Did Dean Crouter Ignore Penn State Hiring Policy to Anoint Professor O’Neill?

2017-02-28

Following up on an anonymous tip we received last December, Checks and Balances Project took a harder look at the role that Dr. Ann C. Crouter, dean of Penn State’s College of Health and Human Services, may have played in Professor John O’Neill’s ascension to director of the School of Hospitality Management (SHM).

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Coast Guard Claims “Lack of Corporate Memory” About Critical Offshore Wind Energy Study

2017-02-17

Strange response to our repeated attempts to obtain public records that could help answer basic questions about the role of the shipping lobby in spurring the study and guiding its conclusions.

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Will Shipping Lobby’s Handiwork Sabotage Offshore Wind Energy?

2017-02-7

An obscure Coast Guard committee, co-chaired by the powerful shipping lobby, has the power to force drastic cuts to lease areas that offshore-wind developers have already purchased.

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