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Obama offers new hope for science.
As George Bush exits and the inauguration of Barack Obama nears, few constituencies are as hopeful and relieved as American scientists. Toronto Star, Ontario. 4 January 2009.
An eroding mission at EPA.
EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson, whose image over four years morphed from scientist to ideologue, will leave office as one of Bush's most loyal and controversial cabinet members. His decisions alarmed environmentalists, infuriated his own scientists, and led to calls from Democrats for his resignation. Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania. 7 December 2008.
EPA official ousted while fighting Dow.
The Bush administration has forced the head of Chicago's EPA office to quit because of her heated dispute with Dow Chemical over delays in a dioxin cleanup in Michigan. Chicago Tribune, Illinois. 2 May 2008.
Feds nip state efforts to slash mercury.
While arguing in court that states are free to enact tougher mercury controls from power plants, the Bush administration pressured dozens of states to accept a scheme that would let some plants evade cleaning up their pollution, government documents show. Associated Press. 17 February 2008.
Study: FEMA ignored evidence in determining long-term effects of formaldehyde in trailers.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency manipulated scientific research in order to play down the danger posed by formaldehyde in trailers issued to hurricane victims, according to an investigation by congressional Democrats released Monday. Associated Press. 29 January 2008.
Lawmakers fault FEMA on trailers.
Democratic leaders of a House science subcommittee alleged yesterday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency manipulated scientific research into the potential danger posed by a toxic gas emitted in trailers still housing tens of thousands of survivors of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Washington Post. 29 January 2008.
Science's worst enemy: corporate funding.
The biggest threat to science has been quietly occurring under the radar. The threat is money—specifically, the decline of government support for science and the growing dominance of private spending over American research. Discover. 18 October 2007.
UVa hands off duties of climatologist.
The University of Virginia has handed the duties of the climatologist’s office, but not the title, to research coordinator Philip J. “Jerry” Stenger in the wake of climatologist Patrick J. Michaels’ quiet departure from the role. Charlottesville Daily Progress, Virginia. 27 September 2007.
The 9/11 cover-up.
In the aftermath of the first explosion, the air over Lower Manhattan transformed instantly. Today New York City is still mired in a fog of cover-ups and half-truths regarding its environmental welfare. Discover. 8 September 2007.
Bush aide blocked report.
A surgeon general's report in 2006 that called on Americans to help tackle global health problems has been kept from the public by a Bush political appointee without any background or expertise in medicine or public health, chiefly because the report did not promote the administration's policy accomplishments. Washington Post. 29 July 2007.
School bus company falsified emissions test data, suit says.
Public-interest groups say the company nation's largest school-bus operator has falsified emissions tests on the diesel exhaust-belching vehicles and has failed to warn children exposed to carcinogenic chemicals, as required by California law. San Francisco Chronicle, California. 16 May 2007.
Amid suits over mold, experts wear two hats.
A scientific position paper has become a key defense tool wielded by builders and landlords in litigation over mold-related illness. One point that rarely emerges: The paper was written by paid experts for the defense. Wall Street Journal. 9 January 2007.
The many travails of Ben Santer.
One of the world's leading climate modelers has long been a target for contrarians and climate skeptics. Environmental Science & Technology. 9 August 2006.
Prof. under fire over funding source.
A University environmental science professor has come under fire recently from environmentalists and ethicists after reports surfaced that the professor, who is skeptical of the extent to which humans play a role in global warming, had received money from a coal-burning utility. Cavalier Daily, Virginia. 3 August 2006.
Science-for-hire hazardous to health.
After decades of tobacco science, polluters are enlisting the Office of Management and Budget in efforts to undermine environmental laws. OMB has proposed mandatory guidelines that would require impossibly comprehensive risk assessments before issuing new documents or rules. Baltimore Sun, Maryland. Opinion, 17 April 2006.
Scientists see clean air decision as latest snub.
For the first time, the EPA is rejecting recommendations from its Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee as the agency moves forward this year with revised rules governing how much soot and dust can be permitted in the air. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri. 27 February 2006.
Call for openness at NASA adds to reports of pressure.
Top political appointees in the NASA press office exerted strong pressure during the 2004 presidential campaign to cut the flow of news releases on glaciers, climate, pollution and other earth sciences. New York Times. 16 February 2006.
The political science test.
Growing numbers of researchers say their findings are being discounted, distorted or quashed by Bush Administration appointees. Time Magazine. 5 February 2006.
Smoked out.
Investigative reporting reveals that Steve Milloy, a columnist for FoxNews and publisher of junkscience.com, has been paid directly by tobacco and oil companies while writing about those issues in his columns, with no mention of payments. New Republic. 27 January 2006.
New product for US industry: 'manufactured doubt.'
By generating and publicizing uncertainty about the scientific underpinnings of proposed action on air pollution, global warming, the health effects of tobacco and other subjects, industries have been able to ward off regulation and buy valuable time. Austin American-Statesman, Texas. 29 June 2005.
Tobacco industry research grants spur debate.
Nearly four years ago, the University of California's Board of Regents smothered a controversy by barring the university from investing in tobacco, primarily due to health risks associated with smoking. San Francisco Chronicle, California. 27 December 2004.
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