"EPA: Trump Team Phasing Out Oil Field Enforcement Initiative"

"Trump administration officials at EPA are phasing out the agency's enforcement focus on animal waste pollution and the oil and gas industry.

Enforcement chief Susan Bodine said she wants to shift the focus away from oil and gas as a sector deserving of extra scrutiny and toward prioritizing broad environmental problems, such as air pollution.

"This initiative historically focused on one industrial sector, implying that the EPA considers all problems in this sector — large or small — to be a priority," Bodine wrote in a letter this week to regional administrators."

Mike Soraghan reports for EnergyWire August 24, 2018.

Source: EnergyWire, 08/27/2018