John,
After the events of the past few weeks, it is clear how crucial it is for every governmental agency to rely on facts and use the best available science. We simply cannot protect people and wildlife without rigorous and peer-reviewed scientific studies.
That’s why, as a scientist, I am asking for your voice today.
Please say NO to a new proposal that will keep highly respected and peer-reviewed scientific studies from informing government decisions about environmental protections.
The Environmental Protection Agency could stop using the “best available” science, or all “reasonably available” science and information for pollution regulations that should protect us and wildlife from harm. Limiting what information federal decision-makers can consider will benefit some corporate interests at the expense of wildlife and the environment. That’s a cost we can ill afford at a time when we should be strengthening science-based decision-making.
I am alarmed that our ability to protect people and species like the common loon from air pollution and climate disruption, safeguard clean water and wetland habitats, and defend endangered and other wildlife from pesticides and other toxic substances, may be greatly weakened.
Tell the Environmental Protection Agency that less science hurts people and wildlife.
Congress rightfully rejected extreme and harmful efforts to deliberately exclude the best science available during the regulatory process. And now the Environmental Protection Agency must follow suit. It is up to every American to speak out and stop the dangerous and misleadingly titled “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science” proposal.
Thank you for all that you do to ensure that wildlife conservation and public health are based on sound science.
