in the State of the Union message: his budget cuts the
Environmental Protection Agency by 7.2% from this year's level. And although he complains about environmental regulations being based on "poor science", about $100 million of that is coming out of the research budget: a 12% cut.
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On a conference call yesterday, Steve Johnson, the acting deputy E.P.A. administrator, said the competitive-grants program, known as Science to Achieve Results or STAR, was cut back because it did not do well in its review by the White House's Office of Management and Budget.
Paul Gilman, the agency's associate administrator for research and development, defended the grants program, noting that last year the National Research Council, the research arm of the National Academy of Sciences, reviewed it positively. The review concluded that "the program has established and maintains a high degree of scientific excellence" and that "it should continue to be an important part of E.P.A.'s research program."
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The NRC liked STAR; but OMB didn't. Bush doesn't want science; he wants
silence.
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