EPA chief pens oped about prioritizing saving automakers from spending over protecting environment

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EPA chief pens oped about prioritizing saving automakers from spending ‘$200 billion’ over protecting the environment

Fred Lambert - Mar. 23rd 2017 12:18 pm ET  @FredericLambert

Today, Scott Pruitt, the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency appointed by President Donald Trump, penned a new opinion piece published in USA Today. In the piece, he seemed more worried about making sure U.S. automakers don’t have to invest $200 billion in electric vehicles and more efficient cars than the impact on the environment.

The EPA’s mission is a difficult one, but it has the benefit of being clear and simple: “to protect human health and the environment.”

Yet, the new chief made it clear that he is more concerned about the financial health of the auto industry than the actual health of the American public.

Take a look at how long it took for him to reference his mission, which again is to protect the environment:

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1. Dog forbid we should over protect the environment