Former EPA Officials See Challenge Rebuilding Agency’s Science Capacity

EPA faces a steep but feasible challenge with rebuilding its scientific capacity after its erosion during the Trump administration, according to former agency officials who say the Biden EPA should not only aim to restore that capacity but seek to entrench scientific “norms” so that a future administration cannot easily undo them. During a Feb. 24 Indiana University webinar on EPA’s 50th year, which started Dec. 2, former EPA staffers said the Trump administration frequently downplayed the views of its...