disinformation playbook


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So Long and Thanks for all the Fish, Says the EPA to Southwest Alaska

, Research Analyst

August 2, 2019 10:31 AM EDT

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has once again washed its hands of its responsibility to protect the health and safety of our waterways. On Tuesday, the agency helped clear a path towards the development of Pebble Mine, a proposed mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska that if built will become the largest open-pit copper and gold mine in the United States. The EPA has abdicated their authority to veto the project if the mine proves dangerous to the rivers, streams, and other water bodies in the region.

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If 3M Really Cares About the PFAS Science, Here’s How They Should Move Forward

, Lead science and policy analyst

May 20, 2019 2:42 PM EDT

Well, well, well, 3M. I’m glad to hear you are concerned about the science of PFAS, but let’s put some walk to that talk. Read more >

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Shell Puts Trade Groups on Notice about Climate Policy

, climate accountability campaign director

April 2, 2019 2:42 PM EDT

Today, Royal Dutch Shell published its Industry Associations Climate Review, delivering on a promise made late last year to leading institutional investors who are concerned about climate change. Shell’s review follows a similar report published by BHP in late 2017, and raises the transparency bar for fossil fuel industry competitors and their trade groups. Read more >

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How the Chemical Industry Deployed the Disinformation Playbook on PFAS

, Lead science and policy analyst

March 27, 2019 2:54 PM EDT

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will convene tomorrow for a hearing on the federal responses (or lack thereof) to the risks associated with the class of toxic chemicals known as PFAS, inviting representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Defense, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to testify. It has been encouraging to see Congress conducting oversight on the government’s failures to protect us from PFAS. Read more >

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5 Ways the Trump Administration Uses Disinformation & Why We Need Oversight

, Lead science and policy analyst

February 25, 2019 11:55 AM EDT

Throughout history, special interests have worked studiously to deny, distort, or manipulate science to interfere with policy outcomes and rig the game so that they may continue profiting, usually at the expense of public health or environmental quality. The tobacco and fossil fuel industries have perhaps most infamously used these strategies to avoid public scrutiny and maintain the status quo. Sadly, the outcome is the delay or obstruction of science-based policies intended to protect the public.

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