Republicans Seek Information on Role Of EPA in Implementing Paris Climate Deal

摘要

Twenty-nine House Republicans want additional information on how the Environmental Protection Agency may help other countries implement the recently reached Paris deal to address climate change. The members, led by Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), asked EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy in a Jan. 14 letter how many agency staff might be deployed to other nations, how long the employees would stay and how much such an effort would cost. They requested a response on the agency's role in implementing the international climate deal, also known as the Paris Agreement, by Jan. 29. No Democrats signed the letter. McCarthy, during Jan. 7 remarks at the Council on Foreign Relations, said the EPA would assist other nations with air quality monitoring and greenhouse gas inventory development and that such cooperation has been going on for years, including embedding agency staff in other countries (47 ER 107, 1/8/16).