EPA chief Gina McCarthy has a warning to a “small but vocal group of critics” who challenge the EPA’s science: “we’re coming for you.”
“Those critics conjure up claims of ‘EPA secret science’— but it’s not really about EPA science or secrets. It’s about challenging the credibility of world renowned scientists and institutions like Harvard University and the American Cancer Society,” McCarthy stated.
Rep. Sen. David Vitter (LA) and Rep. Lamar Smith (TX) have been pressing the EPA to release their ‘scientific’ data, which McCarthy promised to do, but so far has failed to live up the that promise. Now she is on the attack.
“EPA’s leadership is willfully ignoring the big picture and defending EPA’s practices of using science that is, in fact, secret due to the refusal of the Agency to share the underlying data with Congress and the American public,” said Vitter.
“We’re not asking, and we’ve never asked, for personal health information, and it is inexcusable for EPA to justify billions of dollars of economically significant regulations on science that is kept hidden from independent reanalysis and congressional oversight,” Vitter added.
Environmental Protection Agency administrator Gina McCarthy has issued a warning to Republicans who continue to question the integrity of the agency’s scientific data: we’re coming for you.
McCarthy told an audience at the National Academy of Sciences on Monday morning the agency will go after a “small but vocal group of critics” arguing the EPA is using “secret science” to push costly clean air regulations.
“Those critics conjure up claims of ‘EPA secret science’— but it’s not really about EPA science or secrets. It’s about challenging the credibility of world renowned scientists and institutions like Harvard University and the American Cancer Society,” McCarthy said, according to Politico.
“It’s about claiming that research is secret if researchers protect confidential personal health data from those who are not qualified to analyze it — and won’t agree to protect it,” she added. “If EPA is being accused of ‘secret science’ because we rely on real scientists to conduct research, and independent scientists to peer review it, and scientists who’ve spent a lifetime studying the science to reproduce it — then so be it.”
Republicans Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana and Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas have led the charge on pressing the EPA to make publicly available the scientific data behind its clean air regulations. McCarthy promised she would make such data publicly available during her confirmation process last year. Now her refusal to cough up the data has angered Republicans.
Trice says:
“The same scientists that pushed global warming for years when it was a lie. The same people that say fracking is good. The same type of scientists that say we are not threatened in any by Fukushima. It doesn’t take rocket scientists to know that if you try to control all of nature, bad things will happen.”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/epa-oppose-us-will-come/comment-page-9/#comment-341768
get in LINE, !
The house needs to shut down the EPA how dare they threaten the U.S. Citizens. 300 million of us and 500+ making stupid laws . They need to re-think when threatening us.
Really? I don’t think I would do that if I were you. The reason their “science ” is secret is because it’s false science and they know it. We must demand that the Congress defund these arrogant, out of control agencies. How dare they threaten American citizens? You better shut your $#%&!@*ing mouth lady or someone’s likely to come after you.
Because there isn’t any! She knows it, and can only resort to threats–just like the rest of this disappointing administration!
how about we go after you an put people like you behind bars
Hay $#%&!@*Tards I Oppose You Do Something.
McCarthy and EPA are Pathetic.
GOING FULL STALIN ..
Bring it on BITCH. Come you fat ass