Environmental Protection Agency is battling its own board of science advisers over its controversial plan to dismiss certain types of scientific research from consideration when issuing rules. A meeting this week between the agency and some of the nation’s top scientists highlighted the growing rift between the EPA and the scientific community, with members of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) pushing back on the administration’s efforts to bar consideration of studies that don’t make their underlying data public. Critics say the move would omit important research from EPA consideration and lead to a dramatic rollback of existing regulations. The SAB, a team of more than 40 of the nation’s top scientists, have been asking to weigh in on the controversial proposal since it was unveiled more than a year ago. On Wednesday, it said it would do so —despite a request from the agency to review a narrow portion of the rule. There’s mistrust between the scientific community and EPA’s leaders in the Trump administration. To view the full article visit The Hill.
