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By Jessica A. Knoblauch, Earthjustice Early this spring, dozens of Northern Pacific gray whales began washing up all along the West Coast, their charcoal-colored bodies appearing on beaches from Baja California, Mexico, to Washington. Scientists say dead, stranded gray whales are turning up at... Continue Reading

By James Goodwin, Center for Progressive Reform In a memo sent last week but just now released, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler backtracked a bit on one of the administration’s initiatives to undercut sensible safeguards. His May 13 memo abandons the agency’s push last year to... Continue Reading

By Kathleen Rest, Union of Concerned Scientists Almost 19 years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) entered into a partnership with the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to invest in children’s health. The EPA lauded this history just last October, noting... Continue Reading

By Lauren Urbanek, Natural Resources Defense Council The federal government continues to miss legal deadlines for energy efficiency standards for appliances, equipment, and electronics with 17 standards overdue for review and more on the horizon. That’s bad news for anyone who likes saving... Continue Reading

By Sharon Anglin Treat, Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy With the Trump administration poised to submit its United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA or New NAFTA) to Congress, IATP has teamed up with corporate and trade policy watchdog groups in Canada and Europe to expose the... Continue Reading