Top Former Officials Fear Pruitt, Congress' Unprecedented Attacks On EPA

摘要

They served in both Democratic and Republican administrations across more than a generation but former top EPA officials are stepping up their concerns that efforts by Administrator Scott Pruitt and the Republican Congress to roll back EPA rules, cut the agency's budget and other deregulatory efforts pose fundamental threats to the agency's future and the long-standing federal environmental commitment. In recent articles and interviews, they have warned of the effects of Pruitt's rule rollbacks, his secretive style and the budget cuts House Republicans have approved to warn of a host of potentially serious long-term threats to EPA.