AXIOS (Ben Geman) - EPA's "endangerment finding" rescission looms
EPA's reversal of the formal 2009 scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten humans looks slated to land this week, per the WSJ , other reports, and people tracking the move. Why it matters: Rescinding the "endangerment finding" is the Trump administration's most direct effort yet to rip out climate regulations root and branch — and make it harder for a successor to impose new ones. The big picture: EPA did not confirm the timing, but pointed to Administrator Lee Zeldin's comments in the WSJ piece. - "This amounts to the largest act of deregulation in the history of the United States," Zeldin tells the paper. - "The final rule will be published once it has completed interagency review and been signed by the Administrator," EPA…
NYTIMES (Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow) - A Campaign to Revoke the Endangerment Finding Appears Near ‘Total Victory’
A small group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts seem poised to pay off.
NYTIMES (Rebecca Davis O’Brien) - Andrea Lucas, EEOC Chair, Recasts Workplace Discrimination in Trump’s Image
Andrea Lucas, the chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, has said she wants to undo years of what she describes as activist excess around labor law.
AI:EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas aims to roll back what she characterizes as "activist excess" in labor law enforcement.Open