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"Just stick to science." This is a common admonition that Science receives when we publish commentaries and news stories on poli

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问题     "Just stick to science." This is a common admonition that Science receives when we publish commentaries and news stories on policies that readers disagree with. It turns out that "stick to science" is a tired-but-very-much-still-alive political talking point used to suppress scientific advice and expertise. According to a recent issue of The Washington Post, "stick to science" is what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator said in criticizing and silencing its own Scientific Advisory Board, of which two-thirds of the members were appointed by the current administration. The scientific community should not let this cycle continue because facts that have stood up to, in some cases, years of scrutiny are being suppressed in the service of politics.
    The latest go-round is one of the most egregious. On New Year’s Eve, the EPA posted four reports from its Scientific Advisory Board commenting on upcoming changes in EPA rules. Three of the four consensus reports from the administration’s own panel are highly critical of upcoming EPA rule changes.
    One of the four proposed rules addresses data transparency. The EPA Scientific Advisory Board agreed with the statement that the proposal’s push for transparency would suppress the use of relevant scientific evidence in policy-making. The Board articulated, among other criticisms, that the EPA’s proposed rule was "vague, and as a result, can be interpreted in different ways."
    The scientific community needs to step out of its labs and support evidence-based decision-making in a much more public way. The good news is that over the past few years, scientists have increasingly engaged with the public and policy-makers on all levels, from participating in local science cafes, to contacting local representatives and protesting in the international March for Science in 2017 and 2018. Science and the American Association for the Advancement of Science will continue to advocate for science and its objective application to policy in the United States and around the world, but we too must do more.
    Scientists must speak up. In June 2019, Patrick Gonzalez, the principal climate change scientist, testified to Congress on the risks of climate change even after he was sent a cease-and-desist letter by the administration. That’s the kind of courage that deserves the attention of the greater scientific community. There are many more examples of folks leading federal agencies and working on science throughout the government. When their roles in promoting science to support decision-making are diminished, the scientific community needs to raise its voice in loud objection.
    The upcoming EPA public conference is an excellent opportunity for the scientific community to mobilize. All who value evidence and inductive reasoning should support the conclusions of the Scientific Advisory Board through feedback to the EPA, local representatives, scientific societies, and other science advocacy organizations. Because we need to make the science stick.
The reports of EPA on New Year’s Eve are mainly about________.
选项 A、the upcoming EPA public conference
B、the strategic point of EPA rules
C、the possible changes of EPA rules
D、data collection and scrutiny
答案C
解析 根据题干中的关键词EPA定位至第二段。第二段说美国环境保护署公布了4份来自其科学顾问委员会的报告，这些报告评论了环境保护署规章即将做出的调整，有3份对EPA即将迎来的规章调整提出了强烈的批评。四个选项中，符合文意的是C项“环境保护署的规章可能出现的变化”，故为答案。A项意思是“即将召开的环保署公开会议”，与题干内容相关的第二、三段中都未提及这一会议，故排除。B项意思是“环境保护署规章的关键点”，虽与原文相关，但原文只提及环境保护署的规章可能会调整，并未提及其关键点，故排除。选项D意思是“数据收集及安全性”，原文只在第三段提到了数据透明化，但未提及数据安全，故排除。
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