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

Union of Concerned Scientists

Roughly half of the survey respondents at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) now say they have a more effective workplace than they did two years before, for example. That’s a 13 to 20 percent jump from what FDA scientists told us in five previous surveys going back to 2006. Only 5 percent said so in our 2018 survey.

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Calling Out Climate Lies for a Living

Union of Concerned Scientists

Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil CEO from 2006 to 2016. But in nearly every instance, Rose listened politely, refrained from challenging Tillerson on the facts, and went on to his next question. . … [W]hat about the oil and gas industry’s subsidies and tax breaks?” And Rose did, at times, ask follow-up questions.

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Starting with a Messy Slate: The Role of Environmental Law in Haiti after the 2010 Earthquake

Vermont Law

Summary: The country of Haiti does not have a history of effective environmental regulation and this has continued after the devastating 2010 earthquake due to a lack of political and economic infrastructure. Furthermore, in 2006 the provisional president, Boniface Alexandre, issued a Decree of Environmental Management.

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Is Agrochemical Contamination Killing Nebraska’s Children?

Circle of Blue

Politically powerful farm lobbies, preferring voluntary measures to curb nutrient pollution, have held off oversight under the Clean Water Act and other statutes. Tyler Larson was diagnosed in 2010 with neurofibroma sarcoma, which resulted in tumors on nerve endings. Coulter has a particularly keen interest. He was 19 when he died.

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Locals Aim Their Protest at Weapons Maker Raytheon in Support of Palestine

Corp Watch

Brazil: A wiretap worth billions: How the CIA used a satellite network, tapped the Brazilian government and assured Raytheon's victory over Thomson in the sale of radars for the Amazon Revista Época | December 13, 2010 Brazil was the target of a joint operation by US secret services exclusively aimed at economic espionage.

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15 people arrested during peaceful 'free Palestine' protest in Louisville

Corp Watch

Brazil: A wiretap worth billions: How the CIA used a satellite network, tapped the Brazilian government and assured Raytheon's victory over Thomson in the sale of radars for the Amazon Revista Época | December 13, 2010 Brazil was the target of a joint operation by US secret services exclusively aimed at economic espionage.

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Raytheon Makes Nuclear War More Likely

Corp Watch

Brazil: A wiretap worth billions: How the CIA used a satellite network, tapped the Brazilian government and assured Raytheon's victory over Thomson in the sale of radars for the Amazon Revista Época | December 13, 2010 Brazil was the target of a joint operation by US secret services exclusively aimed at economic espionage.