Getting Better Science at the EPA

The World

Jon Greenberg reports on EPA Administrator William Reilly’s move to improve the quality of research conducted by the country’s primary environmental guardian. The move comes in response to criticism from both business and environmentalists that the agency often bases important regulations on inadequate science.

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