The new CSB

摘要

The Chemical Safety Board has approved reforms intended to increase transparency and accountability at the agency. The move, described by CSB's temporary executive as putting "our house in order," follows years of criticism leveled at the board's former chair. However, infighting among board members at the small independent agency has led Washington-based nonprofit organization Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility to call the reforms evidence of "hypocrisy," likening board member Richard Engler's appointment as CSB interim chief to a "coup d'etat."