The closest thing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has to a press policy is actually its scientific integrity policy. But as WatchDog Opinion writer Joseph Davis writes in the latest EJ TransitionWatch, the EPA’s scientific integrity policy is under direct attack by a powerful congressman. What’s behind the attack? And could the EPA’s science be under assault next?
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"The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism, alarming civil liberties groups about how a second Trump presidency could invoke it to punish political opponents."
"Brendan Carr, Donald Trump‘s pick to serve as chairman of the FCC, said that the agency would examine a complaint over the way that 60 Minutes edited an interview with Kamala Harris as it reviews the merger of Skydance with Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS."
"Fossil-friendly communications companies are represented on some national delegations to the climate talks, DeSmog analysis finds."
"Federal agencies set a record for censoring and withholding documents sought through freedom-of-information requests in Trump's first term. Now it's likely to be much worse."
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