By 2020, Earth Day has become much more than a youth movement.
I'm very concerned about the - I want to leave EPA in a better position than in which I found it, when I eventually do leave the agency.
In the past, people have had to hire lawyers or consultants to try to figure out whether or not their property contains a federal waterway. We want to make sure that the definition is clear and concise.
Getting the older cars off the road improves public safety as well as environment.
Through our regulatory reforms, the Trump administration is proving that burdensome federal regulations are not necessary to drive environmental progress. What makes our actions effective and durable is our commitment to vigorously enforce them.
Our ACE proposal will reduce CO2 approximately the same levels that the Clean Power Plan would have, if it had been implemented. And we're reducing CO2 from our CAFE standards.
We are elevating this work to address global water security to a new level under President Trump.
There is no more important responsibility than protecting human health and the environment. It is a responsibility I take very seriously.
Through our deregulatory actions, the Trump Administration has proven that burdensome federal regulations are not necessary to drive environmental progress.
Certainty, and the innovation that thrives in a climate of certainty, are key to progress.
Having started my career at EPA, having worked on the Hill for two different members who didn't agree on every issue, and then working in the private practice, where I've worked on behalf of different clients - I don't think I'm biased.
I did not reach out to the Pruitt E.P.A. at all. I did not lobby them. That was purposeful.
I would say that California has been focused on climate change to the detriment of the other environmental programs.
The PFOA, PFOS is is a real concern and people need to be concerned about it and the water systems need to be concerned about it. But when you only focus on that, it could take resources away from other issues or problems that the water systems have diverted to just this. And this may not be a huge problem in every community.
The fact is that the climate changes regularly.
I believe man has an impact on the climate. But what is not completely understood is what the impact is.
Yes, climate is an issue and we are working to address it, but I think water is a bigger issue.
I think what is effective regulation is one that follows the law and one that will be held up in court.
I just wish the California officials would focus more on cleaning up the air in their state than trying to look like they're doing something globally for climate change.
We are importing Russian natural gas which is not produced in an environmentally conscious manner. If the states that are blocking the pipelines were truly concerned about the environment, they would look to where the natural gas would be coming from.
