Physicians for Social Responsibility, et al., v. E. Scott Pruitt (D.D.C. Case No. 17-2742 (TNM))
In Summer 2018, the Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic filed amicus briefs in two cases challenging former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s directive to exclude scientists who hold EPA research grants from serving on the agency’s science advisory committees. The Clinic’s briefs, filed on behalf of former senior agency officials from both Republican and Democratic administrations, explain that the directive will undermine EPA’s ability to make scientifically-sound decisions and serves no countervailing beneficial purpose.