The Interior Department’s critical minerals initiative and an accompanying regulatory rollback appear to be driven by the Administration and industry’s shared goal to make it easier to mine on public lands.
David Dunlap was Koch Industries’ policy chief. Six months ago, he became a top official at EPA’s science office. Two months after that, he helped quash a government study on the toxic chemical formaldehyde, a big moneymaker for Koch.
Trump’s nominee to lead the EPA held a 2017 fundraiser for Senator Barrasso where several of the corporate donors had interests before both the EPA and the committee Barrasso chairs.
