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Ralph Nader: Ralph’s Year End Charitable Giving Favorites

From: The Litchfield County Times

“A group of U.S. Forest Service professionals started this remarkable group, which has since spread to civil servants in other federal agencies such…

New Regional Forester Says Agency is Responding to Timber Sale Concerns

From: KFSK

“In early November Petersburg’s borough assembly voted to send a letter to the chief of the U.S. Forest Service asking for information on Tongass National Forest timber sales.…

Climate Team, and Its Boss, Just Got Harder to Find at Top Health Agency

From: The New York Times

“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has quietly folded its Climate and Health Program into a branch that studies asthma and expunged the word climate…

Trump Moves to Gut the Clean Water Act

From: The Nation

“Now that the Trump administration’s performance at the COP 24 meeting in Poland has thoroughly trampled over climate-change protections, Trump is moving on from promoting…

Selling Shipyard Safety

From: San Francisco Chronicle

“Beyond the home area, the situation is even more fluid. The Navy has laid out its plan to retest the shipyard, but the EPA and other agencies have said…


News Releases

LABOR PONDERS BREAKING UP TROUBLED WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM

Splitting Whistleblower Duties between Agencies Likely Does More Harm than Good

NEW JERSEY GUTS NEW PRIVATIZED TOXIC CLEAN-UP RULES

“Safety Cushion” Extended to Polluters at Expense of Public Health

OSHA JOB SAFETY RECORD INITIATIVE IMPLODES

Agency Quietly Pulls Plug on Touted Recordkeeping National Emphasis Program

INSPECTOR GENERAL RIPS OSHA WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM

80% of Investigations Found Inadequate; Whistleblowers Win Only 2% of Cases

INTERIOR MAKES BIG STRIDE ON SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY

Secretary Salazar’s Order Could Be Transformative