Rigorous, independent research and analysis should undergird everything the government does. The 45-member Scientific Advisory Board creates reports on the state of environmental science and assesses the EPA’s efforts to mitigate health and environmental impacts. The seven-member Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, mandated under the Clean Air Act, reviews the EPA’s work on air pollution. Last month, the EPA barred three of its scientists from making a climate change-related presentation at a science conference. Contrary to the overwhelming consensus among scientists, Pruitt thinks global warming has little connection with human activity.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 06, 2017 10:52 UTC