Talk about making a statement and having it backfire - from The Daily Caller:
EPA Science Advisers Resign After Trump Dismisses Top Board Member
Two advisers on the EPA’s science advisory board resigned Friday “in protest” after the Trump administration dismissed the group’s co-chairman.
“It is with certain regret and concern — and in protest — that we submit our resignations as members” on the Board of Scientific Counselors, scientists Peter Meyer and Carlos Martin wrote in a letter.
Their decision to leave the board comes shortly after EPA head Scott Pruitt jettisoned five academics from a scientific advisory board the Trump administration believes is a rubber stamp for many of the climate rules crafted during the Obama-era. He intends on replacing the deposed scientists with representatives from industries the EPA is responsible for regulating.
Martin explained his decision on Twitter, telling his followers that he “just resigned from EPA subcommittee to protest removal of [Robert Richardson] @ecotrope & Courtney Flint,” who headed the board. “Painful professional decision.”
EPA officials are convinced the departure of Courtney Flint and Robert Richardson was political, and not a matter of shaking up the board.
Damn straight it is political and that is the problem. The EPA was practicing agenda-driven politics and not science. Had these people actually done their jobs, there would have been zero issue and they would still be at the EPA. They did not - they functioned as political hacks and are now paying for it. I hope they enjoy their new careers at McDonald's - would you like fries with that?
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