Three EPA whistleblowers told ProPublica on Thursday that their complaints were the subject of the reports (which redact employee names).
After endorsing Trump, Kennedy wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that the U.S. could “revisit pesticide and other chemical-use standards” if Trump wins.
“The EPA was sort of paralyzed under the Trump administration,” she said.
It’s not yet clear what Kennedy’s role might be in a potential Trump administration, or which decisions he’d help to make as part of the transition team.
Even with Kennedy’s ties to Trump, Gartner said she would expect the EPA under a second Trump administration to act similarly to the first one.
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