Advertisement Continue reading the main story“Environmental protection, what they do is a disgrace,” Mr. Trump said after the election. As much as anyone, Mr. Pruitt knows the legal intricacies of environmental regulation — and deregulation. His changes may not have the dramatic flair favored by Mr. Trump, but they could weaken the agency’s authority even long after Mr. Trump has left office. But legally, it will be impossible for Mr. Trump, or Mr. Pruitt, to do that with the stroke of a pen. Among those laws, Mr. Pruitt said in his answers, is the Clean Air Act provision requiring that the E.P.A.

Source: New York Times February 06, 2017 00:34 UTC