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    Pruitt Proposes New Rule Defining What Science Can Be Used By EPA

    The EPA administrator wants to restrict the science used by the agency in its decision-making. Scientists are concerned it eliminates all good science in the process.
    by Rhitu Chatterjee Apr 24, 2018 2 minutes
    EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt claims the new rule will strengthen transparency. Scientific organizations worry it will exclude valuable data from EPA's rule-making process.

    The head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, has proposed a new rule that restricts scientific research that can be used by the agency for its regulatory decisions.

    The proposed rule only allows the use of studies that make all data publicly available for anyone to analyze. Pruitt proposed the new rule

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