Environmental Health

"E.P.A. Employees Spoke Out. Then Came Scrutiny of Their Email."

"One Environmental Protection Agency employee spoke up at a private lunch held near the agency headquarters, saying she feared the nation might be headed toward an “environmental catastrophe.” Another staff member, from Seattle, sent a letter to Scott Pruitt, the E.P.A. administrator, raising similar concerns about the direction of the agency. A third, from Philadelphia, went to a rally where he protested against agency budget cuts."

Source: NY Times, 12/19/2017

"CDC Gets List Of Forbidden Words: Fetus, Transgender, Diversity"

"The Trump administration is prohibiting officials at the nation’s top public health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases — including “fetus” and “transgender” — in official documents being prepared for next year’s budget."

Source: Washington Post, 12/18/2017

EPA Contractor Spent Past Year Scouring Agency for Anti-Trump Officials

"One of the top executives of a consulting firm that the Environmental Protection Agency has recently hired to help it with media affairs has spent the past year investigating agency employees who have been critical of the Trump administration, federal records show."

Source: NY Times, 12/18/2017

U.S. Steel Didn't Test For Toxic Metal After Spill Into L Michigan Trib

"U.S. Steel failed to test a Lake Michigan tributary for highly toxic hexavalent chromium after blue liquid "with visible solids" poured out of one of the company's northwest Indiana plants in late October, according to documents posted online Tuesday by state regulators."

Source: Chicago Tribune, 12/13/2017

"N.J. Governor Christie Eyes Nuclear Power Subsidies, Sparks Criticism"

"New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said he would consider a bill in his last month in office that would subsidize the state's nuclear power plants to prevent them from retiring early, sparking criticism from some energy companies and environmental and public interest groups on Friday."

Source: NY Times, 12/13/2017

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