While everyone is looking at the Senate, the EPA is being taken apart

[phands]

This is scary...

[FONT=&quot]The Environmental Protection Agency will now go forward without the office that advises the agency on science. That office will be “dissolved,” eliminating the feedback on the scientific basis for health and environmental regulations. According to the New York Times, the office is currently occupied by Dr. Orme-Zavaleta, an expert on the effects of chemicals on human health. Orme-Zavaleta has been at the EPA since 1981. Her position and role will now be eliminated. This follows the replacement of scientific advisory boards with lobbyists and industry insiders, and the removal of public data for EPA websites.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]On Wednesday, the EPA also shut down the Office of Children’s Health Protection, with the head of that office being placed on “administrative leave” and sent home after taking away her ID, email, and access to the building. It’s not clear if Dr. Orme-Zavaleta has been given the same treatment.[/FONT]

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...ng-at-the-Senate-the-EPA-is-being-taken-apart

 

[Loren Pechtel]

No surprise. This is the sort of thing he really wants to do.