Trump's EPA to curb legal settlements with environmentalists
Story Date: 10/19/2017

 

Source: Jennifer A. Dlouhy, BLOOMBERG, 10/16/17


The Trump administration moved Monday to curb settlements with conservationists and industry, instead vowing to fight cases designed to force the Environmental Protection Agency to take action. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said he is ending a "sue-and-settle" practice that has resulted in closed-door agreements committing the agency to regulating greenhouse gas emissions or mercury pollution from power plants. 

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