Citizen Health & Safety

Interior Hopes to Reinstate Mountaintop Mining Controls

Apr 27, 2009 by Matthew Madia

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today that he wants to do away with a Bush administration regulation that allowed mountaintop mining operations to dump mining debris into nearby streams. The rule was one of many rollbacks finalized near the end of President Bush’s time in office.

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White House Accepting Comments on Scientific Integrity

Apr 23, 2009 by Matthew Madia

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced today that it is seeking public input on ways to restore scientific integrity in the federal government. In March, President Obama asked OSTP to come up with recommendations on a variety of issues situated at the nexus of science and politics.

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EPA Warming Up to Climate Regulation while Congress Debates

Apr 22, 2009 by Matthew Madia

Yesterday, OMB Watch released an article outlining how EPA’s recent decision to move forward on greenhouse gas emission regulations may (or may not) prompt Congress to pass a cap-and-trade bill. The thinking goes that opponents of cap-and-trade will throw their support behind the bill rather than risk facing new EPA regulations.

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EPA Moves to Require Greenhouse Gas Reporting

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken the first crucial step toward creating a transparent and accountable climate change program by proposing a greenhouse gas registry. The registry would require thousands of facilities from a broad range of industries to record and report their annual emissions of greenhouse gases. A comprehensive registry is a prerequisite for any future efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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EPA Moving on Climate Change

In the first major move by the federal government to address climate change, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has declared heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions a threat to public health and welfare, setting the stage for potentially major regulations.

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Comments on New Regulatory Order Pour into OMB

Approximately 170 groups and individuals submitted comments for the Obama administration to consider as it begins reshaping or retaining the current regulatory structure. Although they varied significantly in many details, the comments reflect a familiar split between business interests and public interests that has characterized the regulatory debate for years.

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Sunstein Officially Nominated

Apr 20, 2009 by Matthew Madia

The internets are buzzing with the news that President Obama has officially nominated Harvard Law Professor Cass Sunstein to head the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs – the administration’s gatekeeper for all things regulatory.

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Guns-in-Parks Rule on Hold Indefinitely

Apr 20, 2009 by Matthew Madia

The Obama administration will accept a federal judge’s ruling that blocked implementation of a rule allowing loaded firearms to be carried in national parks. While the National Park Service (NPS) goes back to the drawing board, the 26-year-old ban on guns in parks will go back into effect.

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EPA Calls Greenhouse Gases a Danger to the Public

Apr 17, 2009 by Matthew Madia

As expected, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to deem greenhouse gases a public threat. Today, EPA unveiled its endangerment finding for the six gases culpable in causing climate change.

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EPA to Begin Work on Hormone Disrupting Chemicals

Apr 16, 2009 by Matthew Madia

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will finally begin to test the health effects of certain pesticide chemicals suspected of disrupting human or animal endocrine systems.

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