by Heidi Vogt Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—The Environmental Protection Agency plans to restrict research used in developing regulations, the agency said Tuesday, a change that could affect rules governing everything from household products to power-plant emissions. The proposal follows years of complaints by conservatives that regulations such as emissions restrictions under the Obama administration sometimes went [...]
By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis The Washington Post Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt moved Tuesday to limit what science can be used in writing agency regulations, a change long sought by conservatives. The proposed rule would only allow the EPA to consider studies where the underlying data is made available publicly... Conservatives, such [...]
by Robin Bravender E&E News reporter Scott Pruitt is expected today to unveil his plans to restrict science used by EPA, multiple sources told E&E News. The EPA administrator is slated to release an order requiring that all underlying data used in scientific studies affecting regulations be made public. The move fulfills a long-standing wish [...]
by Sean Moran Breitbart Four GOP establishment senators and ten House Republicans signed a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt, asking him to save an Obama-era trucking rule. The New York Times reported on Thursday that Sens. Todd Young (R-IN), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Richard Burr (R-NC) all [...]
by Zack Colman, E&E News reporter As Appearing in Climate Wire Climate skeptics are gaining ground. There's always been a vocal subset of conservatives who cast doubt on climate science, but what were once fringe views among broader Republicans — like warming's a hoax — are enjoying a growing acceptance in the GOP, worrying academics, [...]
by Steve Milloy Junkscience.com Author and E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow Compare the trivial allegations against Scott Pruitt with the actual, serious law-breaking of the Clinton and Obama EPA chiefs. Beltway navel gazers and anti-Trump media are all atwitter over Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt’s alleged ethical issues/lapses in judgment concerning his travel and [...]
by Steve Milloy, Junkscience.com Author and E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in FoxNews.com “I do,” President Trump said Thursday afternoon when asked by reporters whether he still has confidence in embattled Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt. And well the president should. Pruitt has been the most effective appointee in implementing the Trump [...]
On March 27, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent out a press release with the first paragraph and a link to E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and JunkScience.com author Steve Milloy's recent Wall Street Journal op-ed. In the piece, Milloy, an expert on 'junk' and 'political' science, applauds EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt decision to end [...]
by James Delingpole Breitbart President Trump is winning at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). There can be no better proof of this than the latest anguished editorial in the New York Times, lamenting the changes made by EPA administrator Scott Pruitt. The EPA, it claims, is the “epicenter of denial.” Its new regime is “terrified” [...]
by Steve Milloy Junkscience.com Author and E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The New York Times editorialized against EPA chief Scott Pruitt’s move to end secret science at the EPA. Here’s the line-by-line takedown of the Times‘ lies. This morning’s editorial is below. My comments are in [bolded brackets]. Keep in mind, the full story of [...]
