EPA
Scientists say they want open data — but not Pruitt's plan
Scientists are worried that EPA's new plan to increase transparency will undermine it instead.
Before science reporter Scott Waldman joined Climatewire in 2016, he covered state energy policy at Politico New York and has worked for the Albany Times Union, Erie Times-News and The Baltimore Sun. His work also has appeared in Scientific American. He won an Associated Press award for his reporting on the Iraq War in 2006. Scott holds a master's degree in journalism from Syracuse University and a bachelor's degree from Earlham College.
Scientists are worried that EPA's new plan to increase transparency will undermine it instead.
Rep. Lamar Smith, the Texas Republican who chairs the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, led a bipartisan delegation to the Galápagos Islands earlier this month, where they were told that climate change is transforming the Ecuadorean nature preserve.
MERCEDES, Texas — As climate change intensifies heat waves and drought and helps spread diseases carried by mosquitoes, the life of a farmworker in this fertile part of Texas is getting harder and more dangerous.
EPA coordinated with House Republicans about their plans to restrict the science used in crafting regulations, newly released emails show.
The acting heads of both NOAA and NASA, which conduct the bulk of the nation's climate research, say their agencies have not seen their research diminished during the first year of the Trump administration.