GOP lawmakers slam White House climate change directive

Published August 3, 2016 8:34pm ET



The Obama administration is harming businesses by asking all federal agencies to consider climate change during environmental reviews, two Republican lawmakers said Wednesday.

Rep. Ed Whitfield, of Kentucky, and Rep. Pete Olson, of Texas, slammed the administration for Tuesday’s decision by the White House Council on Environmental Quality to require all federal agencies to include climate change as a part of their National Environmental Policy Act reviews.

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