10,000 EPA Scientists Protest Library Closures
Environment News Service, July, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) — --> Representatives for 10,000 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency scientists are asking Congress to stop the Bush administration from closing the agency’s network of technical research libraries.
The scientists, engineers and other technical specialists amount to more than half of the total EPA workforce. They contend that thousands of scientific studies are being put out of reach, hindering emergency preparedness, anti-pollution enforcement and long-term research, according to the letter released by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).
The Washington, DC based organization represents employees of natural resources agencies across the United States.
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