EPA dismisses half of its scientific advisers on key board

Re:EPA dismisses half of its scientific advisers on key board by smt88 on Monday May 08, 2017 @01:49AM (#14289510)

I agree. If anything good comes from this administration, it'll be that important work will be less vulnerable to the whims of politicians. That's why I've donated to NGOs that replace the things Trump is killing.

Unfortunately, in the case of climate, we'll never be able to compensate for the dismantling of the EPA. NGOs can't regulate.

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Re:EPA dismisses half of its scientific advisers on key board by cryptarch on Monday May 08, 2017 @04:01AM (#14289968)

They can however make recommendations for regulations, and influence U.N. regulatory guidelines.

This could make a low-staffed EPA significantly more effective, because then it would only have to pick and choose regulations to implement/try to pass.

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Re:EPA dismisses half of its scientific advisers on key board by jacquesm on Monday May 08, 2017 @05:03AM (#14290174)

But they'd never pass.

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Re:EPA dismisses half of its scientific advisers on key board by cryptarch on Monday May 08, 2017 @11:19AM (#14292265)

Not in the next 3,5 years, no.

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