“The White House is asking the public for help over the next 30 days on how to best restore scientific integrity to the federal government, as a part of its effort to bring science back to the forefront of policymaking and restoring faith in government — no small task.
“Involving the pubic is a good thing, recognizing it’s a problem is a good thing,” Tim Whitehouse, the executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility told CNN. “The question is still whether the Biden administration will have the courage to make the changes necessary, which would mean a little less political control over science and separating science from politics and that’s been hard for both Democratic and Republican administrations.””
