Sen. Carper asks EPA watchdog to broaden rollback probe

摘要

The Trump administration's rollback of clean car standards is facing fresh scrutiny from a top Senate Democrat following the release of remarkable new documents. Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware, ranking member on the Environment and Public Works Committee, is urging EPA's inspector general to broaden its probe of the rollback after the documents surfaced. In a letter sent late yesterday, Carper asked EPA Inspector General Sean O'Donnell to conduct a more exhaustive investigation of what the Democrat called an "irresponsible and damaging" rule. The request comes after the new documents showed that both EPA career staff and White House economists raised serious concerns about the technical and legal justification for the rule.