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Dravis, Samantha[dravis.samantha@epa.gov] EPA Press Office Wed 11/1/2017 5:30:14 PM Pruitt Promotes Independence On EPA Science Boards
Pruitt Promotes Independence On EPA Science Boards
"It Just Is Not Right For The Agency To Be Issuing $77 Million In Grants And Then Asking These People To Be Providing Independent Counsel." - EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt
THE WASHINGTON POST: "Scott Pruitt Blocks Scientists With EPA Funding From Serving As Agency Advisers." `"It is very, very important to ensure independence, to ensure that we're getting advice and counsel independent of the EPA,' Pruitt told reporters Tuesday. He estimated that the members of three different committees -- Scientific Advisory Board, the Clean Air Science Advisory Committee and the Board of Scientific Counselors -- had collectively accepted $77 million in EPA grants over the last three years. He noted that researchers will have the option of ending their grant or continuing to advise EPA, `but they can't do both.'" (
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