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"Trump Rules": a NYT series examining the reshaping of regulations under the Trump administration.
Last edited Mon Oct 23, 2017, 04:06 PM - Edit history (4)
Individual articles in this series show up from time to time in Late Breaking News, General Discussion, and Editorials & Other Articles forums. This site has links to all of them in one place. I'll be editing this as I go along. I've snipped lots of the links.
Keywords: EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Energy Department, regulation, deregulation, regulator, regulatory, agency, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Sinclair Broadcast, broadcasting, hazardous
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Trump Rules
Articles in this series examine the reshaping of regulations under the Trump administration.
Trump Rules
Articles in this series examine the reshaping of regulations under the Trump administration.
TRUMP RULES
Why Has the E.P.A. Shifted on Toxic Chemicals? An Industry Insider Helps Call the Shots
A scientist who worked for the chemical industry now shapes policy on hazardous chemicals. Within the E.P.A., there is fear that public health is at risk. (At right, a signing ceremony for new rules on toxic chemicals.)
By ERIC LIPTON OCT. 21, 2017
Why Has the E.P.A. Shifted on Toxic Chemicals? An Industry Insider Helps Call the Shots
A scientist who worked for the chemical industry now shapes policy on hazardous chemicals. Within the E.P.A., there is fear that public health is at risk. (At right, a signing ceremony for new rules on toxic chemicals.)
By ERIC LIPTON OCT. 21, 2017
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How a Conservative T.V. Giant Is Ridding Itself of Regulation
By CECILIA KANG, ERIC LIPTON and SYDNEY EMBER AUG. 14, 2017
WASHINGTON — The day before President Trump’s inauguration, the top executive of the Sinclair Broadcast Group, the nation’s largest owner of television stations, invited an important guest to the headquarters of the company’s Washington-area ABC affiliate.
The trip was, in the parlance of the business world, a deal closer.
The invitation from David D. Smith, the chairman of Sinclair, went to Ajit V. Pai, a commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission who was about to be named the broadcast industry’s chief regulator. Mr. Smith wanted Mr. Pai to ease up on efforts under President Barack Obama to crack down on media consolidation, which were threatening Sinclair’s ambitions to grow even bigger.
Mr. Smith did not have to wait long.
Within days of their meeting, Mr. Pai was named chairman of the F.C.C. And during his first 10 days on the job, he relaxed a restriction on television stations’ sharing of advertising revenue and other resources — the exact topic that Mr. Pai discussed with Mr. Smith and one of his business partners, according to records examined by The New York Times.
By CECILIA KANG, ERIC LIPTON and SYDNEY EMBER AUG. 14, 2017
WASHINGTON — The day before President Trump’s inauguration, the top executive of the Sinclair Broadcast Group, the nation’s largest owner of television stations, invited an important guest to the headquarters of the company’s Washington-area ABC affiliate.
The trip was, in the parlance of the business world, a deal closer.
The invitation from David D. Smith, the chairman of Sinclair, went to Ajit V. Pai, a commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission who was about to be named the broadcast industry’s chief regulator. Mr. Smith wanted Mr. Pai to ease up on efforts under President Barack Obama to crack down on media consolidation, which were threatening Sinclair’s ambitions to grow even bigger.
Mr. Smith did not have to wait long.
Within days of their meeting, Mr. Pai was named chairman of the F.C.C. And during his first 10 days on the job, he relaxed a restriction on television stations’ sharing of advertising revenue and other resources — the exact topic that Mr. Pai discussed with Mr. Smith and one of his business partners, according to records examined by The New York Times.
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TRUMP RULES
The Deep Industry Ties of Trump’s Deregulation Teams
A campaign to cut government rules is being conducted largely out of public view, often by hires with potential conflicts, an investigation has found.
By DANIELLE IVORY and ROBERT FATURECHI JULY 11, 2017
WASHINGTON — President Trump entered office pledging to cut red tape, and within weeks, he ordered his administration to assemble teams to aggressively scale back government regulations.
But the effort — a signature theme in Mr. Trump’s populist campaign for the White House — is being conducted in large part out of public view and often by political appointees with deep industry ties and potential conflicts.
Most government agencies have declined to disclose information about their deregulation teams. But The New York Times and ProPublica identified 71 appointees, including 28 with potential conflicts, through interviews, public records and documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
Some appointees are reviewing rules their previous employers sought to weaken or kill, and at least two may be positioned to profit if certain regulations are undone.
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Danielle Ivory reported from Washington, and Robert Faturechi from New York. Mr. Faturechi is a reporter at ProPublica, an independent, nonprofit investigative journalism organization that collaborated on this article with The New York Times. Kitty Bennett of The Times contributed research.
A version of this article appears in print on July 12, 2017, on Page A1 of the New York edition with the headline: The Deep Industry Connections Of Trump’s Deregulation Teams.
