Updates | The Week of July 24, 2017
Eve Levin // 7/30/17 //
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is, in effect, calling on Congress to amend the Clean Air Act, which could prompt the erosion of the EPA’s automobile greenhouse gas standards, writes Gregory Dotson at Legal Planet.
Pruitt has devoted considerable energy to dismantling the regulation of greenhouse gases, falling far short of upholding EPA’s mission as public health agency, writes Daniel Farber at ACS Blog.
The Trump administration proposed a wholesale repeal of Obama-era standards governing hydraulic fracturing on federal lands (The Hill).
EPA is receiving public comments on a proposal to repeal a Obama-era rule intended to reduce water pollution (The Hill).
Industry is taking over the EPA, argues Dan Farber at Legal Planet.