Friday, June 14, 2019

3 Republican Former EPA Heads Rebuke Trump EPA on Climate Policy & Science

In a Capitol Hill hearing, they urged Congress to provide stronger oversight of the Trump EPA and raised concerns about the agency's ties to industries it regulates.
Lee M. Thomas, EPA administrator in 1985-1989 under President Ronald Reagan, described some of his concerns about the Trump EPA during a congressional hearing, saying, "I believe there is a need for rigorous oversight by the committee of the agency’s capacity for sound decisions." (Credit: insideclimatenews.org) Click to Enlarge.
Three former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrators who served under Republican presidents urged Congress to ramp up its oversight of the Trump EPA on Tuesday, expressing distress at the agency's attempts to mislead the public on the risks of climate change and brush aside science in decision-making.

 They were joined by Democrat Gina McCarthy, the agency's chief under President Barack Obama, illustrating that these are bipartisan sentiments.

 "I find it disconcerting," McCarthy told a congressional hearing, that "this collection of past EPA Administrators feel obligated to testify together and individually to make the case that what is happening at EPA today is, simply put, not normal, and to solicit your help to get it on a more productive path."

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