking investigators to discipline the top officials ...

Daily on Energy: Trump Tries out New Climate Line of Attack

“TRUMP TRIES OUT NEW CLIMATE LINE OF ATTACK: President Trump on government-centric plans to combat climate change Tuesday: ‘Fear and doubt is not a good thought process because this is a time for tremendous hope and joy and optimism and action,’ Trump said in his address ...

Trump Hails WOTUS Overhaul as Critics Call for Investigation

by Susan Sargent | January 20, 2020
“President Trump yesterday touted his repeal of key Clean Water Act regulations as more than three dozen current and former government officials called for an investigation into the scientific basis of his forthcoming replacement rule. The Obama-era rule was meant to clarify which ...

EPA Political Appointees Violate Science Integrity Rules

by Susan Sargent | January 19, 2020
Complaint Details HQ Systematically Sidelining Science in WOTUS Review ...

Trump’s EPA Is Said to Cut Scientists out of New Water Policy That Threatens New England Wetlands

by Susan Sargent | January 18, 2020
“With the Trump administration poised to roll back key protections for much of the nation’s wetlands, scientists at the US Environmental Protection Agency are accusing the agency’s political appointees of ignoring their advice and barring them from shaping sweeping new guidelines ...
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