Environmental Protection Agency is switching mission to Enable Polluter Agency.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-27/trump-s-epa-weighs-merger-that-could-quell-voice-of-scientists
Critics say the move could diminish the role and stature of scientists at the EPA, muffling their voice in the agency’s regulatory decision making. The shift, which was described to EPA staff in a meeting Wednesday, follows other moves under President Donald Trump to alter the status of agency scientists and their outside advisers.
It also comes one day after the EPA put its children’s health chief on administrative leave. Ruth Etzel, head of the EPA’s Office of Children’s Health Protection, told colleagues that her removal wasn’t for disciplinary reasons, Bloomberg Environment reported Wednesday.
https://www.ecowatch.com/epa-demotion-for-top-scientist-2608561616.html
EPA Shakeup Risks Sidelining Science, Environmentalists Say.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-27/trump-s-epa-weighs-merger-that-could-quell-voice-of-scientists
Critics say the move could diminish the role and stature of scientists at the EPA, muffling their voice in the agency’s regulatory decision making. The shift, which was described to EPA staff in a meeting Wednesday, follows other moves under President Donald Trump to alter the status of agency scientists and their outside advisers.
It also comes one day after the EPA put its children’s health chief on administrative leave. Ruth Etzel, head of the EPA’s Office of Children’s Health Protection, told colleagues that her removal wasn’t for disciplinary reasons, Bloomberg Environment reported Wednesday.
https://www.ecowatch.com/epa-demotion-for-top-scientist-2608561616.html
EPA Shakeup Risks Sidelining Science, Environmentalists Say.