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Posted bymrjazzyin/politics-May 07 at 9:50 PM

E.P.A. Dismisses Members of Major Scientific Review Board

E.P.A. Dismisses Members of Major Scientific Review Board

In his first outings as E.P.A. administrator, Mr. Pruitt has made a point of visiting coal mines and pledging that his agency will seek to restore that industry, even though many members of both of the E.P.A.'s scientific advisory boards have historically recommended stringent constraints on coal pollution to combat climate change.

nytimes.com
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  • mrjazzyMay 07 at 9:51 PM

    A spokesman for the E.P.A. administrator, Scott Pruitt, said he would consider replacing the academic scientists with representatives from industries whose pollution the agency is supposed to regulate, as part of the wide net it plans to cast. “The administrator believes we should have people on this board who understand the impact of regulations on the regulated community,” said the spokesman, J. P. Freire.

    So the EPA is replacing actual scientists with people who represent the companies the EPA regulates.

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