Scott Pruitt’s First Year Set The EPA Back Anywhere From A Few Years To 3 Decades
Shortly after taking office, Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt set out to permanently limit the agency’s regulatory power in what he billed as a “ ” agenda focusing on cleaning up toxic waste and providing safe drinking water ― but not curbing new industrial pollution. Former administrators warn that it could take anywhere from a few years to three decades for future administrations to restore the EPA to where it was a year ago, before the regulatory rollbacks, mass attrition and budget cuts. “If [former President Barack] ...
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