<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="esc-lead-article-title-wrapper" style="margin: 0px 32px 1px 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><table class="single-line-height al-attribution" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height: 13px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="al-attribution-cell source-cell" style="vertical-align: middle; padding-right: 0px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="al-attribution-source" style="font-size: 14px;">Washington Post</span></td><td class="al-attribution-cell timestamp-cell" style="vertical-align: middle; padding-right: 6px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="dash-separator" style="line-height: 13px;"> - </span><span class="al-attribution-timestamp">1 hour ago</span></span></td><td class="sharebar-cell al-attribution-cell" style="vertical-align: middle; padding-right: 6px;"><a target="_blank" class="article usg-AFQjCNGTmZ0qodsXSd-4X2K_4Kc37yUDxw sig2-mC1bV_FAQ4j9JotkWBQKHA did--2669030346172703986" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/05/07/epa-dismisses-half-of-its-scientific-advisers-on-key-board-citing-clean-break-with-obama-administration/" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/05/07/epa-dismisses-half-of-its-scientific-advisers-on-key-board-citing-clean-break-with-obama-administration/" id="MAA4AEgEUABgAWoCdXM" ssid="h" style="text-decoration: none;"><font color="#000000" class=""><b class="">EPA dismisses half of key board's scientific advisers, Interior suspends more than 200 advisory panels</b></font></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="esc-lead-article-source-wrapper" style="margin: 2px 32px 2px 1px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><table class="single-line-height al-attribution" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height: 13px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="al-attribution-cell source-cell" style="vertical-align: middle; padding-right: 0px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></td><td class="al-attribution-cell timestamp-cell" style="vertical-align: middle; padding-right: 6px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></td><td class="sharebar-cell al-attribution-cell" style="vertical-align: middle; padding-right: 6px;"><table id="52779484605138-sharebar" class="yesscript share-bar-table" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height: 0; table-layout: fixed; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: -4px; margin-left: 8px;"><tbody class=""><tr class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><td class="sharebox-cell share-bar-cell" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 0px 1px; cursor: pointer; width: 17px; height: 16px; visibility: visible;"><br class=""></td><td class="share-bar-cell" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 0px 1px; cursor: pointer; width: 17px; height: 16px; visibility: hidden;"><br class=""></td><td class="share-bar-cell" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 0px 1px; cursor: pointer; width: 17px; height: 16px; visibility: hidden;"><br class=""></td><td class="share-bar-cell" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 0px 1px; cursor: pointer; width: 17px; height: 16px; visibility: hidden;"><br class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="esc-lead-snippet-wrapper" style="line-height: 1.2em; padding-left: 1px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Both the Environmental Protection Agency and the Interior Department are overhauling a slew of outside advisory boards that inform how their agencies assess the science underpinning policies, the first step in a broader effort by Republicans to change …</div><div class="esc-lead-snippet-wrapper" style="line-height: 1.2em; padding-left: 1px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class=""></div><div class="esc-lead-snippet-wrapper" style="line-height: 1.2em; padding-left: 1px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/05/07/epa-dismisses-half-of-its-scientific-advisers-on-key-board-citing-clean-break-with-obama-administration/?utm_term=.bcfb813d349a" class="">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/05/07/epa-dismisses-half-of-its-scientific-advisers-on-key-board-citing-clean-break-with-obama-administration/?utm_term=.bcfb813d349a</a></div><div class="">
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