As EPA Rules Stall, Activists Seek Faster OMB Review Of Health Measures

As EPA and other agencies' rules continue to languish at the White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB), environmentalists are pressing the Obama administration to speed the review process for new public health protections, in part by dropping its strict application of the cost-benefit test that activists say aids industry and hinders much-needed rules. Representatives from Public Citizen, the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards, OMB Watch, the Natural Resources Defense Council, trade associations and other groups met with officials at...