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.
The Minerals Management Service: Bad Science in the Name of Private Interests
Regulator MMS has an extensive history of suppressing science and underestimating environmental impacts in order to ensure the speedy approval of oil industry projects.
NOAA Officials Mischaracterize Report on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
NOAA officials sidelined scientists and misrepresented a report on the fate of oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
DOI Failed to Protect Whales from Drilling Operations
The DOI issued hundreds of permits for oil drilling and seismic surveys without carrying out the scientific analyses required by law to assess the impact on marine mammals and endangered species.
DOI Ignored Dangers to Marine Mammals from Oil and Gas Operations
The DOI approved hundreds of oil drilling and seismic surveys operations in the Gulf of Mexico without carrying out the analyses required by law to assess the impact on marine mammals and endangered species.
Last Ditch Effort to Limit Science in Endangered Species Act Rescinded
The Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior announced in late April 2009 a decision to overturn the last minute Bush Endangered Species Act Section 7 rule.
Pressure Not to Diagnose PTSD at the U.S. Army and Department of Veterans Affairs
The U.S. Army and Department of Veterans Affairs allegedly pressured psychologists not to diagnose PTSD to free Army from providing long-term, expensive care for soldiers.