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The AMA and the Vaccine Integrity Project have announced plans to create an independent vaccine safety and efficacy review process.

Federal environmental law enforcement could drop sharply in a second Trump administration. That's the conclusion of a new report from the Environmental Integrity Project. The report finds that EPA ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reversed plans to delay regulations for steel industry coke plants, the Environmental Integrity Project announced. “It is good news that the Trump EPA is ...

A nonprofit environmental group said at least 130 natural gas-fired power plant projects are planned in Texas over the next few years as part of that state’s effort to meet growing demand for energy.

With police-wellness challenges spanning continents, Summerville Police Chief Doug Wright found himself thousands of miles from home, standing before officers navigating both war and routine ...

A new report from Environmental Integrity Project — a national watchdog group founded by Eric Schaffer, former director of the Environmental Protection Agency — claims some paper mills could be ...