Climate Change Resilience Study Halted
The Trump administration indefinitely froze a six-year study looking at future flooding risks in the New York-New Jersey area.
White House Buries CDC Report on COVID-19
The White House blocked the release of a CDC report that provided recommendations on how to reopen up communities safely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Backed by Science, Honolulu Sues Big Oil for Climate Damages
Working with information from a UCS co-sponsored forum and meetings with staff, the city and county of Honolulu, HI, filed a lawsuit to hold fossil fuel companies liable for their share of climate damages.
UCS Wins Court Appeal on Science Advisory Board Membership
UCS won an appeal allowing our lawsuit against EPA to proceed. We’re challenging a Trump Administration policy prohibiting scientists who receive grants from EPA from serving on science advisory board committees.
Trump Administration Axes Coronavirus Research
The Trump administration defunded a National Institutes of Health grant supporting research on bat-human virus transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic.
EPA Conceals Scientific Information on Hundreds of New, Potentially Dangerous Chemicals
The EPA is consistently violating congressional law in how it reviews the health and safety implications for newly manufactured chemicals.
EPA Skirts Public Comment Process on Cancer-Causing Pesticide
The EPA sidestepped the normal public comment process, when it approved the use of a cancer-causing pesticide for soybean plants in 25 states.
Endangered Species Threatened in California due to Sidelining of Scientific Report
FWS dismissed and rewrote a ‘biological opinion’ that determined endangered species would be threatened by changes in water management practices in California.
OSHA is Failing to Record COVID-19 Cases For All Workers
OSHA issued guidance that, companies will generally no longer be required to report COVID-19 cases among their workers.
Decisionmaking Process at EPA’s Scientific Advisory Board has Become More Secretive
Most members of the EPA's scientific advisory board are now restricted from a certain decisionmaking process.