Trump's team at EPA vets controversial public meetings and presentations

The mood is dark as Trump takes over the environmental agency he pledged to reduce to little tidbits

President Donald Trump long ago announced his provocative intentions for the Environmental Protection Agency, pledging during the campaign to get rid of the agency "in almost every form," with only "little tidbits left."

So far, Trump's remodeling efforts have been both dramatic (nominating Oklahoma attorney general and fossil-fuel ally Scott Pruitt to head the agency) and quietly tactical (freezing all EPA contracts and grants).

On Tuesday, the new administration's efforts to take hold of the EPA continued, this time with a memo from EPA headquarters requiring all regional offices to submit a list of "all external meetings