#Trump #EPA tells scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say
Staff from the EPA’s Office of #Water were summoned to a “town hall” meeting this week & told to pause the publication of most #research, pending a review.

#PublicHealth #Climate #pollution #science #law #EnvironmentalLaw
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/20/epa-scientists-research-publications/

“This represents millions of dollars of #research, potentially, that’s now being stopped,” one of the employees said, adding that Americans “aren’t going to benefit from the release of this #science.”

The move to halt the agency’s scientific research has prompted concern from scientists & environmental groups that findings could be altered to conform to the #Trump admin’s #political agenda [gee, ya think?].​

#EPA #PublicHealth #Climate #water #pollution #law #EnvironmentalLaw

In recent months, #EPA scientists have contributed to studies in scientific journals on subjects such as #PFAS & #microplastics in urban sewer overflows, comparisons of different methods for testing #DrinkingWater for #lead, & #groundwater #pollution by naturally occurring #arsenic.

Details about the *review process* remain unclear.

#Trump #PublicHealth #Climate #water #science #law #EnvironmentalLaw

The Office of #Water works to ensure the safety of the nation’s #DrinkingWater & the #health of coastal & other aquatic #environments. Scientists in the office conduct & publish #research assessing how to keep water #safe for drinking & for recreational use, as well as analyzing environmental concerns related to #WaterQuality.

#Trump #EPA #PublicHealth #Climate #pollution #science #law #EnvironmentalLaw

…Staff within the Office of #Water have asked for an explanation they can send to scientific journals that ask why their papers are on pause, but staff have so far not received a response from higher-ups….
Employees said that the imposition of this type of review is unprecedented & warned that it could stymie the release of scientific findings important to preserving #PublicHealth.​

#Trump #EPA #Climate #pollution #science #law #EnvironmentalLaw

The #EPA has ordered scientists in at least one of its #research offices to immediately pause almost all efforts to publish research….
Staff from the EPA’s Office of #Water were summoned to a meeting this week & instructed to halt work on most ongoing papers. The researchers were told that unless scientific journals had already returned proofs — the final step in the academic publication process — the studies would be subject to a new review process….
The order…came from political appointees….

#Trump #EPA tells scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say
Staff from the EPA’s Office of #Water were summoned to a “town hall” meeting this week & told to pause the publication of most #research, pending a review.

#PublicHealth #Climate #pollution #science #law #EnvironmentalLaw
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/20/epa-scientists-research-publications/

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More than 85 scientists have published a lengthy joint critique of a recent Energy Department report that downplayed the effects of climate change, calling it riddled with "pervasive problems.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/09/03/climate-change/scientists-trump-climate-report/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #climatechange #fossilfuels #emissions #environment #carbon #epa #us #donaldtrump #republicans

So far, 9 agencies have terminated #union contracts that covered >445k #FederalWorkers from the #EPA, US #CoastGuard, #FEMA, #GSA, the Departments of #HHS, #Agriculture & #VeteransAffairs, & parts of #ICE & #Citizenship & #Immigration Services.

“This is literally the largest act of union busting in American history,” said Mike Podhorzer, a former political director of the #AFLCIO. “There’s not another time when that many people lost their union.”

#law #labor #unions#Trump

Motor Trend magazine eviscerates tge #EPA's justification for ending regulation of #GreenhouseGases: "To support this conclusion and the proposed deregulation, the agency provides a laundry list of reasons that, in our analysis, are often contradictory, lacking context, and in some cases factually incorrect." https://www.motortrend.com/features/epa-proposes-deregulating-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-vehicles

Motor Trend magazine eviscerates tge #EPA's justification for ending regulation of #GreenhouseGases: "To support this conclusion and the proposed deregulation, the agency provides a laundry list of reasons that, in our analysis, are often contradictory, lacking context, and in some cases factually incorrect." https://www.motortrend.com/features/epa-proposes-deregulating-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-vehicles

Hundreds of NASA employees and supporters have signed the #VoyagerDeclaration, formally expressing dissent against budget cuts and attacks on key NASA missions.

This action follows similar statements from #NIH and #EPA communities, voicing objection to the unlawful policies of the Trump administration.

https://www.standupforscience.net/nasa-voyager-declaration#StandUpForScience#Science#SpaceScience#NASA

Hundreds of NASA employees and supporters have signed the #VoyagerDeclaration, formally expressing dissent against budget cuts and attacks on key NASA missions.

This action follows similar statements from #NIH and #EPA communities, voicing objection to the unlawful policies of the Trump administration.

https://www.standupforscience.net/nasa-voyager-declaration#StandUpForScience#Science#SpaceScience#NASA

Update. More evidence that #Republicans are joining #Democrats to #DefendResearch.

"Bipartisan senators seek to prevent #Trump from cutting #EPA science research office."
https://thehill.com/homenews/5418723-senate-funding-epa-science/

"A bipartisan Senate appropriations bill seeks to prevent the Trump administration from cutting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) scientific research office…This bipartisan pushback comes as the Trump administration said last week that it wants to eliminate the EPA’s Office of Research and Development ( #ORD)."

#Funding #TrumpVResearch#USPol#USPolitics

Ein Vorteil der völlig katastrophal umgesetzten #ePA scheint zu sein, dass Menschen jetzt reihenweise zum 1.Mal auffällt, wie viele Ärzte für höhere Abrechnungen im Fallpauschalen-System ihnen komplett unzutreffende Diagnosen anhängen bis hin zu (insbes. bei Frauen?) imaginären angebl. psych. Problemen.

Das kann noch richtig lustig werden - nicht erst, falls die blaunen Freunde Gotthardts &Spahns hier mal das Ruder übernehmen, sondern wenn solche Daten zur Forschung an Unis, Pharma etc gehen.

Ein Vorteil der völlig katastrophal umgesetzten #ePA scheint zu sein, dass Menschen jetzt reihenweise zum 1.Mal auffällt, wie viele Ärzte für höhere Abrechnungen im Fallpauschalen-System ihnen komplett unzutreffende Diagnosen anhängen bis hin zu (insbes. bei Frauen?) imaginären angebl. psych. Problemen.

Das kann noch richtig lustig werden - nicht erst, falls die blaunen Freunde Gotthardts &Spahns hier mal das Ruder übernehmen, sondern wenn solche Daten zur Forschung an Unis, Pharma etc gehen.

Habe das erste Mal meine #ePA eingesehen. Irre! Mein ehem. Gynäkologe hat systematisch Abrechnungsbetrug betrieben. Nur ein Bruchteil der Diagnosen ist zutreffend. Der Arzt, der mich 2021 gegen Covid geimpft hat, hat eine Angststörung abgerechnet. Habe erstmal das Dokument komplett gesperrt.