EPA science advisers axed; execs from regulated industries to replace them

Natural gas flaring from oil well [licensed under Creative Commons from Flickr user Sirdle]While much of the nation's capital is preoccupied with the unpredictable Trump administration and its possible ties to Russia, the fate of the Environmental Protection Agency generates less news coverage. That's not to say there hasn't been news. Administrator Scott Pruitt is proceeding swiftly with a radical plan to restructure—critics...