Congress: Carper seeks expanded IG inquiry into vehicle GHG rollback

Update appended Senate environment committee ranking member Tom Carper (D-DE) is urging EPA’s inspector general to expand an inquiry into whether the agency violated the Clean Air Act and other requirements by failing to disclose several major concerns from EPA staff over the rollback of the final vehicle greenhouse gas standards. The request in a May 18 letter comes on the eve of a Senate Environment & Public Works Committee oversight hearing featuring EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, where Democrats...