But they will have their lips sutured to the Koch Brothers teats.
There aren’t many profit opportunities in basic research on climate change. So there are two broad options for funding: private and public. I wonder which has the more coercive and corrosive influence on the findings and conclusions?
Senate Environment Committee Chairman John Barrasso, a Wyoming Republican who shares Pruitt’s skepticism of mainstream climate science, cheered the move. He said EPA’s science boards would now better reflect the views of rural states like his own.
.So many problems with this statement. Will the decisions of these boards that now reflect the views of rural states on advise on policies that effect rural states, with the least populations? Or will they reflect and promote policies that protect the majority of the population?
So… what’s the definition of “financial independence”?