Specter of ICE Looms Over Investigation of Fatal Poultry Plant Disaster
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Elizabeth Duan | February 17, 2021
“A senior political appointee from the Trump administration still employed at a federal safety agency investigating a fatal chemical disaster at a Georgia poultry plant has been in communication with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a highly unusual move, the Project On ...
Firefighters face lies, ‘phony’ studies on PFAS exposure
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Elizabeth Duan |
“Firefighters attempting to uncover the truth about carcinogens in their protective clothing are confronted with the same playbook chemical companies have used for decades: twisting science to deny and downplay the dangers of their products. E&E News obtained copies of those ...
State, Boeing mediating cleanup dispute at former nuke site near Simi, worrying activists
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Elizabeth Duan |
“The state and Boeing have quietly begun mediating the long-planned cleanup of the former Santa Susana Field Laboratory site near Simi Valley, a move activists and Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks fear will water down the cleanup. The mediation offer from the state did not come ...
National Academies slams Trump admin chemical reviews
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Elizabeth Duan | February 16, 2021
“A withering new report from one of the country’s leading science authorities faults EPA’s approach to chemical risk evaluations under the Trump administration — a process the Biden EPA has already pledged to overhaul. Advocates also say the report’s findings are ...
Will Biden’s scientific integrity memo help whistleblowers?
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Elizabeth Duan | February 12, 2021
“When President Biden last month issued a memo meant to fortify scientific integrity, science groups and environmentalists rejoiced over the beginning of a new era: Government scientists would no longer be punished for doing their jobs. But one Seattle-based microbiologist was not ...
Endangered Florida panther’s fight for survival takes a big hit
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Elizabeth Duan | February 10, 2021
“It turns out the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service accepted money for staffing costs from a private entity — the Eastern Collier Property Owners – which, as many readers may know, has a permit application the federal agency is currently reviewing. The arrangement was first reported ...