The Environmental Protection Agency is under renewed scrutiny after it barred government scientists from speaking at a climate-change conference in Rhode Island earlier this week. Consumer advocates are also raising red flags at a change in how toxic chemicals are regulated. We discuss the latest news on the EPA and how its changing role under the Trump administration.
Guests:
Eric Lipton, reporter, New York Times
Daniel Rosenberg, attorney & health and environmental program at NRDC
John D. Graham, dean of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
Related Links:
- Why has the EPA shifted on toxic chemicals? (Eric Lipton, NYTimes)
- Anger erupts over EPA’s apparent muzzling of scientists (Washington Post)