I can see a legitimate role for some limited type of federal laws and enforcement authority with regard to hazardous materials and substances.
We don’t want to be like China. We can’t have factories spilling SO2 into the atmosphere, or polluting our waters.
Of course, the EPA is so out of control and over the top that it needs to be gutted. But if it’s shut down, we will need to have some sort of agency or authority to handle interstate environmental issues, and also to protect interstate and coastal waters.
Of course, the EPA is so out of control and over the top that it needs to be gutted. But if its shut down, we will need to have some sort of agency or authority to handle interstate environmental issues, and also to protect interstate and coastal waters.
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How were these issues regulated before the creation of the EPA?
Of course, the EPA is so out of control and over the top that it needs to be gutted. But if its shut down, we will need to have some sort of agency or authority to handle interstate environmental issues, and also to protect interstate and coastal waters.
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How were these issues regulated before the creation of the EPA?
All that without a flame retardant suit?
Anyone with industrial experience will realize the convenient potential for hazardous dumping. I’d have no problem rebooting the EPA with only rudimentary responsibilities.
We have gotten to the point where a very small regulatory/enforcement office is necessary. I guess we have evolved/been indoctrinated enough that some things just ain’t gonna happen and if they do, the perps can be made examples of. EPA no longer any more relevant than unions.