EPA Advisors Poised To Back Agency-Wide Support For 'Citizen Science'

October 19, 2016
EPA's National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT) is poised to release by the end of the year a report calling on the agency to back the use of “citizen science” environmental data gathered by the public using personal devices, including a single EPA official to coordinate agency policy on the data. During an Oct. 17 NACEPT teleconference, panelists said that the call for one EPA representative to head policy on citizen science will be among 13 specific...


Not a subscriber? Sign up for 30 days free access to exclusive environmental policy reporting.