Thread title is grossly misleading. Read the attached article. Some quotes:
"The Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment Act, or HONEST Act, passed 228-194. It would prohibit the EPA from writing any regulation that uses science that is not publicly available."
"But Democrats, environmentalists and health advocates say the HONEST Act is intended to handcuff the EPA. They say it would irresponsibly leave the EPA unable to write important regulatory protections, since the agency might not have the ability to release some parts of the scientific data underpinning them."
"He said the EPA — particularly under former President Obama — often hid the data it used in regulations, preventing the public and peer scrutiny that helps ensure the science is the best available.
“We all care about the environment,” he said. “But if policies are not based on legitimate science, regulations will result in economic hardship with little or no environmental benefit. In other words, the regulations would be all pain and no gain.”
The bill would also require that any scientific studies be replicable, and allow anyone who signs a confidentiality agreement to view redacted personal or trade information in data."
"She denied that the EPA is overly secretive with its science, saying it often doesn’t own the information and has no right to release it."
Seems to me those are the key points. Seems like reasonable requirements to justify laws with far-reaching implications for the citizenry and businesses. Science is often praised as data-based rather than faith-based. Okay, then...cough up the data that backs your policy.
This is far from creating a 'No Science Zone.'
Richard.