In a stinging rebuke of the Trump administration’s handling of science, an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) advisory panel has found major shortcomings in the agency’s pursuit of key regulatory rollbacks.
The sharp criticism in the reports on four top deregulatory efforts is particularly notable given that the administration has selected the majority of the members of the Science Advisory Board (SAB).
A proposed rule, for example, to restrict EPA’s use of scientific studies in the name of openness “may not add transparency, and even may make some kinds of research more difficult,” the board concludes in one draft report released this week.