On July 17th, the Environmental Protection Agency held a public hearing to discuss the EPA’s proposed rule change entitled: “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science”. The hearing featured the usual suspects in discussions of EPA reform: lawmakers, scientists, industry leaders, and activists. It remains to be seen what the impact of the hearing will be, but for now the discussion remains contentious on both sides. The debate over the EPA’s rule centers around what practices the EPA is allowed to use when developing new regulations. More specifically, the rule would change the EPA’s current practice of utilizing “secret science” to support more regulations on American businesses.

In the era of “fake news” and dwindling public trust in professional journalists, supposedly “mainstream” outlets like Reuters ought to either actually play it straight or just admit their bias. Today, Reuters chose instead to fan the fake news-flames and ran this scintillating headline: “Exclusive: U.S. EPA grants biofuels waiver to billionaire Icahn's oil refinery – sources.”

President Trump and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt continue draining the swamp. This time, it’s “secret science” flushing down the duct.

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President Obama’s “Clean Power Plan” (CPP) drains our economy for Sierra Club hysteria. CPP sacrifices thousands of jobs, billions in growth, and lots of happiness. Thankfully, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt will likely toss it.

The House and Senate are in session this week.

The fight for deregulation and transparency in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), spearheaded by Administrator Scott Pruitt, charged on this week in an agency-wide directive on Monday. Aiming to terminate the regulation-through-litigation practice known as “sue and settle,” Pruitt’s directive opens up this formerly closed process to public comment and influence.