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But Pruitt's rollback isn't controversial for climate reasons alone.
但普鲁伊特的松口并不仅仅因为气候问题才引起的争议。
Though automakers had requested the revision, saying compliance with Obama's rules would be costly,
尽管是汽车制造商自己要求修改政策的，理由是遵守奥巴马的规定代价太大了，
they are now worried that the Administration may go too far.
他们现在又已经开始担心特朗普政府会把政策修改得太离谱。
Most significantly, California could set its own emissions standards in response,
最重要的是，加州此后可以制定自己的排放标准了，
leading to a protracted court battle that would force car-makers to operate without clear or uniform rules.
而这一变化将引发一场旷日持久的官司，最终迫使汽车制造商们在没有明确或统一的准则下运营。
Maintaining a single national program is critical to ensuring that cars remain affordable,
“维持一个全国统一的大纲对于确保汽车价格维持在可接受水平内至关重要。”
the Auto Alliance trade group said in a largely supportive statement.
美国汽车联盟在一份民众大体都表示支持的声明中表示。
THIS HESITANT REACTION to Pruitt's rollback underscores the strange position in which the EPA administrator finds himself.
对普鲁伊特的退让的迟疑反应也突显出这位环保署署长所处的奇怪处境。
He is extraordinarily effective at fulfilling Trump's promise to nix regulations—
他不仅在履行特朗普拒绝监管的承诺上卓有成效——
he's made more than 20 big deregulatory moves by his own count—
据他自己的计算，他已经部署了20多项放松管制的重大措施——
and also at attracting controversy that riles opponents
在引发激怒对手的争议上也是如此，
and has led to questions about how long he can survive in a White House prone to turnover.
因为他已经引发了人们对他在一个容易发生人事变动的白宫还能再待多久的质疑。
The ethics scandals he faces are striking:
他面临的道德丑闻也颇令人震惊：
he lived for six months in a condo co-owned by a lobbyist, paying $50 a night;
他曾经在某说客和他人共有的一间公寓里住了长达6个月的时间，每晚支付的房费为50美元；
he spent more than $100,000 of taxpayer money on first- and business-class travel everywhere from Italy to New York City,
挪用10万多美元的国家税收坐头等舱从意大利到纽约满世界飞，
a move he defended as a security measure;
称是为了安全起见；
he went around the White House to give favored aides raises upwards of 30%.
还在白宫为自己喜欢的助手加薪30%以上。
And that's just news from the past few months.
这些还都只是过去几个月内的事情。
His wonkier policy moves have been equally controversial.
他那更靠不住的政策举措同样充满了争议。
Most recently, in March, he told the conservative Daily Caller
最近一次是，也就是今年3月，他告诉保守派的《每日通话》，
that he would stop the agency from using any studies that aren't based entirely on data accessible to the public.
他将阻止该机构使用任何不是完全依靠公开数据的研究得出的结论。
This means, for example, excluding research that relies on private health information.
这就意味着，那些依靠未公开健康信息的研究就要被排除在外。
Pruitt says it's about transparency, but scientists say that ignoring essential public-health research endangers lives.
普鲁伊特说，这一举措事关透明度，但科学家们表示，忽视不可或缺的公共卫生研究将危及到民众的生命。
"This leaves me and many of my colleagues puzzled about what to do," says Jonathan Levy, a professor of environmental health at Boston University.
“这让我和我的许多同事都感到很困惑，不知该怎么办，”波士顿大学环境健康教授乔纳森·利维表示。
"How can you genuinely affect public health and decision-making if the decision-makers do not wish to use science?"
“决策者不走科学的道路，还怎么塑造公共卫生行业和政府的决策？”
Now Pruitt has hinted that the fight over vehicle-emissions standards will remain bitter if blue states don't fall into line.
由于普鲁伊特已经暗示，如果蓝州不同意，关于汽车排放标准的争论还会愈演愈烈。
"Cooperative federalism doesn't mean that one state can dictate standards for the rest of the country," he said.
“合作的联邦制并不意味着某一个州可以为全国所有地区制定标准，”他说。
So far, Trump has stood by his EPA chief.
到目前为止，特朗普一直是支持着他的环保局局长的。
Still, the relationship appeared strained as the latest round of revelations hit.
不过，随着最新一轮爆料的曝光，两人的关系似乎也有些紧张了。
The White House confirmed that the two men spoke by phone in the midst of the latest controversy but declined to give any more details.
白宫证实了两人在最近的争议期间曾通过电话，但他们拒绝透露更多细节。
Asked about Pruitt at a public appearance on April 3, Trump had a brief response.
在4月3日的一次公开露面中，当被问及普鲁特的情况时，特朗普只做出了简短的回应。
"I hope," the President said, "he's going to be great."
“我希望，”总统说，“他能表现得很好。”
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