“Many U.S. scientists working for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) say they don’t trust the agency’s senior leaders to be honest and they fear retaliation if they were to report a violation of the law, according to a survey of employees conducted in 2020. The negative ...

“An environmental non-profit says Florida may be facing a manatee extinction crisis. The group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, has been tracking more than 300 manatee deaths this year alone, and for the majority of them, the cause of death wasn’t even ...

“Since 2004, Maryland residents have invested millions of dollars in renewable energy sources as we strive to create new energy sector jobs and reduce our carbon emissions in the face of the climate crisis. A lot of Marylanders’ money is being wasted on these dirty energy ...

“On day one, President Biden broke modern records by filling more than a third of the roughly 3,000 political posts across the federal government that do not require Senate confirmation. But for the administration’s 1,250 political appointees that do require Senate approval, it ...

“The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service exists to conserve nature. In Collier County, Florida, money from developers may be interfering with that mission. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is failing in its duty to protect endangered species. Fish and Wildlife Service officials — in ...

“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 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 ...

“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 ...

“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 ...

“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 ...

“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 ...

“Environmentalists are hailing EPA’s decision to freeze and review an 11th-hour proposal by the Trump EPA that dropped a prior commitment to designate two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as “hazardous substances” under the Superfund law and instead said the agency ...

“Since June 2020, WUSA9 has been tracking which federal police agency fired tear gas canisters at Lafayette Park protesters. Emails obtained in a public records lawsuit filed by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) highlight previously unknown details of the U.S. ...

“House and Senate Democrats reintroduced legislation on Thursday to bolster whistleblower protections for employees of business and entities that received federal coronavirus relief funds. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACORN 8 (a watchdog organization), Government ...

“Today, Representatives Jackie Speier (CA-14) and Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced H.R. 846, The COVID-19 Whistleblower Protection Act to establish strong whistleblower protections for the employees of entities that receive federal COVID-19 relief ...

“Environmental groups and the largest union representing Environmental Protection Agency employees expressed optimism following a confirmation hearing Wednesday that President Biden’s pick to lead the EPA will bring back scientific integrity and trust at the agency. If confirmed, ...

“US president Joe Biden has ordered a wide-ranging review of scientific integrity across government agencies, including looking for evidence of “improper political interference” in research. But the Biden administration has already come under scrutiny for its commitment to ...

“An internal audit by the U.S. Forest Service said the federal agency mismanaged two Southeast Alaska timber sales, costing taxpayers around $2 million, failing to outline environmental restoration work, and potentially violating conflict-of-interest rules, among other findings. The ...

“An internal audit by the U.S. Forest Service says the federal agency mismanaged two timber sales. The report blames pressure to meet timber harvest targets. The result was it cost taxpayers around $2 million, failed to outline planned restoration work and potentially violated ...

“For Tom Vilsack, being confirmed as the Biden administration’s agriculture secretary may prove the easiest part of the job ahead. One group, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said Vilsack’s record on scientific integrity isn’t encouraging, a ...