Physics World

MARCH 8, 2022

For all the success of her science, her story also demonstrates the barriers and sexism that made it difficult for women to fulfil their scientific aspirations, and affected their careers throughout. I had given in to Authority when I believed I was right…I note it here as a warning to the young. Young scientist.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

Attorney General’s Affidavit - #2 ] The referral was needed because the Attorney General does not have the authority to initiate environmental investigations on its own without a referral from a county District Attorney or DEP. The DEP staff basically said what they said, ‘Well, it's all here. Ketyer, M.D.,

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Currently, DEP has a staff complement in this program of somewhere around 190, when a fully staffed program would need 226+ people. Turns out, the unconventional shale gas industry hasn’t used 40 percent of the permits DEP already issued for wells, wasting a tremendous amount of staff time in the process. Read more here. Ketyer, M.D.,

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

On November 8, the North American Electric Reliability Corp warned natural gas supplies are still vulnerable to conditions like Winter Storm Elliot and as a result the risk of blackouts in extreme weather has increased for this coming winter. Read more here.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Blue Gold: The Battle Against Corporate Theft of the World's Water by Maude Barlow, Tony Clarke (2002) For God, Country, and Coca-Cola: The Unauthorized History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company that Makes It by Mark Pendergrast (1993). Refreshing Pauses: Coca-Cola and Human Rights in Guatemala by Henry J. Frundt (1987).

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Blue Gold: The Battle Against Corporate Theft of the World's Water by Maude Barlow, Tony Clarke (2002) For God, Country, and Coca-Cola: The Unauthorized History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company that Makes It by Mark Pendergrast (1993). Refreshing Pauses: Coca-Cola and Human Rights in Guatemala by Henry J. Frundt (1987).

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

On November 8, the North American Electric Reliability Corp warned natural gas supplies are still vulnerable to conditions like Winter Storm Elliot and as a result the risk of blackouts in extreme weather has increased for this coming winter. Read more here.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The biases, distortions, and political history involved in marijuana’s listing in Schedule I are described by David Downs in “ The Science behind the DEA’s Long War on Marijuana ,” Scientific American (April 19, 2016). ]]. FDA Authorization. N: Zhou Z, Paine MF, Spindle TR, Huang SM, Zhang L.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 14, 2023

When it comes to scientific integrity at federal agencies, however, progress recently took a leap forward after more than a few steps back. Solid majorities across the six agencies surveyed this time around also said their agency’s actions are “always” or “frequently” consistent with their scientific findings.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 13, 2022

This post is part of a series of quarterly roundups on scientific integrity. FDA authorized a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines for those over age 50 , and CDC signed off on the decision, without either agency convening the advisory committees that ordinarily advise them on such moves. Toxic workplace” threatens scientific integrity.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 1, 2022

Staff at the time called it a “dire emergency.”. But four of those scientists, including the author of the 1920s research casting doubt on hatcheries, suggested hatcheries anyway; after seeing the government’s plans for dam construction, biologists knew that preserving existing salmon runs would be essentially impossible.

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ESA

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Scientific Community. NDAA: Congress passed the annual National Defense Authorization Act, an annual must-pass bill setting defense policy for the next year. Water Infrastructure: Congress passed the biennial Water Resources Development Act as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. International. 5199 & H.R.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

First, the court said the cities’ novel theories of liability based on the defendants’ sales of their product did not differentiate their claims from earlier transboundary pollution suits in which the Supreme Court ( American Electric Power Co. Circuit’s Revocation of Project Authorizations. ExxonMobil Corp. applied federal common law.

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

Scientific Community National Academies to hold webinar series titled “Paving the Way for Continental Scale Biology: Connecting Research Across Scales” starting April 24-25. Before the Hill visits, students received policy and communications training and developed messages about the value of ecological research with each other and ESA staff.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

But the vote is not binding and local authorities can still decide. Lack of staff and inadequate safety provisions in the workplace were leading to a high number of accidents at work, and it was not rare that around 30% of workers were signed off sick, the union said in a statement. United States: Nevada Gives $1.3

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Lack of staff and inadequate safety provisions in the workplace were leading to a high number of accidents at work, and it was not rare that around 30% of workers were signed off sick, the union said in a statement. Corporation Tesla Image Image Products Electric cars and trucks, battery energy storage, solar panels and solar roof tiles.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

The court found that there was “resounding evidence” in the record that authorized discharges may affect endangered and threatened species and critical habitat and that the U.S. The court also found that denial of the permit application based on State Environmental Policy Act substantive authority was not clearly erroneous.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Lack of staff and inadequate safety provisions in the workplace were leading to a high number of accidents at work, and it was not rare that around 30% of workers were signed off sick, the union said in a statement. United States: Nevada Gives $1.3

