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Message From: Sent: To: Subject: tom belnickj________x. 6_______ j 10/24/2017 5:24:47 PM Press [/o=ExchangeLabs/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=b293283291dc44eOb5dlc36be9281d8a-Press] Why Does EPA Muzzle its Scientists? When asked for an explanation, the agency said the following in an emailed statement: "EPA supports the Narragansett Bay Estuary, and just this month provided the program a $600,000 grant. EPA scientists are attending, they simply are not presenting; it is not an EPA conference." The cancellation was first reported by The New York Times. John King, chair of the estuary program's science advisory7committee, told the Times that he believed the scientists were being blocked from speaking because much of the workshop will be focused on climate change. Scott Pruitt, the EPA administrator, and other members of the Trump administration have denied the role of carbon emissions in climate change. Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 13 ED 002061 00024371-00001