Elizabeth Shogren

from The Center for Investigative Reporting

Advisory panels slashed – environmental regulations rolled back. How the Trump Administration uses questionable science to justify its policies.

President Donald Trump says he doubts humans have much of a role in climate change. His administration has sought to silence scientists.

Under White House pressure, the EPA ordered the panel to ignore the findings of its own scientists that the chemical TCE causes fetal heart defects.

Scientists under political pressure “basically knew the answer that the White House wanted, and they were going to cook the books,” one engineer says.

Researchers contracted by the National Park Service have projected what happen to some iconic national parks if greenhouse gases keep growing.

Trump’s interior secretary nominee, David Bernhardt, has pushed to weaken long-standing protections for migratory birds, alarming scientists.

Congress ordered a fix to a gaping hole in food safety years ago. But the administration postponed a remedy that could prevent deadly outbreaks.

The National Park Service has deleted every mention of humans’ role in climate change in drafts of a report on risks from rising seas and storm surge.

Environmentalists worry the development in Arizona will deplete the San Pedro, the Southwest’s last major free-flowing river.