"Twenty state and city attorneys general this week objected to EPA's 'secret science' rule and called on the agency to extend the public comment deadline amid the new coronavirus pandemic.

The attorneys general, from mostly blue regions, said scientists will not have time to focus on feedback about EPA's proposal, titled 'Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science,' during the rapidly evolving public health crisis.

'[A] significant extension or, alternatively, a suspension of the rulemaking process is necessary in light of the national emergency that has arisen from the COVID-19 pandemic,' the state and city lawyers, led by New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), wrote in a letter to EPA yesterday."

Kelsey Brugger reports for Greenwire March 20, 2020. [2]