EPA: Judge scraps Trump's 'secret science' rule
Published: Monday, February 1, 2021 EPA building. Photo credit: Francis Chung/E&E News EPA headquarters in Washington. Francis Chung/E&E News This story was updated at 4:16 p.m. EST. At the request of the Biden administration, a federal court today tossed out a Trump-era rule limiting the use of science to craft EPA regulations. Today's order by Chief Judge Brian Morris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana follows a plea yesterday by President Biden's EPA to scrap the rule and send the issue back to the agency for further consideration. The judge found last week the Trump a...
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