This is journalism, though, not science. The point isn't to answer the question, just to document the controversy. Apple says one thing. Another party with relevant qualifications says that they are wrong. And the subject has previously been covered in the media, so it's newsworthy. They even contacted Apple for a response. I don't see anything weird here at all.

I will say, though, that if Apple truly felt their glue allows for easy disassembly, they probably wouldn't have withdrawn from EPEAT in the first place.