By: Karen E. Torrent, Policy Counsel, National Whistleblower Center As the 117th Congress commences, the United States is facing several immense and immediate challenges: the COVID-19 pandemic, its resulting economic crisis, and climate change among them. Against this backdrop, the House of Representatives has made protecting whistleblowers one of their first legislative actions. Every Congress starts Continue Reading »
By Lee Reiners, Executive Director at the Global Financial Markets Center & Charlie Wowk, Research Assistant at the Global Financial Markets Center Several major announcements over the past two weeks indicate U.S. financial regulators are finally starting to take climate change seriously. The timing is no coincidence. The election of Joe Biden as our next Continue Reading »
By Laura Peterson, Senior Research Advisor, National Whistleblower Center The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is due to vote this year on a rule intended to increase transparency of companies that extract oil, gas, and minerals around the world. If the SEC takes the needed steps, it could make meaningful progress reducing the risk Continue Reading »
