Records Show OMB Officials Urged EPA To Boost Utility GHG Rule Analysis

White House officials’ comments during interagency review of EPA’s power plant greenhouse gas repeal proposal highlighted many of the same concerns that critics have raised since the plan’s release, including that multiple officials preferred a narrower “backup” regulatory option over the primary proposal to scrap all power sector GHG regulation. These concerns are detailed in redline versions of EPA’s rule, recently posted to the proposal’s regulatory docket, reflecting discussions as the rule underwent inter-agency review at the White House Office...