Today, Independent Science News published an article by William Sanjour, an EPA whistleblower and NWC Board Member. In “Designed to Fail: Why Regulatory Agencies Don’t Work,” Mr. Sanjour uses his 30 years of experience at the EPA to not only explain the problem, but also to offer some solutions.
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Occupy EPA protest planned for March 30
Occupy EPA is marching again. On Friday, March 30, 2012, at 12 noon, they will march from Franklin Square Park (13th & I Sts NW in Washington, DC) to the headquarters of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (12th & Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Federal Triangle, Washington DC). There, at 1:00 pm, they will lead a rally…
Dr. Coleman-Adebayo Discusses Her New Book on PBS
NWC’s Board of Director member Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo was interviewed by Travis Smiley last night on PBS about her book NO FEAR: A Whistleblower’s Triumph Over Corruption and Retaliation at EPA.
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Occupy DC Rallies Tomorrow To Support Whistleblowers
Protestors from a wide range of organizations led by Occupy DC, the No FEAR Coalition, the National Whistleblowers Center, net-We.org, Federal Alliance for Workplace Accountability, and others will demonstrate against the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, November 10 at noon.
The demonstration will gather at noon at Freedom Plaza before proceeding to the Environmental…
Book Launch for NWC Board Member on October 11th
This special book talk event will be Tuesday, October 11th at 6:30 pm at Busboys & Poets (14th and V Streets, Washington, DC).
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Marsha Coleman-Adebayo speaks in NO FEAR
No Fear: A Whistleblowers Triumph over Corruption and Retaliation at the EPA is a new book by environmental whistleblower Marsha Coleman-Adebayo (pictured, with EPA whistleblowers David Lewis and Bill Sanjour). In 1996, Dr. Coleman-Adebayo was a senior policy analyst for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). She was assigned to an international team to assist the…
NWC Board Member Returns to Court Tomorrow
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, a member of the National Whistleblowers Center’s Board of Directors and founder and leader of the No FEAR Coalition, will be present in court tomorrow, February 9, 2011, objecting her removal from the Environmental Protection Agency in January of 2009.
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Burrowing and Purging at Sunset
David Swanson reports in AfterDowningStreet.org that the Bush administration has accelerated efforts to purge federal departments of whistleblowers before the inauguration of President-Elect Obama. The story follows on the heels of a Washington Post report about the "borrowing" of political appointees into civil service positions to protect their jobs after the change of administrations.
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Environmentalist Blog Endorses Whistleblower to Head the EPA
The African-American Environmentalist blog has reported on discussions suggesting that Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo might be a pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Dr. Coleman-Adebayo joined the EPA as an African affairs specialist in 1990. She has 18 years experience at the agency and a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In…