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Trump plans to cut EPA staff in half
washingtonexaminer.com ^
| Jan. 27, 2017
| JOHN SICILIANO
Posted on 01/27/2017 2:09:53 PM PST by PROCON
President Trump is seeking to slash the number of workers at the Environmental Protection Agency by at least half, leaving it significantly gutted as the administration mulls further cuts, the former head of Trump's EPA transition team said Friday.
"Let's aim for half and see how it works out, and then maybe we'll want to go further," Myron Ebell said now that he has returned to his position as director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Ebell left the Trump transition team a week ago.
Ebell told the Associated Press that Trump is likely to seek significant reductions in the agency's 15,000-person work force. Slashing half of the work force would leave 7,500 at the agency, which would dramatically reduce its capacity to move out regulations quickly.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: climatechange; cuts; epa; first100days; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; goodstart; trump; trump45; trumpenvironment; trumpepa; winning
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Chain going the wrong way.
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posted on
01/27/2017 4:35:37 PM PST
by
N9841A
To: MarMema
PS Die Sierra Club, Die.LOL, agree!
82
posted on
01/27/2017 5:01:05 PM PST
by
PROCON
(Defending the Border isn't a Political Option, it's a Constitutional Obligation ~ Rick Perry)
To: mrsmith
Yes, but they will move at 1/4 speed
83
posted on
01/27/2017 5:10:15 PM PST
by
jimmyray
(there is no problem so bad that you can't make it worse)
To: PROCON
Does this mean we can buy decent lightbulb again?
To: Gen.Blather
Is he keeping the half with the heads or the half with the butts? How is he going to tell which is which?
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posted on
01/27/2017 5:14:55 PM PST
by
thulldud
To: PROCON
Cutting them in half is a bit much... well except maybe the global warming nuts. How about we just fire them and call it even?
To: aMorePerfectUnion
I personally hope he cuts the BLM the same way or better yet, eliminates them completely.
87
posted on
01/27/2017 5:16:27 PM PST
by
DaveA37
To: DaveA37
I’d like them to give all federal lands to the states.
To: JayElBee
I am hoping that I can soon buy a normal gas can again, instead of those abysmal things that the EPA forced upon us.
Yes! I spill more gas on my mower because of the gov’t mandated spout! ARg!
89
posted on
01/27/2017 5:30:10 PM PST
by
smileyface
(Things looking up in RED PA!)
To: Trump Girl Kit Cat
I thought he was this conservative. Tidbits here and there.
90
posted on
01/27/2017 5:32:45 PM PST
by
smileyface
(Things looking up in RED PA!)
To: PROCON
Love this guy!
I would add a law which states that No EPA agent can carry a gun.
91
posted on
01/27/2017 5:36:05 PM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
To: smileyface
Me too. I have spilled more fuel because of these spouts that I fear they will come in and declare my property a hazardous waste site. I want to kick the A$$ of the moron that came up with this ridiculous idea.
92
posted on
01/27/2017 6:26:23 PM PST
by
JayElBee
To: JayElBee
I hope they put back into circulation all the ammo they (we) bought.
93
posted on
01/27/2017 6:43:03 PM PST
by
Mean Daddy
(Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
To: blam
Does that mean that Ill now be allowed to collect the rain water that God allowed to fall onto my property? Not in Oregon, the water belongs to the County.
94
posted on
01/27/2017 8:30:30 PM PST
by
itsahoot
(Return the power to the people, and Mexico will pay for the wall, 100%)
To: gaijin
Ha...Trump is the CEO of all the bureaucrats....
Maybe he will st up a Skype call to each and every one that is to be terminated
with the short and sweet message from the boss:
95
posted on
01/27/2017 10:55:40 PM PST
by
spokeshave
(In the Thatch Weave,..Trump's Wing Man is Truth)
To: Paladin2
96
posted on
01/27/2017 10:56:20 PM PST
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: JPJones
Now the EPA is HALF WAY where its employment numbers should be.
Question: What the #### does a govt worker do when they’re let go?
They dont KNOW how to DO anything.
97
posted on
01/27/2017 10:57:17 PM PST
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: dp0622
98
posted on
01/27/2017 11:00:43 PM PST
by
Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
To: headstamp 2
I’ll have one of those things in blue....
99
posted on
01/27/2017 11:09:25 PM PST
by
Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
To: smileyface; JayElBee
The EPA really works miracle!
Consider how thd EPA took the gas can spout -- a simple, safe design with years of precedence, and made it a complex, unsafe design that actually increases waste through spillage.
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