By: Savin Mattozzi ~Staff Writer~ The first two weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency brought with it a flurry of executive orders, restraints on federal agencies and the elimination of key issues from the official White House website. Within the scientific community, the most significant action came from the administration’s decision to halt federal funding of and all external communications within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). “It’s a bit of a frustrating time to jump into an environmental scientist’s role becuase of … Continue reading Trump limits EPA’s power and speech