Trump EPA’s Controversial “Secret Science” Policy Faces Pushback from Scientists Wheeler’s bid for “transparency” is another pro-industry lie aimed to delegitimize peer-reviewed science. Austin Price January 7, 2021 During the dramatic last few weeks of the Trump presidency, the US Environmental Protection Agency completed one of its last major rollbacks by limiting the type of research it can use to inform industry regulations. The Trump administration claims the new rule serves transparency. Opponents say it’s another attack on science — one that could cripple fu...