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AP Interview: EPA head removes Trump-era science advisers

by Matthew Daly
| April 2, 2021 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a move he said would help restore “scientific integrity,” the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency is removing dozens of scientists and other experts from key advisory boards named under President Donald Trump, saying they were overly friendly to industry.

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