PRO's Alex Guillen previews the agency's meeting to review the science behind the particulate matter standard, which will happen with a drastically reduced the number of experts. And, a Ukrainian energy mogul may have enlisted Rudy Giuliani's associates to funnel money for illegal campaign donations to the president.
The E.P.A.'s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee begins a 2-day meeting to discuss the agency's science behind the particulate matter standard, but absent in the talks will be a large number of scientists that administrator Andrew Wheeler dismissed last year. Plus, an investigation into whether a Ukrainian natural gas oligarch funneled money into president Trump's campaign through Rudy Giuliani's associates. Also, the president delays an important announcement related to the Paris Climate Agreement.
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