EPA Plan To ‘Eliminate’ Research & Development Office Faces Legal Doubts

EPA’s plan to “eliminate” the Office of Research and Development (ORD) is drawing stiff criticism from many Trump administration critics, who charge it would cripple the agency’s ability to craft rules according to the best available science as required by many environmental laws and may violate other statutory mandates. “It’s clear if you don’t want EPA to carry out its mission, this is the lever you pull,” a former top ORD official told Inside EPA in a March 18...