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Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week

PA Environment Daily

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Shapiro, USDA Secretary Announce $26 Million Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Grant Program -- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: Green Energy Agendas And Political Cliffs - By Commonwealth Foundation [Gov. National- $3.07 National- $3.07

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Pentagon admits political appointee had role in awarding no-bid contract to Halliburton

Corp Watch

Pentagon admits political appointee had role in awarding no-bid contract to Halliburton HalliburtonWatch PaulaR Thu, 07/27/2023 - 16:52 Monday, June 14, 2004 Read more WASHINGTON, June 14 (HalliburtonWatch.org) - The Pentagon admitted that a $7 billion no-bid contract to extinguish oil fires in Iraq was awarded to Halliburton after a "political appointee" (..)

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Payback: 99 percent of political donations from Halliburton's board of directors go to Republicans

Corp Watch

Payback: 99 percent of political donations from Halliburton's board of directors go to Republicans HalliburtonWatch PaulaR Thu, 07/27/2023 - 16:52 Tuesday, August 3, 2004 Read more WASHINGTON, Aug.

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What Makes the College-Educated More Likely to Vote?

Union of Concerned Scientists

A study investigating how much education affects voting rates from 1950 to 2004 found that this positive correlation has increased since 1980. College attendance and areas of study influence student voting rates Whether the effect of a college degree on political participation is direct or indirect is debated among sociologists.

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Ask a Scientist: New UCS Federal Scientist Survey Shows Real Progress

Union of Concerned Scientists

According to the results of a new Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) survey released late last month, federal scientists are now working in a more supportive environment than any other time since UCS began administering such surveys back in 2004. Over the next four years, 15,000 more scientists added their names in support.

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What I Told Congress: To Protect the Nation’s Health, We Need Strong Scientific Integrity Policies

Union of Concerned Scientists

Since the subcommittee was created, I have admired its strong commitment to uncovering violations of scientific integrity related to the pandemic response; for instance, they documented more than 80 instances of political interference by the Trump administration. “However, science at federal agencies has long faced a serious problem.

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Cars, Smog, and EPA

Legal Planet

The reason may have been the high political stakes in the car industry or the relatively easier task of setting standards for new products in a single industry using a single energy process. For the first 20 years of federal regulation, Congress set the NOx standards for new cars itself. These are called Tier 1 standards.