EDF Files Broad FOIA Request To Assess Trump Transition Plans For EPA

February 8, 2017
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking a broad swath of data about the Trump transition team's advice for overhauling EPA, including the transition team's “action plan” which calls for “major changes” in staff levels and organizational structure, as well as policies and regulatory decisions, especially the team's plans to roll back the agency's climate and air programs. The group's Feb. 3 FOIA request to EPA's National Freedom of Information Center underscores environmentalists'...


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