The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun closing its
nationwide network of scientific libraries, effectively preventing EPA
scientists and the public from accessing vast amounts of data and
information on issues from toxicology to pollution. Several libraries
have already been dismantled, with their contents either destroyed or
shipped to repositories where they are uncataloged and inaccessible.
The scientific information contained in the EPA libraries is essential
to the agency's ability to make fully informed decisions that carry out
its mission of protecting human health and the environment. Members of
Congress have asked the EPA to cease and desist dismantling these
libraries.
Please call EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson at (202) 564-4700 either
today or Monday and tell him how much scientists rely on data and
literature. Urge him to immediately halt the dismantling of the library
system until Congress approves the EPA budget and all materials are
readily available online.
Sincerely,
Michael Halpern
National Field Organizer
Scientific Integrity Program
L'EPA, c'est la U.S Environmental Protection Agency. Or, depuis les années Büsh, l'EPA a été peu à peu (même très rapidement en fait) infecté de nominations partisanes de gens n'ayant à peu près aucune connaissance de près ou de loin en environnement. À titre d'exemple? La majorité des directeurs actuels de l'Agence nient le RÉCHAUFFEMENT PLANÉTAIRE.
Welcome to 1984. Ils détruisent l'information pour la remplacer par des croyances. La Vérité sera ce qu'ils disent qu'elle est tout simplement parce qu'ils auront effectivement supprimé le reste...
