Trump Admin to Stop Using ‘Secret Science’ to Craft Environmental Regulations

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt after announcing his decision for the United States to pull out of the Paris climate agreement in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC on June 1, 2017. Win McNamee/Getty Images

The administration of President Donald Trump will soon end the practice of using “secret science” to justify environmental regulations, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) told The Daily Caller.

Scott Pruitt, who Trump appointed to lead the EPA, will terminate a longstanding policy that allowed regulators to rely on hidden scientific data to draft rules. Such regulations cost American taxpayers and businesses $344 billion during the eight years of the Obama administration, according to data from the American Action Forum.