We ignore scientists at our peril. Why doesn’t the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) get this?
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Deadly Shooting at California Synagogue—Where is the Gun Violence Research, CDC?
April 30, 2019 4:28 PM EDT
This weekend I learned that my hometown of Poway, California, a sleepy suburban city just north of San Diego, was the location of a violent shooting at a Jewish synagogue. A 19-year old walked into a synagogue armed with an AR-type assault rifle and began firing on Jewish people who were gathered to observe the last day of Passover. Read more >
Air Pollution Should be Monitored Using the Best Available Science: Meh, Says the EPA
April 22, 2019 1:29 PM EDT
Air pollution causes serious harm to our society – from coughing, to smog in the air, to a visit to the emergency room. And the only way to mitigate the threat of air pollution is to use the best available science and technology to measure it accurately. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appears to disagree. The agency has quietly finalized a rule that ignores its mission to protect human health and the environment by instead focusing on saving industry money.