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We Must Repair and Restore Scientific Integrity in Government: Our Recommendations to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
We Must Repair and Restore Scientific Integrity in Government: Our Recommendations to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy By Anne Polansky Government Accountability Project recently prepared a set of recommendations for policies strengthening existing scientific integrity policies and submitted them to the newly created Scientific Integrity [...]
Introducing the Scientific Integrity Reporting Project
Introducing the Scientific Integrity Reporting Project Our parent organization Government Accountability Project is teaming up with the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund (CSLDF) and several other organizations to launch the Scientific Integrity Reporting Project, an initiative to learn more about the exact nature and frequency of inappropriate interference in [...]
Government Accountability Project Submits Letter to the Office of Special Counsel in Support of Pending Whistleblower Case for CDC climate scientist George Luber
Yesterday, Government Accountability Project submitted to the Office of Special Counsel a letter of support for climate scientist and federal whistleblower Dr. George Luber, whose employer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, retaliated against him. An accomplished epidemiologist whose work is extensively published in the scientific literature, Dr. Luber [...]
Dr. George Luber, CDC’s Persecuted Climate & Health Expert, Files Whistleblower Protection Claim
We recently wrote about the plight of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Climate and Health Program and the political persecution of its former chief, epidemiologist Dr. George Luber. This courageous truth-teller is now fighting back by waging a spirited legal battle and media campaign with the help of Public [...]
As Climate Change Creates a True Public Health Emergency, Trump Administration Quashes Federal Climate Program and Exiles its Director
Climate Change has now created a public health emergency, according to the medical and public health community at large in an urgent call to action. “Climate change is one of the greatest threats to health America has ever faced—it is a true public health emergency,” a letter issued this week to policymakers [...]