EPA Supporters Fight Industry's 'Regulatory Capture' Seen Delaying Rules

Democratic senators and environmentalists supportive of EPA are seeking strategies for overcoming what they say is a successful strategy by various industry groups to force “regulatory capture” delaying various agency rules, such as creating a regulatory “watchdog” to target what they see as bias in the rulemaking process. “The current process is loaded with opportunities for powerful industry groups to tilt the playing field in their favor, and corporations take every one of those opportunities,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)...