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Union of Concerned Scientists, et al v. EPA, et al
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March 30, 2020
Enviros Cite 1st Circ. In Bid To Vacate EPA Adviser Policy
The Natural Resources Defense Council has told a New York federal court that a recent First Circuit decision bolsters its ongoing bid to vacate a 2017 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency policy regarding the allocation of EPA grants.
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March 23, 2020
1st Circ. Revives EPA Expert 'Purge' Challenge
The First Circuit on Monday allowed scientists to challenge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's policy barring EPA grant recipients from serving on the agency's federal advisory committees, noting the U.S. Supreme Court recently took a narrow view of discretionary decisions that can evade judicial review.
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December 03, 2019
1st Circ. Wonders: Did EPA Think Through Expert 'Purge?'
The First Circuit on Tuesday questioned whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had fully thought through the impact of removing scientists who receive its grants from its advisory committees, a Trump administration directive that effectively "purged" 8,000 otherwise-qualified scientists from the rolls.
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October 08, 2019
EPA Asks 1st Circ. To Uphold Policy Restricting Advisers
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked the First Circuit to affirm the dismissal of a Massachusetts lawsuit filed by scientists who are challenging the agency's decision to bar advisory committee members from receiving EPA grants.
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August 19, 2019
States Push 1st Circ. To Revive Suit Over EPA 'Expert Purge'
Ten states, along with the District of Columbia, asked the First Circuit Monday to revive a dismissed Massachusetts lawsuit over the Trump administration's so-called purge of scientists who receive U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grants from the EPA's advisory committees.
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August 05, 2019
States Decry EPA's 'Attack' On Impartial Science At 1st Circ.
Ten states and the District of Columbia joined a First Circuit fight to revive a lawsuit over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2017 "purge" of grant-funded scientists from the agency's advisory committees, calling the move on Friday "an attack against independent science."
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July 29, 2019
Ex-EPA Leaders: 1st Circ. Should Revive 'Purge' Suit
Five former senior U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials have backed a First Circuit appeal by scientists aiming to revive litigation against the EPA over what they call its 2017 "purge" of current EPA grant recipients from the agency's advisory committees.
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July 19, 2019
Scientists Ask 1st Circ. To Revive Expert 'Purge' Lawsuit
A group of scientists told the First Circuit a lower court wrongly signed off on a Trump administration directive that bars scientists from its advisory committees who receive U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grants, saying it violates the Administrative Procedure Act.