The columnist Kimberly A. Strassel identifies Francesca Grifo, the EPA's Scientific Integrity Official, as a "deep state" opponent of the Trump agenda. Enjoying civil service protection, Grifo is handling an investigation of new EPA boss Scott Pruitt at the behest of the Sierra Club. "So now an unelected, unappointed activist could pass judgment on whether the Senate-confirmed EPA chief is too unscientific to run his own agency," Strassel writes. "So much for elections."
From the Wall Street Journal:
Ms. Grifo perhaps wasn't too busy in the Obama years, since EPA scientists were given carte blanche to take over the economy. She seems to have been uninterested when EPA scientists used secret meetings and private email to collude with environmental groups—a practice somewhat lacking in scientific integrity. She has been busier these past few months.
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