{"id":5528,"date":"2019-08-22T17:52:46","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T17:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clinics.law.harvard.edu\/environment\/?p=5528"},"modified":"2019-10-08T17:58:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T17:58:41","slug":"clinic-files-amicus-briefs-in-two-cases-challenging-epas-scientific-advisory-committees-directive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clinics.law.harvard.edu\/environment\/2019\/08\/22\/clinic-files-amicus-briefs-in-two-cases-challenging-epas-scientific-advisory-committees-directive\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinic Files\u00a0Amicus\u00a0Briefs\u00a0in Two Cases Challenging EPA’s Scientific Advisory Committees Directive"},"content":{"rendered":"

August 22, 2019 – In the summer of 2019, the Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic filed amicus briefs in the First Circuit and D.C. Circuit in two cases challenging former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt\u2019s directive to exclude scientists who hold EPA research grants from serving on the agency\u2019s scientific advisory committees.\u00a0 The Clinic\u2019s briefs, filed on behalf of former officials in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies, explain that scientists who receive EPA grants provide valuable and highly relevant scientific expertise to the agency, and barring them from the advisory committees would impair EPA\u2019s ability to base its decisions on the \u201cbest available science.\u201d<\/p>\n

The briefs follow-up on similar briefs that the Clinic filed at the district court stage<\/a>.\u00a0 Clinic Deputy Director Shaun Goho and Clinic Fellow Lynne Dzubow updated the district court briefs, which were written by Mr. Goho and Clinic student Erik Federman (JD \u201918).\u00a0 These briefs are part of the Clinic\u2019s ongoing work to address attacks on the role of science in environmental decisionmaking.<\/p>\n

The briefs are available here:<\/p>\n