Harvard professor lobbied SEC on behalf of oil firm that pays her lavishly, emails show
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Susan Sargent | April 6, 2023
Kyla Bennett, director of science policy with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer), whose work with whistleblowers has exposed industry’s influence with regulators, Congress, academia and the media, said: “Our current ecological predicament means we can no longer ...
NASA’s New Supersonic Jet Will Have One Thing Missing: a Sonic Boom
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Susan Sargent | April 5, 2023
Environmentalists are opposed to the mission. Quiet supersonic technology would reduce noise pollution, but supersonic travel still burns more jet fuel than a typical commercial flight. A 2022 report from The International Council on Clean Transportation found that supersonic aircraft use ...
National Park Service Opposes Legislation To Allow Fixed Climbing Anchors In Wilderness
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Susan Sargent | April 4, 2023
Opposition to that change came from The Access Fund, a national advocacy organization for the climbing community. Drawing the organization’s ire was a requirement that a permit be obtained before a fixed anchor was placed along a climbing route in official or potential wilderness. ...
Bipartisan Fraud Fighting Bill Unanimously Passes Senate
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Susan Sargent | April 3, 2023
The Administrative False Claims Act (AFCA), S.659, updates the law governing smaller, and potentially more frequent, instances of fraud committed against the government. The legislation raises the statutory ceiling on these types of claims from $150,000 to $1 million, expands the number ...
Groups petition US EPA to force reporting of waste incinerator emissions
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Susan Sargent |
Environmental groups on Monday petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to require companies to disclose the chemicals discharged from waste incinerators and plants that claim to recycle plastic waste into fuel. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the ...
Office of the Inspector General Slams EPA for Betraying Scientific Integrity. . . Again
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Susan Sargent | March 31, 2023
The OIG report notes “unprecedented” interference on the part of Trump EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler and other political appointees in the PFBS assessment. At the 11th hour, Mr. Wheeler ordered the insertion of a range of toxicity values, rather than a specific limit. The ...