EPA Promises Not to Silence Scientists, Pushes Review of Climate Change Assumptions

The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer prevent agency scientists from presenting their research, Administrator Scott Pruitt told lawmakers this week, though he said he will move forward with his plan to give more weight to anti-climate change research. Pruitt told the House Energy and Science Committee’s panel on the environment he will launch his controversial “red team, blue team” initiative as soon as January. The controversial proposal will reignite a debate previously considered conclusive at EPA, namely the role humans and the emissions they generate play in climate change.