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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump plans to target the EPA with new executive orders
GristScott Pruitt will almost certainly be the next head of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Oklahoma attorney generals nomination is expected to sail through Senate possibly as soon as Friday despite Democrats protests that he is unfit to lead an agency that he has repeatedly sued. The administration has already imposed a freeze on the EPAs social media, halted its rulemaking, and reportedly mandated that all agency research be reviewed by a political appointee before being released to the public. But next week, once Pruitt is sworn in, the real frenzy will begin.
According to Reuters, President Donald Trump plans to sign between two and five environmental executive orders aimed at the EPA and possibly the State Department. The White House is reportedly planning to hold an event at the EPA headquarters, similar the administrations rollout of its widely condemned travel ban after Defense Secretary James Mattis took office. While we dont know what, exactly, next weeks orders will say, Trump is expected to restrict the agencys regulatory oversight. Based on one administration officials bluster, the actions could suck the air out of the room.
Trump may have hinted at the forthcoming orders in his unwieldy press conference on Thursday. Some very big things are going to be announced next week, he said. (He didnt make clear whether or not he was referring to the EPA.)
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Trump plans to target the EPA with new executive orders (Original Post)
Jimbo101
Feb 2017
OP
he going to try to as much as possible as
SOON as possible because he KNOWS hes NOT going to be there long.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)2. Like I keep saying, get ready for the rebirth of "the aroma of Tacoma" and the
sky of Longview Washington to be covered in industrial fog again.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)3. Goodbye, air and water
Initech
(100,090 posts)4. Yup, Flint was just the beginning.
Republicans won't be satisfied until we're all dead and they have all the money.