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Michael Hiltzik: In the name of scientific 'transparency,' Pruitt's EPA hobbles its own ability to regulate polluters

Say this for Scott Pruitt, the embattled administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: He's immune to irony.

Pruitt demonstrated that quality Tuesday by announcing a rule to enhance "transparency" at the EPA at a ceremony that was closed to the press. No wonder: The "transparency" rule he's proposing would in fact limit his own agency's ability to use the best science to make regulations. So why open the floor to

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