Zinke's controversial, EPA-style 'secret science' order isn't going over well with Democrats
Experts worry national parks and endangered species could be heavily impacted by the proposal.
E.A. CRUNDEN
OCT 12, 2018, 11:51 AM
House Democrats are calling on Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to stand down from plans to reign in the use of confidential data when crafting agency policies, a controversial move that follows similar efforts to limit the use of science at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
In a letter sent Thursday, House Natural Resources ranking member Raúl Grijalva and other representatives expressed “alarm” over a Sep. 28 “Promoting Open Science” order distributed to Interior Department staff. The order instructs staff to prioritize “publicly available, reproducible, peer-reviewed” science in their crafting of policy and decision-making.
In addition to Grijalva, the letter was signed by Democratic Reps. Jared Huffman (CA), Donald McEachin (VA), and Niki Tsongas (MA). They warned that what sounds like an effort for more transparency will actually limit the type of science used in decision-making.
These limitations could endanger ecosystems and sacred Native American spaces. Thursday’s letter notes that polar bear habitat protections and safeguards against drilling in the Arctic are among the areas that could be impacted by the rule.
https://thinkprogress.org/democrats-interior-epa-secret-science-zinke-pruitt-lamar-smith-b68d87da6461/
Zinke.........................FUCK YOU and your horse that you ride on, and your right wing libertarian assholes in Congress especially that asshole Lamar Smith.............................another enabling TRAITOR......................
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