It's wordy, but there's food at the end

“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” — Robin Williams

Words and ideas are the stock in trade in Pamville this week.

• Let’s start with the Environmental Protection Association vs. words. The Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, a group of scientists and academics who track changes to about 25,000 federal government webpages in their nerdy free time, reported Tuesday that the EPA’s Office of Science and Technology Policy no longer lists “science” in its description of what it does.

In fact OST is no longer in charge of “developing sound, science-based...