EPA Mission Tracker – Page 2 – Environmental and Energy Law Program

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Removing Climate Change Information from EPA’s Website

EPA has hidden access to information on its website about climate change. The American public relies on EPA’s website for detailed and dependable information about critical environmental subjects, including climate […]

July 19, 2019

Restricting Access to Public Records

EPA has recently taken steps to restrict access to public records by limiting the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The public, press, and public interest groups rely on transparency […]

July 19, 2019

Gina McCarthy Testifies at Hearing on EPA’s Critical Mission, Cites our Tracker

“I’m here to ask the committee to hold EPA accountable to its mission.” Former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy testified before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce in a bipartisan panel of former EPA administrators, to express concern over EPA’s management under President Trump.

June 11, 2019

Comparing EPA’s 2018 Year in Review with its Mission

“The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment.” This straightforward mission should guide EPA in its work across a wide range of policy areas and statutes. […]

March 7, 2019

Appointing a Climate Change Skeptic to EPA’s Advisory Committee

EPA continues to diminish the credibility of the agency’s expert advisory committees. In January 2019, Wheeler appointed John Christy, a controversial professor of atmospheric science, to the Science Advisory Board. Christy […]

February 22, 2019

Potential Presidential Committee on Climate Security

The Washington Post reported that the White House is considering creating a new federal panel: the Presidential Committee on Climate Security. If formed, this committee would conduct an adversarial review of recent […]

February 22, 2019

Overview of the EPA Rulemaking Process

The EPA starts its effort to protect public health and the environment by understanding the problem it is trying to fix.

February 16, 2019

Environmental Forum — Reconstruct an Administrative Agency

In the cover article of the November/December Environmental Forum, Executive Director Joe Goffman examines the structures that Scott Pruitt dismantled during his tenure at EPA and offers a blueprint for […]

November 15, 2018

Limiting Expertise in EPA’s Review of the Air Quality Standards

In its latest two-step, the EPA once again is deliberately narrowing the frame through which it obtains scientific analysis of the link between air pollution and public health. First, the agency is excluding qualified scientists from the Clean Air Science Advisory Committee (CASAC), the independent group charged by the Clean Air Act with providing the EPA with scientific advice on air quality standards. Second, the EPA disbanded the additional panel of experts it had formed to review the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Particulate Matter, leaving just the now re-constituted seven-member main CASAC to cover a Herculean scientific task.

October 24, 2018