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OT: Well THERE'S a shock...
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Alan Baker
Jun 27, 2017, 12:07:29 AM6/27/17
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'According to emails obtained by the New York Times, the top scientist
on the Environmental Protection Agency’s scientific review board was
instructed to downplay the mass dismissal of advisors when she testified
before Congress. “I felt bullied,” she says now.
...
Her formal testimony had already been submitted to the committee when
she received emails from the EPA’s chief of staff, Ryan Jackson. The
emails reportedly informed Dr. Swackhamer that when it came to the
dismissals she should follow the agency’s “talking points.” He also
pressed her to publicly note that “a decision had not yet been made”
about the dismissals. But according to the Times, “several scientists on
the board had already received notices that their terms would not be
renewed.” In the weeks following her testimony, dozens of scientists at
the EPA have been informed that their terms would not be renewed and
according to Dr. Swackhamer, “The Board of Scientific Counselors had 68
members two months ago. It will have 11 come September 1.” That date is
also when the EPA is expected to eliminate more than 1,200 employees.'
<http://gizmodo.com/top-epa-official-bullied-scientist-to-change-testimony-1796440560>
on the Environmental Protection Agency’s scientific review board was
instructed to downplay the mass dismissal of advisors when she testified
before Congress. “I felt bullied,” she says now.
...
Her formal testimony had already been submitted to the committee when
she received emails from the EPA’s chief of staff, Ryan Jackson. The
emails reportedly informed Dr. Swackhamer that when it came to the
dismissals she should follow the agency’s “talking points.” He also
pressed her to publicly note that “a decision had not yet been made”
about the dismissals. But according to the Times, “several scientists on
the board had already received notices that their terms would not be
renewed.” In the weeks following her testimony, dozens of scientists at
the EPA have been informed that their terms would not be renewed and
according to Dr. Swackhamer, “The Board of Scientific Counselors had 68
members two months ago. It will have 11 come September 1.” That date is
also when the EPA is expected to eliminate more than 1,200 employees.'
<http://gizmodo.com/top-epa-official-bullied-scientist-to-change-testimony-1796440560>
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