EPA Leaders of the Past Endorse Biden, Denounce Trump's Impact
(Bloomberg) -- The leaders who ran the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for more than a quarter century, serving under Republican and Democratic presidents, agree that President Donald Trump has set the agency against science.
At an event Monday that was part of Climate Week New York, four prior EPA administrators endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, denounced Trump’s approach to the agency, and said the upcoming election is critical for the environment.
“The present situation is a total aberration,” said William K. Reilly, the EPA administrator under President George H. W. Bush. “The first thing Trump did was fire all the environmental scientists at the agency.” To withstand court challenges, regulations enforced by the agency need to be based on empirical evidence. The past administrators said the agency’s ability to fulfill that function had been compromised because impartial scientist had been fired or forced out, in some cases replaced by former employees from industries regulated by the EPA.
“The claims are false,” said EPA spokesperson James Hewitt. “We have improved the role of science throughout the agency's operations.”
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