Ha! Take that Scott Pruitt:
The External Environmental Economics Advisory Committee (E-EEAC) is an independent organization dedicated to providing up-to-date, non-partisan advice on the state of economic science as it relates to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's programs. The E-EEAC was established following the dissolution in June 2018 of the original EEAC, a committee that had operated for over 25 years within the Environmental Protection Agency's science advisory board structure. The members of the E-EEAC believe that, despite the retirement of the internal committee, advances in economic research remain crucial to achieving welfare-enhancing environmental policies.
Like its predecessor, the E-EEAC consists of economists who apply their expertise to analyze the benefits, costs, and design of environmental policies. The goal of the E-EEAC is to operate in this capacity until the EPA reconstitutes an internal environmental economics advisory committee composed of independent economists.
Here is the website: https://www.e-eeac.org/. Here is a press release from CMC: https://www.cmc.edu/news/professor-mary-evans-to-co-lead-new-environmental-economics-organization. And here is another from UCLA: https://luskin.ucla.edu/ucla-luskin-faculty-launches-organization-to-fill-research-gap-at-epa/.