Trump’s EPA Considers Merger That Could Muffle Scientists’ Voices
- Agency seeks to merge science advisor positions within office
- Critic says it would accelerate ‘decay of science’ in EPA
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The Environmental Protection Agency is actively weighing a plan to merge two science offices in a bid to pare redundancies -- an effort that is feeding criticism that the agency is diminishing the stature of scientists.
Under the reorganization plan, the Office of Science Advisor and the Office of Science Policy would merge. The offices are currently located within the Office of Research and Development, and the shift would effectively downgrade the science adviser within the agency.