Monthly Archives: May 2017

13 posts

Sabin Center Urges EPA to Preserve Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards as it Implements Trump’s Deregulatory Agenda

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has requested public input on regulations that may be appropriate for repeal, replacement, or modification pursuant to President Trump’s deregulatory agenda (as outlined in Executive Orders 13771 and 13777). The Sabin Center has submitted a comment letter urging EPA to preserve existing greenhouse gas […]

Administrator Pruitt’s War on Science: Is the EPA’s Science Advisory Board Next in the Firing Line?

By Romany Webb The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) made headlines last weekend when the agency fired at least five academics from its Science Advisory Board (“SAB”). A spokesman for Administrator Scott Pruitt told the media that he is considering replacing the fired academics with industry representatives as he “believes we […]

To Withdraw from Paris or Not to Withdraw from Paris: Thinking Through Some of the Legal Implications

By Michael Burger News accounts over the last few days have described an ongoing legal debate within the Trump administration over whether the United States should withdraw from the Paris Agreement. Two key questions are reportedly at the center of the debate: First, does the Paris Agreement permit the United […]