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Peter Wright’s Nomination Means Superfund Conflicts of Interest in Almost All 50 States
Genna Reed, science and policy analyst, Center for Science and Democracy
April 16, 2018 9:46 AM EDT
Department of the Interior. Photo: Matthew G. Bisanz. CC-BY-2.0 Wikimedia.
DOI Caught Lying About a Staff Purge. Congress Has Questions
Joel Clement, Senior Fellow, Center for Science and Democracy
April 16, 2018 9:35 AM EDT
Last week, the Interior Department Inspector General’s office released its report on Secretary Ryan Zinke’s controversial mass reassignment of senior executives last summer, requested by alarmed Senators shortly after the reassignments took place.
Secretary Zinke does not like what they found. Read more >
Scott Pruitt’s Regulatory Rollback Recipe
Josh Goldman, senior policy and legal analyst, Clean Vehicles
April 16, 2018 8:27 AM EDT
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt continues to stack the deck in favor of industry interests. At least two members appointed by Pruitt to the EPA Science Advisory Board received funding to conduct misleading research that EPA used to justify reexamining vehicle fuel efficiency standards – a regulation forecast to save consumers over $1 trillion, cut global warming emissions by billions of metric tons, and advance 21st century vehicle technology. Read more >
The White House Clearly Does Not Like the EPA’s “Secret Science” Plan
Michael Halpern, Deputy director, Center for Science & Democracy
April 13, 2018 2:50 PM EDT
The EPA’s plan to limit the types of science that the EPA can use to make decisions may run into an unusual roadblock: the White House itself. In a Senate hearing yesterday, New Hampshire Senator Maggie Hassan questioned White House official Neomi Rao about the EPA plan (watch here, beginning at 59:02), and the answers suggest that the EPA and the White House are not on the same page. Read more >
Brace Yourself for Unhealthy Air: The Trump Administration Weakens Clean Air Protections
Gretchen Goldman, Research Director, Center for Science and Democracy
April 13, 2018 9:41 AM EDT
The president’s order is bad news for anyone that breathes air in this country. Read more >
