EPA employees have mixed reviews as they trickle back into the office more than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic. The agency's hybrid work plan has hit
Mildred âMickiâ Seacrest Bales passed away on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021 at the age of 95. Micki was born on Feb. 20, 1925 in Knoxville, Tennessee. On Sept. 14, 1947 she married Rubin Bales of Gatlinburg.
Micki worked alongside her husband Rubin at Town and Country Motel, which they built and managed together for forty years. She made dear friends with guests who came and visited yearly. Even though she never attended high school, she earned her GED and took accounting classes at the University of Tennessee.
Micki was also a devout Christian, whose beliefs were always enriched by her actions. Wherever she lived, she was a devoted churchgoer who relished being a part of her churchâs activities and charity. That giving spirit pushed her to volunteer at East Tennessee hospitals and work with hospice care while living in Florida. She also raised money for the American Heart Foundation for many years.
For Biden, protecting the environment means filling vacant science jobs
Laura Dodson, an economist and union official at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, says federal environmental research could be hobbled for years by the loss of experienced scientists during the Trump administration.
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Polluting factories go uninspected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Leadership positions sit vacant at the U.S. Geological Survey’s climate science centers. And U.S. Department of Agriculture research into environmental issues important to farmers is unfinished.
The ranks of scientists who carry out environmental research, enforcement and other jobs fell in several agencies sharply in some cases under President Trump, federal data shows. Veteran staffers say many workers retired, quit or moved to other agencies amid pressure from an administration they regarded as hostile to science and beholden to industry.
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