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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday May 09 2017, @03:39AM   Printer-friendly
from the surprise dept.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has chosen to replace half of the members on one of its key scientific review boards, the first step in a broader effort by Republicans to change the way the agency evaluates the scientific basis for its regulations.

The move could significantly change the makeup of the 18-member Board of Scientific Counselors, which advises EPA's key scientific arm on whether the research it does has sufficient rigor and integrity. All of the members being dismissed were at the end of serving at least one three-year term, although these terms are often renewed instead of terminated.

EPA spokesman J.P. Freire said in an email that "no one has been fired or terminated," and that Pruitt had simply decided to bring in fresh advisers. The agency informed the outside academics on Friday that their terms would not be renewed.

[...] These moves came as a surprise to the agencies' outside advisers, with several of them taking to Twitter to announce their suspensions.

Members of EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors had been informed twice — in January, before Barack Obama left office, and then more recently by EPA career staff members — that they would be kept on for another term, adding to their confusion.

We cannot allow Beijing's air quality to beat ours.


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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by julian on Tuesday May 09 2017, @04:27AM (1 child)

    by julian (6003) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday May 09 2017, @04:27AM (#506740)

    Trump's EPA is busy interviewing new scientists who would be willing to reclassify smog as a vegetable.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 09 2017, @04:46AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 09 2017, @04:46AM (#506746)

    Same old same old, just like Monsanto "Organic GMO-free" vegetables, everyone can play it too!