05-08-2017, 05:10 PM
Quote:Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has effectively fired more than half of an advisory board tasked with making sure the science conducted and evaluated at the agency meets rigorous standards.The Trump administration just dismissed a dozen of the EPA’s top science advisers - Vox
Greenwire is reporting that the 12 dismissed advisers — academic experts in various fields of environmental science and policy — were nearing the end of a three-year term, and were told Friday their positions would not be renewed for a second term. Which came as big surprise.
My bet: in come the cronies from industry..