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And support for fracking isn't split down party lines — Moniz has called fracking safe and «a bridge to a low - carbon future,» a finding supported by several Environmental Protection Agency investigations and former Obama Environmental Protection Administrator Lisa Jackson.

Not exact matches

But that's almost exactly what's happening in the congressional investigation of Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt.

Monday's settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice and the California Air Resources Board resolves an investigation of the South Korean carmakers» 2012 overstatement of fuel economy ratings.

Cyber crime ignores borders by its nature, and fighting it requires an unusually high level of cooperation between the companies under attack, the private security firms they hire for protection and investigations, and the law enforcement agencies in multiple countries that try to track hackers down.

WASHINGTON — The two top officials in charge of security and toxic - waste cleanups at the Environmental Protection Agency have abruptly left their jobs, days after EPA administrator Scott Pruitt told lawmakers that his subordinates were to blame for alleged ethical lapses that have prompted more than a dozen federal investigations of the aAgency have abruptly left their jobs, days after EPA administrator Scott Pruitt told lawmakers that his subordinates were to blame for alleged ethical lapses that have prompted more than a dozen federal investigations of the agencyagency.

Last month the UK's data protection agency obtained a warrant to enter and search the offices of Cambridge Analytica — as part of an ongoing investigation into the use of data analytics for political purposes which it kicked off in May 2017.

The down - is - up world of the Trump administration grew even battier Monday amid reports that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is scaling back its investigation into credit agency Equifax, which allowed hackers to access the personal information...

Democratic lawmakers lashed out at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday amid a report that the agency was backing off an investigation into a massive data breach at Equifax last year that exposed sensitive data about millions of people.

The sources cautioned to Recode that FTC staff regularly question companies on consumer - protection matters, like privacy — and often, the agency chooses not to pursue any penalties while closing its investigations as quietly as it began them.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt remains under investigation by that agency's inspector geAgency Administrator Scott Pruitt remains under investigation by that agency's inspector geagency's inspector general.

The Environmental Protection Agency is opening internal investigations into Scott Pruitt's $ 50 - a-night condo deal with a lobbyist and other recent allegations, adding to about a dozen federal probes involving...

Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt is announcing the departure of two top aides amid ethics investigations at the aAgency head Scott Pruitt is announcing the departure of two top aides amid ethics investigations at the agencyagency.

The Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general will launch another investigation into Scott Pruitt's use of multiple email accounts.

Cuomo, however, insists he's not sweating the investigation, suggesting the Environmental Protection Agency did not exercise proper oversight in the first place through shifting limits on PFOA in water.

Citi News investigations have revealed that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered the company to stop production but according to the residents, fumes billowing from the chimneys of the factory are...

Citi News investigations have revealed that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered the company to stop production but according to the residents, fumes billowing from the chimneys of the factory are affecting their health.

That investigation also disclosed a little - known program overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that exempted more than 1,000 other drinking water aquifers from any sort of pollution protection at all, many of them in CProtection Agency that exempted more than 1,000 other drinking water aquifers from any sort of pollution protection at all, many of them in Cprotection at all, many of them in California.

In letters sent on 18 June, Representative Joe Barton (R - TX), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and investigations subcommittee chair James Greenwood (R - PA) asked the Commerce, Energy, and Health and Human Services departments and the Environmental Protection Agency, among others, to describe their policies on outside activities by employees and report the amounts paid since 1999.

A French data protection agency has issued a warning to eight dating companies, following an investigation into the collection of user data.

TELECOMPAPER - July 29 - French data protection agency CNIL has served notice to eight dating sites including Meetic, Attractive World, AdopteUnMec, Easyflirt, Rencontre and Mektoube after an investigation revealed a number of breaches of privacy.

In November, GDI reported that the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had opened an investigation into an (unnamed) online dating agency for suspected breaches of consumer protection law.

Volkswagen is facing a new round of questions as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it has expanded its investigation of an emissions cheating scandal to include more diesel models, including Porsche.

In 2006, the ASPCA will expand its Humane Law Enforcement (HLE) Department, allowing for more investigations and arrests for animals cruelty in the New York metropolitan area, while also increasing the scope and number of training seminars given by this agency to law enforcement and animal protection agencies across the country.

Last spring, the Environmental Protection Agency wrapped up a nine - month investigation into spot - on flea and tick products in response to reports from pet owners who claimed that flea and tick medications, including some prescribed by veterinarians, had caused reactions ranging from mild irritation to death in dogs and cats.

Last Friday, two former special investigators from the criminal investigation division of the Environmental Protection Agency, quoted by the Web site Truthout, said that criminal, not civil, inquiries should have been the priority from day one.

(Nine investigations of Mann's climate research, including one by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and another by the National Science Foundation, have found no evidence of academic fraud.

