Science and Environmental Regulatory Decisions
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Public Sector Solutions to Global Warming, Oversight, and Children’s He… read more
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Public Sector Solutions to Global Warming, Oversight, and Children’s Health Protection held a hearing on environmental regulatory decisions and the potential influence of political concerns over scientific study in the formulation of science policies, including recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulatory actions on air and children’s health. In the hearing George M. Gray responded to sharp criticisms from senators that the EPA had been misleading about its decision making. At the end of his testimony Senator Boxer remarked that Gray’s insistence that only science had been considered “is a big lie.” close
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