Work councils, a third of which are scientific, will not be unfrozen until September. The US Department of the Interior temporarily froze the work of more than 200 advisory councils, committees and subcommittees. This is reported by the CNN channel referring to the relevant regulator. Earlier, the head of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Scott Pruitt dismissed half of the scientists from the scientific council, which provides EPA advice. Work councils, a third of which are scientific, will not be unfrozen at least until September. "We did not fire anyone.

We suspended the meetings and work of these advisory councils so that (the head of the ministry) Ryan Zinke could assess whether they are achieving their goals, "said US security officials. According to the representative of the US Department of the Interior, many councils did not meet for several years, and in some of them there were vacant positions. Earlier, the lower house of the US Congress passed a bill that expands the government's efforts to counter the hidden influence of Russia on the domestic policy of the American state and other countries.

The work of more than 200 consulting councils is blocked in the USA.