EPA

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The Climate Change Indicators site was not updated during Donald Trump’s presidency.

The agency says that to “reset” the advisory boards and bolster “scientific integrity,” more than 40 advisors appointed during former President Donald Trump’s tenure have been let go.

The Trump-era regulation, which allowed certain studies to be downplayed in the development of environmental regulations, drew sharp criticism from scientists and environmental groups.

From immigration reform to climate change amelioration, researchers and science policy advocates share their hopes for 2021 and beyond.

The regulation, which requires that the agency give preference to dose-response studies in which the underlying data are available, could downplay findings key to defining the dangers of pollution.

Citing potential worker shortages and the effects of restricted travel and social distancing, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a “sweeping suspension” of environmental regulations that some say gives companies free rein to pollute.

In government agencies, 20 percent of high-level science appointments are vacant, The Washington Post reports.

Most of the panel’s members were appointed by the Trump administration.

The changes would further restrict which scientific findings can be used in drafting regulations.

The repeal will return the US to water standards from 1986.

The agency argues that chlorpyrifos is one of few “cost-effective options” for controlling certain farm pests.

The companies that market the products, Syngenta, Valent, and Bayer, are allowed to sell existing stock of the chemicals until 2020.

The state’s Environmental Protection Agency says that evidence of the chemical’s link to neurological problems in children is overwhelming.

Flupyradifurone, sold as Sivanto, is reported to have greater lethal and sublethal effects on honey bees when combined with a common fungicide.

The ongoing stalemate over the federal budget has forced one-quarter of the US government to begin a second week of closure.

Environmental groups are concerned and plan litigation.

If confirmed, the acting administrator and former coal lobbyist will permanently replace former boss Scott Pruitt.

It will be more than a year before the agency institutes or rejects the controversial changes proposed by former EPA head Scott Pruitt.