House lawmakers prepare for NSR 'reform' debate

The House Energy & Commerce Committee's environment panel will hear testimony later today on the Trump administration and GOP lawmakers' push to ease the burden of EPA's new source review (NSR) air permitting program, which is seen as an essential reform by industry advocates but derided as a license to pollute more by environmentalists. The Trump EPA has already moved to take administrative steps to ease NSR burdens, with the issuance of a guidance memo by administrator Scott Pruitt last...