Judge Timothy Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia heard opening arguments Dec. 22 on “Young vs. EPA,” which concerns allegations that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) illegally purged both its Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee and its Science Advisory Board of representatives from the industries their decisions would regulate. One plaintiff, S. Stanley Young, has experience with the drugmakers Eli Lilly and GlaxoSmithKline and is currently CEO of CGStat. He was on his second three-year term on the Committee when, in March 2021, EPA Administrator Michael Regan fired all seven Committee members and all 47 Board members. The other plaintiff, Louis Anthony Cox, has experience in the petroleum industry and chemical industry, working for ExxonMobil and the American Chemistry Council, among other companies and organizations. He was fired from both the Board and the Committee. EPA selected new members of the Committee and of the …