The Daily Caller:
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” who are 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.
“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.
The EPA has used non-public data to justify 85 percent of $2 trillion worth of Clean Air Act regulation benefits from 1990 to 2020. The agency also uses such datasets to assert that Clean Air Act regulation benefits exceed the costs by a 30:1 ratio originates from the secret data sets.
What is she going to do when they defund the EPA? If she threatened me and I was in Congress, she would stand before that body explaining herself. Over and Over again.
Research can not be secret if it is valid science. It can only be secret if it is to meet a political agenda.
she said: WHE’RE GOING AFTER THE REPUBLICANS
who does she think she is talking to.
who does she think she is,
giving a threath to the people is not very welcome, you had your fun,
now you’re on the way out, because your position got your brain disable,
you where given power, what destructives actions you did with it,
YOUR POWER IS BLOWING YOUR BRAIN, IT WONT BE NICE TO SEE IT POP OUT,
I lost track. Is the EPA one of the many government agencies that is arming to the teeth?
Targeting skeptics with punitive actions is an integral part of the Scientific Method.
Ditto
THE EPA, are the one who want to control the waterways of this USA,
they give the priority to fish over human, there are many PEOPLE who hate their implementation’S WAY,
on small water hole harassing the people , they are following the multi pages and regulations,
on the good people, USING THE NAME OF PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT,
McCARTHY SAID SHE WILL USE THE ARMY, WHY’S THAT,
BYE
@ilovebeeswarzone:
That doesn’t answer my question Bees. I’m quite aware of the many tentacles of the EPA, I was just wondering if they were arming up also. as they are threatening to “come after Republicans,” we have to wonder “how”.
@Ditto: I’d bet the answer is yes. Heavens knows they have to be prepared against those TEA Party Granny’s. I didn’t know the EPA used science, it thought it was more wishful thinking and voodoo with some Tarot cards and pig entrails.
Ditto
what I read was they will take control of all the waterway and use the ARMY TO GO ,
it mean to me that they will expect some angry people and will use the ARMY,
for what ever situation they will be recieved, and it mean violent encounter and arrest of the good people
who do not bother anyone, but won’t like the EPA TO GIVE THEM REGULATION or else,
BYE
@Zelsdorf Ragshaft III:
That’s what I was going to say, but you beat me to it. Yep, her destination every day would be capital hill, she may just as well move her office furniture over there.
Redteam
HI,
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN THROUGHT THE USUAL CYBER SPACE,
SHE IS THE FROG INFLATED WHICH WILL POOF POOF ANY TIME NOW,
SHE WANT TO TAKE ON THE REPUBLICANS WHO ARE NOT HAPPY WITH HER,