The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has moved to change the way it gathers data on commercial chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), prompting concerns from some environmental activists at a time when the agency is already under scrutiny for whistleblowers’ allegations that it is fast-tracking dangerous chemicals due to industry pressure. Three Democrat…
Senate Confirms Michael Regan to Lead EPA
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Michael Regan as the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which will play a central role in the Biden administration climate change agenda. The bipartisan tally in the Democratic-led Senate was 66-34 to confirm Regan. President Joe Biden’s executive orders has set goals to zero…
In First Decision Supreme Court’s Barrett Rules Against Environmentalists
In Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s first written opinion since joining the Supreme Court, the court ruled against left-wing environmental activists demanding federal regulators make public sensitive documents from its internal deliberations about changing the regulations for power plants’ cooling water intake systems. The 7-2 ruling in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service v. Sierra Club Inc….
In First Opinion, Supreme Court’s Barrett Rules Against Environmentalists
In Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s first written opinion since joining the Supreme Court, the court ruled against left-wing environmental activists who had demanded that federal regulators make public sensitive documents from its internal deliberations about changing the regulations for power plants’ cooling water intake systems. The 7-2 ruling in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service v….
In 1st Opinion, Supreme Court’s Barrett Rules Against Environmentalists
In Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s first written opinion since joining the Supreme Court, the court ruled against left-wing environmental activists who had demanded that federal regulators make public sensitive documents from its internal deliberations about changing the regulations for power plants’ cooling water intake systems. The 7–2 ruling in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service v….
Sen. Blackburn Says Biden EPA Appointee Broke Law
Environmental Protection Agency Principal Deputy General Counsel Melissa Hoffer may have violated federal law by asking the Department of Justice to put a hold on all litigation involving EPA, according to Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.). In a Jan. 25 letter made public Thursday, Blackburn asked EPA Inspector-General (IG) Sean O’Donnell and Comptroller General Gene Dodaro…
New EPA Rule Simply Follows the Scientific Method
January 19, 2021
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Commentary Scientific research is composed of several fundamental elements. Without these core steps, the results of any experiment should be considered questionable, if not outright invalid. These elements include making observations, forming a hypothesis, designing and conducting experiments, documenting the results, and sharing all the data so that the work can be peer-reviewed and replicated….
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