Scott Pruitt's Quest to Kill Obama's Climate Regulations Is Deeply Shady — and Legally Vulnerable

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Oct. 17, 2017

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"Under Obama, the agency tallied the global climate benefits of the CPP. Under Pruitt, it is only counting the US portion of those climate benefits. The administration pitches this as part of its 'America First' policy. There is no way to exaggerate what a bad idea it is. Casey Wichman of Resources For the Future has a great (if rather too charitable) consideration of the details, but at least four problems are obvious."

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Casey Wichman is a university fellow at RFF. He performs research at the intersection of environmental and public economics, with an emphasis on examining the ways in which individuals make decisions in response to environmental policies.

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