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Seeing 'chilling effect,' unions push back on ethics memo
Several unions representing U.S. EPA employees are asking the agency to rework ethics guidance they believe could silence their members.
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Kevin Bogardus, E&E News reporter
Several unions representing U.S. EPA employees are asking the agency to rework ethics guidance they believe could silence their members.
PHILADELPHIA — Last June's explosion at the East Coast's biggest oil refinery provided a stark illustration of the hazards to nearby Philadelphia neighborhoods. But even in its wake, officials gave no notice to residents that the refinery had registered some of the highest levels of cancer-causing benzene emissions in the country.
By Corbin Hiar, and Lisa Riordan Seville, NBC News reporter in Greenwire
House Republicans met yesterday to discuss their strategy for dealing with climate change. They don't want critics to define them on the issue and vow to present an alternative to Democratic ideas.
By Nick Sobczyk in E&E Daily
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PHILADELPHIA — Last June's explosion at the East Coast's biggest oil refinery provided a stark illustration of the hazards to nearby Philadelphia neighborhoods. But even in its wake, officials gave no notice to residents that the refinery had registered some of the highest levels of cancer-causing benzene emissions in the country.
By Corbin Hiar, and Lisa Riordan Seville, NBC News reporter in Greenwire
House Republicans met yesterday to discuss their strategy for dealing with climate change. They don't want critics to define them on the issue and vow to present an alternative to Democratic ideas.
By Nick Sobczyk in E&E Daily