The IRS has upped audits on the working poor while dramatically decreasing audits on corporations and the wealthy

Failure by the Securities and Exchange Commission to properly oversee investment banks puts the public at risk

Risky trades expand quickly with no oversight from SEC

Instead of buying up troubled assets, money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program poured into banks to little avail

Perchlorate can hinder brain development, and has shown up in more than 150 drinking water systems in 35 states

The creation of a new satellite system combining civil and military programs has been fraught with structural and funding problems

The Bush administration demonstrated disdain for science by allowing key scientific posts in government to go unfilled for over a year

The United States, which has seen no reduction in greenhouse gas emissions since 2000, is on track for a 16 percent increase through 2030

Years after the deadline, the Department of Energy still has no construction plans for a national site for radioactive waste

Since 2000, the EPA has engaged in two-thirds fewer clean-ups near hazardous waste sites