Trump Selects Experienced Lawyer To Serve As EPA’s Deputy Administrator

President-elect Donald Trump has selected David Fotouhi, a former top EPA counsel in his first administration and a leading industry lawyer, to serve as the agency’s deputy administrator for his second term, a move that will bring a more experienced environmental policy professional to the agency’s top ranks than Administrator-designate Lee Zeldin. In addition, Fotouhi, who served EPA’s acting general counsel in Trump’s first term and is currently a partner at the Gibson Dunn law firm, has advocated for using...