EPA ends sponsorship of climate leadership program
Source: Reuters
#ENVIRONMENT AUGUST 25, 2017 / 6:17 PM / 2 HOURS AGO
EPA ends sponsorship of climate leadership program
Valerie Volcovici
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will no longer sponsor an awards program honoring voluntary corporate actions to combat global warming, it announced on Friday, the agency’s latest move to undo Obama-era climate change programs.
Since 2012, the EPA has been the lead sponsor of the Climate Leadership Awards program and conference, which recognizes companies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in their internal operations and supply chains.
In an email sent on Friday, the EPA announced it will no longer be involved in the awards or the conference.
Under Administrator Scott Pruitt, who has repeatedly expressed doubts about climate change, the EPA has moved to undo dozens of Obama-era climate regulations in what it says is an effort to ease the regulatory burden on energy and agriculture companies.
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