How the Biden administration will calculate the costs and benefits of environmental regulations is already causing a stir on the left. Progressives generally want President-elect Joe Biden to restrict the power of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, calling its cost-benefit analyses a giveaway to corporate America. But more moderate Democrats think the reviews could be reworked to lessen their boon for industry and increase public health benefits for Americans. "We've all been reading the tea leaves," said Heidi King, a former OIRA staffer and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration official who worked on the Trump vehicle emissions rule. Regulatory progressives saw as a positive sign Biden's pick of Neera Tanden, a longtime policy wonk and Center for American Progress president, to lead the Office of Management and Budget.
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