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One week after taking the oath of office, President Joe Biden issued a memo announcing the assembly of a task force that would identify and make recommendations to rectify incidences of partisan politics interfering with scientific policy. The decision built upon presidential memos from former President Barack Obama’s time in office, when Biden was the Vice President. Now, a 46-person panel has been assembled with the ultimate goal of reinstating public trust in science by removing partisan pressure from policy making, the Associated Press reports.
“We want people to be able to trust what the federal government is telling you, whether it’s a weather forecast or information about vaccine safety or whatever,” Jane Lubchenco, the deputy director for climate and environment at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, tells the AP.
Former President Donald Trump’s tenure in office was rife with complaints of ...
