EPA Social-Media Campaign on Water Rule Broke Law – Report

The Wall Street Journal (online registration required): The Environmental Protection Agency engaged in a social-media campaign that broke the law as it developed a water regulation issued earlier this year, according to a government watchdog report released Monday.

The report, issued by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office, concluded that EPA broke at least two laws in the way it was promoting and responding to criticisms about its water regulation. The report said the agency didn’t properly disclose its role as the source of information, and it engaged in what the report described as grassroots lobbying that federal agencies are forbidden from undertaking.

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