WASHINGTON: Politically-appointed US environmental officials last year overruled concerns of career scientists about air pollution in a Wisconsin county where US President Donald Trump has pushed for a factory to be built by Foxconn Technology Co, newly-released internal emails show.
The emails obtained by the Sierra Club and Clean Wisconsin under a freedom of information request show Trump administration officials, including then-administrator Scott Pruitt, overruled career EPA scientists to exempt Racine County from a list of counties that break smog standards. Jenny Liljegren, a scientist in the air and radiation division in EPA's Midwest region, said she was"in disbelief" about the pressure from officials to make the exemptions."I do not see a sound technical basis for the areas we are being directed to finalise in Wisconsin."
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