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From: The Business Journal “Despite that claim, a report was ready but never released, said Jeff Ruch, Pacific region director for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a nonprofit service organization for local, state and federal environmental and public health ...

From: Government Executive “EPA under the Trump administration has been under intense scrutiny for its regulation rollbacks, dismissal of scientists and political interference in agencies’ science work. At EPA, “Decisions for the most part are made without consulting or seeking ...

From: Inside Climate News “The Trump administration’s drive to cut climate change out of federal research and policy has been underway at the Environmental Protection Agency and Interior Department since Trump took office. The scientists and their advocates say it has now ...

From: CNBC “A climate scientist for the Trump administration’s health protection agency who was ordered by his agency to drop work on climate issues will file a whistleblower complaint this week with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, his lawyers said on Wednesday. George Luber, ...

From: Science Today “An expected whistleblower complaint is the latest escalation in a fight between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, and its former head of climate work. George Luber, who led the CDC’s Climate and Health Program, plans to ...

From: Florida Today “But some critics of the state agency argue those fines typically aren’t enough to force utilities to fix longstanding sewage infrastructure issues before frequent big wet-weather spills take drastic ecological tolls on coastal waters. They see a similar ...