By Genna Reed, Union of Concerned Scientists Since the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) became law, it has done a number of things to protect children from exposure to lead in toys and other items, improved the safety standards for cribs and other infant and toddler products, and created the saferproducts.gov database so that consumers have a […]
By Katie Tracy, Center for Progressive Reform The Trump administration has aggressively sought to undermine public safeguards since taking office, all under the guise of making America great (again?). Nowhere has this been more evident than the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), where Trump appointees have sought to attack most every standard adopted during the Obama […]
By Joel Clement, Union of Concerned Scientists Can scientific staff at the US Department of the Interior rest easy knowing that their colleagues at other agencies have it worse when it comes to political interference? Survey says: Nope. Today the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) released the results from their periodic survey of scientific professionals at federal […]
By Amy Mall, Natural Resources Defense Council Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) recently introduced legislation that would weaken the Clean Water Act, making it easier for polluting companies to build dirty oil and gas pipelines, massive dams, and other harmful projects that pose significant threats to rivers, wetlands, and other water bodies around the country. The bill […]
By Jacob Carter, Union of Concerned Scientists In February and March of this year, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) conducted a survey of federal scientists to ask about the state of science over the past year, and the results are in. Scientists and their work are being hampered by political interference, workforce reductions, censorship, […]
By Remington Gregg, Public Citizen The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has the authority to file complaints against individuals when the law is being violated and when it believes doing so would be in the public interest. This month, the FTC flexed that power by bringing strong enforcement actions against several auto dealerships that allegedly ripped […]
By Julie McNamara, Union of Concerned Scientists In a new regulatory effort, the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claims to be working to increase consistency and transparency in how it considers costs and benefits in the rulemaking process. Don’t be fooled. Under the cover of these anodyne goals, the agency is in fact trying to […]