Western Republicans Seek Wider 'Geographic Diversity' On CASAC

Eight Republican lawmakers from Western states are pressing EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy to choose one of their favored candidates for the agency's influential Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC), which recommends the stringency of air quality standards, in order to broaden the “geographic diversity” of the panel when EPA picks a new state representative later this year. In a July 15 letter to McCarthy, ahead of a July 20 public comment deadline on EPA's shortlist of seven candidates to join...