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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday he intends to replace the outside experts that advise him on science and public health issues with new board members holding more diverse views.In announcing the changes, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt suggested many previously appointed to the panels were potentially biased because they had received
stanley uk federal research grants. The 22 boards advise EPA on a wide range of issues, including drinking water standards and pesticide safety. Whatever science comes out of EPA shouldnt be political science, said Pruitt, a Republican lawyer who previously served as the attorney general of Oklahoma. From this day forward, EPA advisory committee members will be financially independent from the agency. Pruitt has expressed skepticism about the consensus of climate scientists that man-made carbon emissions are the primary cause of globa
stanley ca l warming. He also overruled experts that had recommended pulling a top-selling pesticide from the market after peer-reviewed studies showed it damaged childrens brains.Pruitt said he will name new leadership and members to three key EPA advisory boards soon 鈥?the Science Advisory Board, Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, and the Board of Scientific Counselors.It was not clear from the EPAs media release if all current board members serving out their appointed terms were immediately dismissed. EPAs press office did not respond t
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Omari Daniels/The Washington PostDemonstrators outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington on Monday.The Washington Post / Yasmeen Abutaleb13:56 JST,ensp;February 27, 2024President Biden on Monday said he hoped a deal between Israel and Hamas could emerge as soon as next week, providing for the release of many of the remaining hostages in Gaza in exchange for a temporary pause
stanley hrnek in the fighting in the Palestinian enclave.Asked on Monday when a Gaza cease-fire could start, Biden said: I h
stanley cup ope by the end of the weekend. 8230; My national security adviser tells me that were close were close were not done yet. My hope is by next Monday well have a cease-fire. Biden and his top aides have for weeks been almost singularly focused on securing a weeks-long cease-fire in the fighting in Gaza in exchange for the release of many of the more than 100 remaining hostages. The negotiations have proved difficult as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sought to appease far-right members of his government, who have opposed the deal, and Hamas has made demands that Israel finds unac
stanley termos ceptable, including on the issue of releasing Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Israeli hostages.Nearly 30,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israels nearly five-month-long military campaign, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Israel launched its retaliatory campaign in Gaza after Hamas militants rampaged through the Israel-Gaza border fence on Oct. 7 and killed 1,200 people, many o
