Government Watchdog: EPA Broke Ethics Rules as It Replaced Academic Advisers With Industry Appointees

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By Olivia RosaneJul 16, 2019, 7:48 am270 pts
President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) violated ethics rules when it replaced academic members of advisory boards with industry appointees, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported Monday. None The federal watchdog found that, in 2018, the EPA did not gather documents from…

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