Trump allies begin attack on EPA and rules protecting US drinking water
by Tom Perkins from Environment | The Guardian on (#6SMT3)
With Biden soon to leave the White House, Republicans start an assault on the Environmental Protection Agency
Donald Trump's allies have fired the opening salvoes of his coming administration's attack on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the federal agency that enforces and regulates laws on air, soil, and water quality among other crucial environmental and health issues.
In a letter from Republican House leadership to the EPA administrator Michael Regan, Republicans trained their sites on the agency's scientific integrity policies that are designed to insulate scientists and research from political interference.
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