Environment agency overturns contentious Trump-era ‘secret science’ rule
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Rebecca Trager2021-06-01T13:30:00
Directive finalised at the end of Trump’s presidency would have hindered use of non-public data in policymaking
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has officially reversed the former Trump administration’s controversial ‘secret science’ rule. Opponents of the rule – including independent and agency scientists as well as environmental organisations – argued that it would undermine the EPA’s to use all available scientific studies when making policies to protect the public and the environment from industrial pollution.