Secret Science Reform bill passes US House
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.028738
New Scientist : Sponsored by Rep. David Schweikert (R-AK), the Secret Science Reform Act would, in the words of its summary, “prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating a covered action unless all scientific and technical information relied on to support such action is specifically identified and publicly available in a manner sufficient for independent analysis and substantial reproduction of research results.” Last week, the House of Representatives passed the bill, whose supporters claim it would make the regulation of oil and gas extraction more open to the public. The bill’s detractors, however, claim it would make protecting the environment more difficult.
