by Jeff Ruch | May 22, 2020
The Friday night sacking of the State Department’s Inspector General (IG) should send a shiver of fear down the spine of every IG, ethics officer, and oversight functionary remaining in federal service as Trump’s relentless attack on oversight continues with...
by Tim Whitehouse | Aug 23, 2019
Today, President Trump delivered an address to the American people on environmental leadership. For decades, the United States has been a world leader in environmental research, protection and innovation. We once recognized the role that the United States played in...
by Tim Whitehouse | Apr 29, 2019
Defending Climate Science in the Trump Era Available for download The Trump administration’s pro-industry, anti-science agenda has undermined the work of every federal agency that conducts climate science and has a broad chilling effect on agency personnel. President...
by Susan Sargent | Apr 26, 2019
Available for download EPA Administrator Wheeler has identified drinking water protection as a top priority. However, the Trump Administration is proposing massive cuts to EPA’s drinking water program. While EPA’s drinking water program would be cut “only” 8% under...
by Peter Jenkins | Mar 31, 2019
Interior’s Detour Around Senate Confirmation View PDF » Synopsis Eight political appointees are leading most of the Department of the Interior bureaus without the required “advice and consent” of the Senate. President Trump’s tactic violates fundamental “checks...
