Bush Dereg Chief Urges EPA To Shore Up Climate Rollbacks, TSCA Rules

March 15, 2019
John Graham, President George W. Bush’s deregulatory chief, is urging the Trump EPA to shore up its efforts to roll back Obama-era climate rules, saying they are legally vulnerable to litigation and should be more “responsive” to the agency’s landmark 2009 greenhouse gas risk finding. Graham, who led the White House Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) from 2001 to 2006, is also urging President Donald Trump, a long-time climate skeptic, to advance an affirmative policy in Congress now...


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