The Deep Industry Ties of Trump’s Deregulation Teams
A campaign to cut government rules is being conducted largely out of public view, often by hires with potential conflicts, an investigation has found.
By DANIELLE IVORY and ROBERT FATURECHI JULY 11, 2017
WASHINGTON — President Trump entered office pledging to cut red tape, and within weeks, he ordered his administration to assemble teams to aggressively scale back government regulations.
But the effort — a signature theme in Mr. Trump’s populist campaign for the White House — is being conducted in large part out of public view and often by political appointees with deep industry ties and potential conflicts.
Most government agencies have declined to disclose information about their deregulation teams. But The New York Times and ProPublica identified 71 appointees, including 28 with potential conflicts, through interviews, public records and documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
Several federal agencies have not yet released the names of people serving on deregulation task forces. We need your help finding them and figuring out what they’re doing. Got a tip? Email taskforce@nytimes.com or contact Danielle Ivory on the encrypted messaging app Signal at 917-280-2607.
Some appointees are reviewing rules their previous employers sought to weaken or kill, and at least two may be positioned to profit if certain regulations are undone.
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Danielle Ivory reported from Washington, and Robert Faturechi from New York. Mr. Faturechi is a reporter at ProPublica, an independent, nonprofit investigative journalism organization that collaborated on this article with The New York Times. Kitty Bennett of The Times contributed research.
A version of this article appears in print on July 12, 2017, on Page A1 of the New York edition with the headline: The Deep Industry Connections Of Trump’s Deregulation Teams.
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TRUMP RULES
Under Trump, Worker Protections Are Viewed With New Skepticism
There’s a relaxation in the approach to occupational safety and business is getting a bigger voice, while hard-won victories for safety advocates are being reversed.
By BARRY MEIER and DANIELLE IVORY JUNE 5, 2017
The victory was so sweet that the head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration sent thank-you notes to his employees. ... Nearly four decades in the making, a new rule under the Obama administration was set to lower workplace exposure to beryllium, an industrial mineral linked to a lung disease that is to estimated to kill 100 people annually. And the nation’s largest beryllium producer had agreed to back the new restrictions.
“Once we finish, these workers will be protected and we will end the epidemic of beryllium exposure in the United States,” David Michaels, the OSHA chief, said at the time in 2015.
But several weeks ago, just as the rule was going into effect, the safety agency suddenly proposed changes that experts expect may exempt major industries from the tougher standard. It was one of several instances in which workplace safety decisions have been revisited in the early months of the Trump administration.
OSHA has also put off enforcement of an Obama-era standard for another respiratory hazard — silica, a mineral linked to a disabling lung disease as well as cancer — and it has delayed action on a rule that would require employers to electronically report workplace injuries so that they can be posted for the public. ... The moves come as the Trump administration offers other hints of a significant relaxation in the government’s approach to occupational safety.
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Jeremy Merrill contributed reporting.
Follow Barry Meier on Twitter @BarryMeier. Follow Danielle Ivory on Twitter @danielle_ivory.
A version of this article appears in print on June 6, 2017, on Page A1 of the New York edition with the headline: Industry Given A Louder Voice On Job Safety.
Under Trump, Worker Protections Are Viewed With New Skepticism
There’s a relaxation in the approach to occupational safety and business is getting a bigger voice, while hard-won victories for safety advocates are being reversed.
By BARRY MEIER and DANIELLE IVORY JUNE 5, 2017
The victory was so sweet that the head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration sent thank-you notes to his employees. ... Nearly four decades in the making, a new rule under the Obama administration was set to lower workplace exposure to beryllium, an industrial mineral linked to a lung disease that is to estimated to kill 100 people annually. And the nation’s largest beryllium producer had agreed to back the new restrictions.
“Once we finish, these workers will be protected and we will end the epidemic of beryllium exposure in the United States,” David Michaels, the OSHA chief, said at the time in 2015.
But several weeks ago, just as the rule was going into effect, the safety agency suddenly proposed changes that experts expect may exempt major industries from the tougher standard. It was one of several instances in which workplace safety decisions have been revisited in the early months of the Trump administration.
OSHA has also put off enforcement of an Obama-era standard for another respiratory hazard — silica, a mineral linked to a disabling lung disease as well as cancer — and it has delayed action on a rule that would require employers to electronically report workplace injuries so that they can be posted for the public. ... The moves come as the Trump administration offers other hints of a significant relaxation in the government’s approach to occupational safety.
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Jeremy Merrill contributed reporting.
Follow Barry Meier on Twitter @BarryMeier. Follow Danielle Ivory on Twitter @danielle_ivory.
A version of this article appears in print on June 6, 2017, on Page A1 of the New York edition with the headline: Industry Given A Louder Voice On Job Safety.
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