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Lack of staff and inadequate safety provisions in the workplace were leading to a high number of accidents at work, and it was not rare that around 30% of workers were signed off sick, the union said in a statement. United States: Nevada Gives $1.3

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Lack of staff and inadequate safety provisions in the workplace were leading to a high number of accidents at work, and it was not rare that around 30% of workers were signed off sick, the union said in a statement. United States: Nevada Gives $1.3

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Lack of staff and inadequate safety provisions in the workplace were leading to a high number of accidents at work, and it was not rare that around 30% of workers were signed off sick, the union said in a statement. United States: Nevada Gives $1.3

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Lack of staff and inadequate safety provisions in the workplace were leading to a high number of accidents at work, and it was not rare that around 30% of workers were signed off sick, the union said in a statement. United States: Nevada Gives $1.3

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2023

This deadline applies regardless if the application is a simple one-page authorization or a complex multi-volume submission. In addition, DEP is wasting a colossal amount of staff time-- 40%-- reviewing permits that never get used. This waste of time is certainly demoralizing for DEP staff trying to do a good job. Ketyer, M.D.,

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ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Scientific Community. ESA Traditional Ecological Knowledge section to hold webinar with Office of Science and Technology Policy staff. Similar to the House bill, the Senate bill authorizes the creation of up to six bioenergy research centers and climate and earth modeling research. International. degrees of warming. 16:

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The RRP Rules require that only firms certified by EPA or an authorized state or tribal program perform certain renovation, repair, and painting (RRP) projects that disturb lead-based paint in homes and child-occupied facilities built before 1978. (Home Depot) to pay a $20.75 N:United States v. Home Depot U.S.A., 1:20-cv-05112 (N.D.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Over 40 ESA members to meet with Congressional staff Feb. EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee recommends tighter soot air quality standards. Scientific Community. 16-17 with Members of Congress or their staff. Lander will continue to make important contributions to the scientific community in the years ahead.”.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The Clean Air Act provision at issue authorizes small refineries to petition EPA “for an extension of the exemption … for the reason of disproportionate economic hardship.” Circuit vacated Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) orders authorizing a natural gas pipeline in the St. Louis area. Bureau of Land Management , No.

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ESA

MAY 31, 2023

Scientific Community Scientific evidence shows that protecting and restoring wild animals and their functional roles can enhance natural carbon capture and storage. Panelist Royal Garner served as the counsel of record on the scientific societies’ amici curiae in this case. The webinar recording is now available on YouTube.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Scientific Community. billion toward water infrastructure for Native American tribes. 866 ) authorizing the US Forest Service to increase reforestation efforts. 5830 ) which would authorize $9 billion to the State Department for international forest conservation efforts. Ruling allows the EPA to protect Bristol Bay.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Scientific Community. billion toward water infrastructure for Native American tribes. 866 ) authorizing the US Forest Service to increase reforestation efforts. NSF: The Senate and House are set to negotiate a final NSF authorizing bill. The program is authorized to receive $5 million each year through FY2027.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Scavello Introduces Bill Authorizing Community Solar Projects; $2 Billion Worth Of Projects Waiting For It To Pass -- Business, Environment, Energy Groups Praise Introduction Of Bipartisan Bills Increasing Solar Energy Mandate From 0.5% 17; Loving The Land Thru Working Forests Conference Sept.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 10, 2023

More often than not, however, the legislation has failed to sufficiently support midsize and smaller farms—as opposed to large industrialized farming operations—or help food insecure Americans in an equitable, responsible way. What are the likely consequences, and what will Congress do about it? This barbaric, racist policy must end.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

While the regulatory freeze pursuant to a memo from White House Chief of Staff Ronald Klain momentarily paused the issuance of those final determinations, EPA announced on February 22, 2021 that it is moving forward. Biden-Harris Administration Policy on Scientific Independence Now Front and Center Following PFBS Controversy.

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ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

Biden Infrastructure Plan Includes Funding for Natural Infrastructure, Scientific Infrastructure. $2 White House Office of Science and Technology Policy forms Interagency Task Force on Scientific Integrity. . Scientific Community. EPA seeks new members of the Scientific Advisory Board and Clean Air Advisory Committee.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) took up the critical issue of voting rights as a part of its agenda in 2018 when Michael Latner , a political science professor at California Polytechnic State University, came on board as our first Kendall fellow to focus on scientific integrity and bias in US voting systems.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 16, 2024

To this day, Trump and his allies continue to insist that the 2020 election was stolen, despite the fact that his own administration called it “the most secure in American history” and judges denied or dismissed more than 60 lawsuits charging voter fraud. Before joining UCS, Latner coauthored Gerrymandering in America (Cambridge Press, 2016).

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Scientific Community. ESA and the scientific community opposed this executive order over concerns that it could be used to fire scientists whose results contradict the preferences of political appointees. 4883 ), which authorizes $55 million over the next eleven years to support the work of federal agencies, including the U.S.

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