"Of Science, Certainty, and the Safety of Cell Phone Radiation"
"How to cover an issue when the stakes for human health seem so high, scientific questions still linger, and passions run so deep?"
Source: Undark, 02/06/2018
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Policy ‘Confrontation’ is Watchword, Say Journalists at Issue Look-Ahead Forum
Top reporters at an event sponsored by the Society of Environmental Journalists predicted clashes in 2018 over climate, drilling on public lands, environmental laws, infrastructure, national monuments and more. Here's what these journalistic veterans forecast. Plus, check out the accompanying annual issues guide.
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OSHA Drops Fatality Data, Science Suppression Tracker and More
OSHA stops publishing on its website a list of U.S. workers who died on the job, a new "Silencing Science Tracker" tool and a journalists' guide to working with whistleblowers are released, plus a powerful politician pressures a scientist on environmental health policy. All in the latest WatchDog TipSheet.
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"Trump Nominates USGS Head. It Took Him More Than A Year."
"President Trump has nominated a former astronaut to head a science agency after more than a year in office — even as his administration has touted the agency as key to helping make the United States a dominant force in exporting fuel and minerals globally."
Source: Washington Post, 01/30/2018
"Germany Says Emissions Tests On Monkeys, People Are Unjustifiable"
"The German government on Monday dismissed as unjustifiable any auto emissions testing on monkeys or people."
Source: Reuters, 01/30/2018
Top Trump Environment Pick, a Fossil Fuels Evangelist, May Be in Trouble
"Kathleen Hartnett White, the former Texas regulator who has extolled the social benefits of carbon dioxide and asserted that coal helped end slavery, faces a difficult road to Senate confirmation as top White House environmental adviser, according to lobbyists and Capitol Hill sources."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/30/2018
Pruitt Closely Monitored Scrubbing of EPA Climate Websites, Emails Show
"Shortly after arriving at the Environmental Protection Agency, Administrator Scott Pruitt took a personal interest in and closely monitored the removal of extensive information from his agency's website that explained to the public the federal effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Power Plan, according to newly released EPA documents."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/30/2018
"A Science Denier at the Natural History Museum? Scientists Rebel"
"Rebekah Mercer, a supporter of President Trump and an influential donor to conservative causes — including groups that deny climate science — is under renewed pressure to step down from the board of New York City’s most prominent science museum, the American Museum of Natural History."
Source: NY Times, 01/29/2018
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