"Senate Confirms Janet McCabe As Deputy EPA Chief"
"The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Janet McCabe as the No. 2 official at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)."
Source: The Hill, 04/28/2021
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EPA Scientific Integrity Policy — Good Journalism and Good Science Need Lots of Light
“Science is back at EPA,” declared the agency’s new administrator. But for reporters to do their job means more, argues the latest WatchDog — it means ditching a long-standing policy that requires EPA scientists have permission, along with press office “minders,” for interviews. Why that holds back quality journalism and government responsibility to protect public health. Plus, how past agency appointees have overruled science.
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"The Fight to Clean Up the EPA"
"The Environmental Protection Agency recently acknowledged what was plain to most outside observers throughout the Trump era. “Over the past few years, I am aware that political interference sometimes compromised the integrity of our science,” Michal Freedhoff, acting assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, wrote it in a March 10 internal memo."
Source: The Intercept, 04/27/2021
"Former Ojibwe Chairman Tapped For Interior's Indian Affairs"
"President Joe Biden nominated former tribal chairman Bryan Newland for assistant secretary for Indian Affairs of the Interior Thursday."
Source: Indian Country Today, 04/26/2021
"Tracy Stone-Manning Tapped to Lead Bureau of Land Management"
"The White House on Thursday nominated Tracy Stone-Manning as the Bureau of Land Management director, potentially putting an environmentalist in charge of America’s largest land-owning agency."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 04/23/2021
"Joe Biden To Reveal US Emissions Pledge In Key Climate Crisis Moment"
"Joe Biden faces a key test of his commitment to climate action this week, when he sets out his core plans for tackling the climate crisis and calls on all of the world’s major economies to join him in bold action to slash greenhouse gas emissions in the next ten years."
Source: Guardian, 04/20/2021
Biden Picks Energy Lawyer Tommy Beaudreau As Interior’s No. 2 Official
"President Biden announced Wednesday that he will nominate Tommy Beaudreau to be deputy secretary of the Interior Department, ending a standoff between the White House and senators from fossil-fuel-rich states who derailed the president’s first choice."
Source: Washington Post, 04/15/2021
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