Amid Rollbacks, Replacement Realities in EPA’s Future

Scott Pruitt has said “no” to EPA policies for much of his public life, but in 2018 the EPA administrator will have to say “yes” and put on the table replacements to the Obama-era policies he’s vowed to kill.

How Pruitt and his team proceed will depend on a combination of factors, including whether the Environmental Protection Agency can defend its regulatory rollbacks in court and—particularly in the climate policy arena—whether officials decide to pursue replacements at all.

“There’s a lot of blocking and tackling still left to be done in terms of rules anticipated,” Dan ...