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Still, the nominee would have a lot of work ahead of him if confirmed, advocates note.
Environmental groups and the largest union representing Environmental Protection Agency employees expressed optimism following a confirmation hearing Wednesday that President Biden’s pick to lead the EPA will bring back scientific integrity and trust at the agency.
Michael Regan, most recently secretary of North Carolina s Department of Environmental Quality, worked for the EPA in various capacities from 1998 to 2008. “We will restore the role of science and transparency at EPA. We will support the dedicated and talented career officials,” he testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. “We will move with a sense of urgency on climate change and we will stand up for environmental justice and equity and we will do that in a collaborati
Statement by Andrew Rosenberg, Union of Concerned Scientists Published Mar 13, 2019
WASHINGTON (March 13, 2019) Today, Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) introduced the Scientific Integrity Act, which would protect federal government scientists from political interference. The legislation would help to ensure that the public benefits from the best available science from government agencies, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).
Below is a statement by Andrew Rosenberg, director of the Center for Science and Democracy at UCS and a former National Marine Fisheries Service regional director.
“Federal scientists work on issues ranging from food safety to weather monitoring to medical research. Their findings can benefit the economy, public health and safety, and the environment. Unfortunately, federal scientists have often seen their work ignored or manipulated for political ends.
5 Physicians Endoscopy Partner Centers Receive APEX Quality Award
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JAMISON, Pa., Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Five Physicians Endoscopy partner ambulatory surgery centers have received the 2020 National APEX Quality Award. The Endoscopy Center of Niagara, Laredo Digestive Health Center, Long Island Center for Digestive Health, PGC Center for Excellence, and South Broward Endoscopy Center were recognized as the highest performing healthcare facilities within their healthcare peer grouping. Awarded annually by SPH Analytics, recipients of the APEX Quality Award are determined solely by patient satisfaction measures. APEX, traditionally meaning highest point, is defined by SPH Analytics as Attributes for Patient Excellence .
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A federal judge rejected arguments made by Andrew Wheeler, former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, that a new rule limiting the agency’s use of scientific evidence was just a “housekeeping” measure. Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP
Death of EPA’s controversial ‘censored science’ rule delights researchers
Feb. 3, 2021 , 11:00 AM
Science and environmental groups are celebrating triumph in their nearly decadelong battle against efforts to limit the kinds of scientific evidence that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can use in writing new regulations.
A federal judge this week killed a controversial rule, issued late in former President Donald Trump’s administration, that would have allowed EPA to ignore or downplay data from human health studies resting on confidential medical information that is difficult to make public. The agency has long relied on such nonpublic data in developing new regulations to limit air and water pollution or redu