{"id":385947,"date":"2025-06-30T13:36:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T11:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=385947"},"modified":"2025-06-30T13:36:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T11:36:26","slug":"top-epa-official-breaks-down-why-agency-needs-to-get-back-to-basics-after-biden-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=385947","title":{"rendered":"Top EPA Official Breaks Down Why Agency Needs To Get Back To Basics After Biden Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Audrey Streb
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi said his agency needs to return to its original mission to power the \u201cGreat American Comeback\u201d in a first sit-down interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fotouhi explained<\/a> that under former President Joe Biden, the EPA increased its staff and budget with lackluster results, doled out billions to \u201cfly by night\u201d green groups<\/a> and set strict regulations that threatened the security of the electricity grid. Fotouhi vowed that while the EPA is under his and Administrator Lee Zeldin\u2019s watch, the agency will steward taxpayer money and prioritize the needs of the American people by focusing on its fundamental mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe last administration had a huge boon in terms of funding. They hired more people. And yet, despite all of that, backlogs of permitting went up,\u201d Fotouhi said. \u201cBacklogs in reviewing state implementation plans went up, backlogs in reviewing new chemicals went up, backlogs in reviewing new pesticides went up. So, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s as much a matter of how many individuals are in the building or not. It\u2019s more a matter of: do we have the type of leadership that we need to ensure that folks are in the right positions doing the work that they are skilled and able to do?\u201d (RELATED: Trump Admin Moves To Blow Up Biden\u2019s Assault On America\u2019s Power Grid)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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