EPA Transition Head: Trump Heading For EPA Disaster Because Not Destroying Agency Quickly Enough
This is an impending disaster for the Trump administration. Thats how Myron Ebell, the climate science denier who oversaw the transition team for President Donald Trumps Environmental Protection Agency, described the state of the agency to a conservative conference, according to tapes obtained by Reuters.
Ebells concern is not the dramatic, unpopular cuts Trump will reportedly serve the EPA in his forthcoming budget, or how those cuts will be received by the American people and Congress. He thinks they dont go far enough.
The actions taken thus far by the Trump administration to gut the EPA budget, to prevent EPA from relying on science in its decision-making, and to undo regulations aimed at protecting public health and a livable climate have already led to the agencys own staff openly mocking Trumps callous policies, as as one retiree explained. But for conservatives like Ebell, the disaster is that the administration, and particularly EPA administrator Scott Pruitt, are doing far too little.
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But many conservatives believe that if EPA doesnt formally undo the agencys 2009 endangerment finding, then its efforts to kill Obamas CO2 regulations, such as the Clean Power Plan, will be ultimately overturned in the courts. The reality, however, is that what Trump and Pruitt are doing is not likely to be overturned by the Supreme Court, especially with Trump appointee Neil Gorsuch to break any tie votes.
Nonetheless, conservative media continues to publish articles like this Breitbart piece from April, Environmental Groups Ask EPA to Rescind Obamas Endangerment Finding. Under the term environmental groups, however, Breitbart includes the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), which is where Ebell serves as director of the Center for Energy and Environment.
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https://thinkprogress.org/trump-epa-budget-disaster-ab3da236ce3d