Member of Trump’s EPA Transition Team Calls Agency’s Conduct in Texas ‘Outrageous’
A member of former President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) transition team reacted to the agency’s actions in Texas. Earlier this month, the agency announced in a press release that it was…
A member of former President Donald Trump’sEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA) transition team reacted to the agency’s actions in Texas.
Earlier this month, the agency announced in a press release that it was conducting flyovers of the Permian Basin region in New Mexico and Texas to identify large emitters of methane gas.
“The Permian Basin accounts for 40 percent of our nation’s oil supply and has produced large quantities of dangerous VOCs and methane over the years, contributing to climate change and poor air quality,” Region 6 Administrator Dr. Earthea Nance said.
She added, “The flyovers are vital to identifying which facilities are responsible for the bulk of these emissions and therefore where reductions are most urgently needed.”
Steve Milloy, a member of Trump’s team, told The Daily Caller that the move is “just a way to intimidate the oil and gas industry.”
He continued, “The EPA’s conduct is outrageous.”
According to Milloy, President Joe Biden’s EPA is “doing everything to make gas prices higher.”
He explained there is “no place in the United States where air quality threatens anybody’s health, even the worst air quality may technically violate EPA standards, but none of that is a health risk.”