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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 [...]
[Agro-] Industrial Policy IS Climate Policy
By guest author Anna Levy Underscoring the need for a multidisciplinary approach to complex problem-solving such as ensuring safe and adequate food supplies in a climate-disrupted world, key staff for Government Accountability Project’s Climate Science & Policy Watch (CSPW) and Food Integrity Campaign (FIC) programs are collaborating to guide an [...]
Hellish Hurricanes Part One: Just the Facts on Florence, Please
Have hurricanes like Florence, Maria, and Harvey become deadlier and more destructive because of human-caused changes in Earths climate system? NOAA GOES satellite From September 14-18, 2018 Hurricane Florence dumped more than 19 trillion gallons of water on the Carolinas with record-breaking rainfall that flooded most highways and [...]