GOP lawmakers slam EPA chief over firing of science advisers

House Oversight Republicans demand docs on EPA’s seemingly ‘politicized’ firing of Trump appointees

Top Republicans on the House Oversight and Reform Committee are demanding the Environmental Protection Agency turn over any documents relating to the abrupt firing of 40 outside science advisers appointed by former President Donald Trump.Rep. James Comer, a Kentucky Republican who serves as the committee’s ranking member, told The ...

EPA chief directs agency to put focus on environmental justice

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Environmental Protection Agency chief Michael Regan on Wednesday directed the agency’s offices to sharpen their focus on tackling environmental injustices by strengthening enforcement against polluters, engaging with and investing in pollution-burdened communities and other measures.“We must examine, and appropriately use, the full array of policy and legal tools at our disposal to incorporate environmental and climate jus…

New EPA chief Michael Regan relishes ‘clean slate’ after chaos of Trump era

The first black man to lead the EPA in half a century has a job on his hands at an agency reeling from setbacks – but he’s confident he can meet the challengeMichael Regan has perhaps the most fiendishly challenging job within Joe Biden’s administration. As the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Regan not only has to grapple with the unfolding cataclysm of the climate crisis, he must do so at the helm of a traumatized, shrunken institu…

EPA Chief Works To Reverse Trump Era Environmental Policies

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Michael Regan, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, about President Biden's American Jobs Plan, and how to fulfill commitments to environmental justice.

GOP lawmakers slam EPA chief over firing of science advisers

Two House Republicans are demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency provide records related to a decision by the agency's new leader to remove dozens of scientists and other experts from two key advisory boards.

Biden's EPA chief slammed for firing science advisers in 'purge'

Two House Republicans are demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency provide records related to a decision by the agency’s new leader to remove dozens of scientists and other experts from two key advisory boards.