| Bladewire |
05-08-2017 11:23 AM |
Trumps EPA Removes Scientists From Science Review Board
A spokesman for EPA head Scott Pruitt told the Times the positions, which have mostly been filled with university-affiliated researchers, would likely be given to representatives from polluting industries the EPA is meant to monitor, in an effort ?to take as inclusive an approach to regulation as possible.?
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EPA Removes Scientists From Science Review Board
The Environmental Protection Agency has removed several members from an internal review board meant to provide scientific advice to the agency, a move some say could impair future research into climate change and provide sweeping benefits to polluting industries.
Now-former members of the board say their dismissal amounts to a continued war on science under Pruitt, a man who sued the EPA 13 times and has remained an avowed climate change denier.
The news, quietly announced on Friday, affects the EPA?s 18-member Board of Scientific Counselors, which reviews the agency?s own research in an effort to ?sustain and enhance the quality of science.? The New York Times reports at least five members have been dismissed from their roles after serving a three-year term, and E&E News said up to a dozen could eventually be let go. |
