EPA employees allege changes to assessments that downplayed chemical risks
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Elizabeth Duan | July 6, 2021
“Four Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees are alleging that managers in the agency’s chemicals office changed safety assessments in a way that downplayed the risks posed by these substances. In a request for investigation to the EPA’s internal watchdog made public ...
3 whales on the path to extinction in US waters
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Kyla Bennett | April 7, 2021
“If current trends hold, the U.S. will earn the uniquely ignominious distinction of presiding over the extinction of three large whale species which largely or solely inhabit our waters. The extinction of any one of these whales would be a black eye for American conservation while ...
Scientific integrity, or more hot air?
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Jeff Ruch | April 4, 2021
“On Jan. 27, President Biden issued a more than 10-page executive memo to all agencies on the topic of scientific integrity. In an accompanying fact sheet, the White House claimed this action sends “a clear message that the Biden-Harris Administration will protect scientists ...
EPA investigates toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in pesticides
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Elizabeth Duan | March 8, 2021
“The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is investigating the presence of toxic chemicals in pesticides, which may be coming from their plastic containers, it said on Friday. The statement comes after testing conducted by the environmental group Public Employees for Environmental ...
Justice Department lawyers acknowledge presidential transition in court filing
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Elizabeth Duan | January 4, 2021
“The Justice Department has acknowledged that a new administration will take office later this month in a recent court filing despite President Trump’s refusal to concede the election and the pressure on staff and officials to not acknowledge his defeat. Department lawyers argued ...