The EPA cut back enforcement during COVID. These researchers are assessing the damage.

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By Naveena SadasivamSep 17, 2020, 3:59 am304 pts
As the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic descended upon the U.S. in mid-March, the head of the nation’s most powerful oil and gas industry group wrote to President Trump. The American Petroleum Institute CEO, Michael Sommers, asked for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to exempt his industry from…

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