Climate Changed
California Blames Feds for Stalled Plans to Curb Pollution
- Mary Nichols says Trump administration responsible for delays
- EPA’s Wheeler has warned that highway funds could be withheld
Photographer: Jonathan Alcorn/Bloomberg
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California’s top clean-air official fired back at Trump administration charges that the state hasn’t done enough to fight pollution within its borders, saying the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should “do its job.”
Last month, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler warned California Air Resources Board Chairman Mary Nichols that federal highway funds for the state might be withheld over a backlog of incomplete state plans to fight air pollution.