As an award - winning ICN investigation reported last year, the ruptured dilbit pipeline posed unique challenges and left a mess unlike anything the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had ever faced.

In the US, Republican members of Congress are asking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to forestall any effort to regulate carbon dioxide emissions under the Clean Air Act until a full, transparent investigation has taken place on allegations that fudged data played a role in establishing the link between industrial CO2 emissions and global warming.

The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) filed a petition yesterday calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to end the use of powerful greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in a number of applications, building on the significant progress made in two recent rulemakings under the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program.

The exact cause of the Kalamazoo River oil spill has yet to be determined; investigations are being conducted by both the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

LONDON - As the International Maritime Organization's Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC70) meeting came to a close today [1], the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a member of the Clean Arctic Alliance, welcomed the progress made by member countries towards a phase out of the use of heavy fuel oil (HFO) by vessels operating in the Arctic.

Reps. Henry Waxman (D - CA), Edward Markey (D - MA) and Diana DeGette (D - CO) sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency today following an investigation into the use of diesel in fracturing fluids.

The investigation is being conducted by the House subcommittee on energy and environment, amid growing calls for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the drilling industry.

As a member of the firm's Government Investigations, Corporate Compliance + Criminal Defense Team, she represents businesses and individuals in civil and criminal investigations by local, state and federal authorities, such as state attorneys general, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service, and local laInvestigations, Corporate Compliance + Criminal Defense Team, she represents businesses and individuals in civil and criminal investigations by local, state and federal authorities, such as state attorneys general, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service, and local lainvestigations by local, state and federal authorities, such as state attorneys general, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service, and local law enforcement.

Served as Connecticut counsel on team of attorneys negotiating with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MADEP), and Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CTDEP) concerning wastewater discharges and impact to stream sediments, including required remediation and further investigation of conditions.

The following departments or agencies provided loan repayment assistance to one or more attorneys: Commerce, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, State, Transportation, Treasury, Veterans Affairs, Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Federal Trade Commission, Government Accountability Office, Library of Congress, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Postal Regulatory Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Surface Transportation Board.

Negotiated a unique consent order with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency whereby investigation and remedial obligations were limited to the client's property.

[1] Cooperation with investigations and proceedings of judicial and lawyer discipline agencies, as required in paragraph (A), instills confidence in judges» commitment to the integrity of the judicial system and the protection of the public and may be considered by the judicial and lawyer discipline agencies as a mitigating factor.

She has represented clients in regulatory investigations by such agencies as the United States Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Our firm's energy litigators, a number of whom have previous government experience at the FERC, Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice, regularly represent clients in complex regulatory litigation before, and investigations undertaken by, the FERC, the departments of Energy, Commerce, the Interior, and Agriculture, and many other federal and state regulatory bodies.

For the OPC, this investigation is a first in that is was done in collaboration with the Dutch Data Protection Agency.

You defend clients in investigations involving the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency and the Forestry Commission; what particular challenges do these cases present?

TALLAHASSEE - As a result of ongoing investigations into complaints about the sale of unauthorized travel insurance in Florida, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink has notified three travel agencies that she intends to order them to stop selling insurance on behalf of Colorado - based Prime Travel Protection Services, Inc. and any other unlicensed travel insurer.

At issue for the company — and at the heart of the FTC probe — is a settlement they reached with the agency in November 2011, ending an investigation that Facebook deceived users about the privacy protections they are afforded on the site.

MADRID (Sputnik)- The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AGPD) said in a tweet on Thursday that it had launched an investigation into the misuse of Facebook users» personal information by the Cambridge Analytica consultancy firm.

«The Spanish Data Protection Agency has opened an investigation against Facebook in order to examine the possible harm caused to the Spanish users,» AGPD stated.

A US consumer protection agency said Monday it has opened an investigation into Facebook's privacy practices, another blow to the social network, which is struggling to deal with a growing crisis on misuse of private data.

The state of Massachusetts has launched an investigation into the collection of Facebook data, as has Britain's data - protection agency.

Special Agent, Criminal Investigator AFOSI Detachment 305 — McChord AFB, WA (6/2001 — 8/2003) • Obtained prosecution of felony crimes, including a base dormitory arson incident, involving both military and DOD civilian personnel, by gathering and analyzing critical information and evidence along with sourced human intelligence • Leveraged liaison and collaboration skills by coordinating matters of mutual interest with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies and increasing intra-agency information sharing avenues • Prepared quality comprehensive reports of investigation for Air Force commanders and authorities • Provided commanders with specialized CI support to force protection while deployed to Romania in support of OIF

The role of the physician may include identifying abused children with suspicious injuries, reporting suspected abuse to a child protection agency for investigation, supporting families who are affected by child maltreatment, coordinating with other professionals and community agencies, giving court testimony, providing preventive care and anticipatory guidance, and advocating for policies and programs that support families and protect vulnerable children.