The Center for Public Integrity

Satellite delays

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

EPA's advisory board recommended tightening regulations on pollution from diesel vehicles and power plants, but EPA decided against it

Promiscuity, drug use, and bribery found at Minerals Management Service, whose officials have close relations with industry officials

Mountaintop coal mining is making a comeback in Appalachia, stripping hillsides of vegetation and contaminating water sources

Politics, not science, drove some decisions at the Department of the Interior

Hundreds of thousands of people pursuing disability claims with the SSA have been forced to wait as long as three years