Environmental Health Congress and science: White House threatens to veto bills that would change EPA science advisory boards and limit EPA use of science
November 19, 2014 Elizabeth Grossman 7Comment

In action that may portend how the 114th Congress will treat science, the House has passed two bills that would limit the EPA’s use of science. The White House is threatening to veto both – and an additional bill that in the White House’s view could weaken the Clean Air Act’s public health and environmental protections.

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Environmental Health Chronic polluters also chronic workplace health and safety violators
November 17, 2011 The Pump Handle 2Comment

By Elizabeth Grossman We have learned from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) documents obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request and released by the Center for Public Integrity earlier this month that there are currently about 465 United States industrial facilities on what the EPA calls its “watch list.” The list is made up of […]

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Environmental Health White House’s ozone edict tells EPA to break the law
September 6, 2011 Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH 1Comment

Last Friday when the White House told Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson to drop her plans to revise the national ambient standard for ozone, it seemed like just another example of President Obama caving to business interests. Others were quick to remind me though that bowing to business is not the half of it: […]

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