The headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. By Pamela King, E&E NewsOriginally published by E&E NewsThe U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cannot block recipients of agency funding from participating on its science advisory boards, a federal judge said yesterday.The ruling from Senior Judge Denise Cote of the U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of New York follows her decision earlier this year that said EPA needed to provide a "reasoned explanation" for the 2017 ban, which resulted in the ouster of scientists from advisory panels (Greenwire, 11 February).The judge requested recommendations for next steps in the case and was ultimately persuaded by the Natural Resources Defense Council's