WASHINGTON POST • March 31, 2021
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan will purge more than 40 outside experts appointed by President Donald Trump from two key advisory panels, a move he says will help restore the role of science at the agency and reduce the heavy influence of industry over environmental regulations. Critics say that under Trump, membership of the two panels – the EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) and Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) – tilted heavily toward regulated industries and their positions sometimes contradicted scientific consensus.