A new 46-person federal scientific integrity task force with members from more than two dozen government agencies will meet for the first time on Friday. The effort was spurred by concerns that the Trump administration had politicised science in ways that put lives at risk, eroded public trust and worsened climate change. The Sharpiegate case revealed flaws in the scientific integrity system set up in 2009 by President Barack Obama, Lubchenco said. One of the four task force co-chairs is Francesca Grifo, scientific integrity officer for the Environmental Protection Agency since 2013. She clashed with the Trump EPA, which would not allow her to testify at a 2019 congressional hearing about scientific integrity.

Source: Stuff May 10, 2021 11:26 UTC