The Biden administration faces few easy answers in trying to undo a science transparency rule from the EPA that fundamentally changes how the agency approaches scientific studies.
The Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science (RIN:2080-AA14) rule, published Wednesday, limits the scientific studies the Environmental Protection Agency can use to guide regulations, restricting the use of research that can’t be reproduced or is based on underlying data that isn’t public.
Green groups worry the rule would stem the use of seminal research like the Harvard “Six Cities” study, which set the bar for determining the long-term harm of fine ...