I believe his emphasis is not that he wants a new name, but that he does want to completely eliminate the existing EPA and start an entirely new department with all new people. He's expressed that he does not "reform" the old one, specifically because it is stacked with environmental extremists.
I think his belief is that we do, in fact, need to protect the environment, but we need to do so reasonably and responsibly, with economic consequences and other factors in mind, not the anti-business enviro-wackism that pervades the current EPA.
I understand your focus on keeping a close watch on the environment, and hey I think that is a lofty admirable goal, as far as that goes. The problem is, we hand off the framework to the Left, and they inevitably turn things into the EPA.
We’ve got to quit making these assists, which facilitate the Left making another three-pointer. I’m not sure what the real fix for this is when it comes to the EPA.
Personally, I’m more of a mind to simply erase it and let the states pick up the pieces.