White House Delayed Rule to Protect Workers from Harmful Silica Dust
For over two years, the White House’s OMB delayed the review of a rule meant to protect workers from dangerous silica dust exposure.
Scientists Critical of Gray Wolf Plan Were Purged from an Independent Review Panel
Officials at the FWS removed three of the nation’s top wolf experts from an independent science review panel.
USGS Cancels Study on Coal Mining
To keep in line with the Obama administration’s priorities, leaders at the USGS pulled funding for a research project that examined the public health effects of mountaintop removal coal mining.
White House Altered Scientific Data on Coal Ash Hazards
The White House altered findings from the EPA that underlined a rule to regulate pollution from coal-fired power plants.
Bowing to Industry, EPA Failed to Collect Pollution Data from Industrial Farms
The EPA withdrew a rule that would have required concentrated animal feeding operations to provide needed data on how its activities contribute to water pollution.
White House Pressured EPA to Make Particulate Matter Standard Less Health-Protective
The OMB directed the EPA to ignore their science-based recommendations.
Fish and Wildlife Service Officials Used Flawed Science to Jeopardize an Endangered Beetle
Officials at the FWS adopted flawed scientific models and maps of an endangered species.
FDA Allowed Pfizer to Downplay Science on an Arsenic-Containing Animal Drug
The FDA downplayed the results of a study which showed that chickens treated with a pharmaceutical drug had high levels of arsenic in their bodies.
Obama Administration Ignored Science and Restricted Access to Plan B
The FDA Commissioner approved removing the age limit on the emergency contraceptive pill Plan B.
President Obama Ordered the Dismissal of a More Health-Protective Ozone Standard
President Obama ordered the EPA to withdraw its draft rule for ozone pollution.