Where We Live: Examining Environmental Regulations
The EPA is the target of legislation passed in recent weeks by the GOP-led house
By Where We Live - WNPR
Published: Oct 19, 2011
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Where We Live: Examining Environmental Regulations
The EPA has been criticized for being both “regulators gone wild” and “regulators gone missing.”
The Environmental Protection Agency has been the target of legislation passed in recent weeks by the Republican-led House. The bills aim to gut existing regulations - while forcing the agency to examine the economic impact of the work it does. This movement the heart of a new book by Richard Trzupek about how many Republicans think the EPA kills jobs.
But that legislation doesn’t call for a look at the economic benefit of a cleaner, healthier environment that comes from tight regulations - And that’s something that environmental watchdog groups say the EPA could be doing an even better job of.
Today, where we live, the nation’s environmental watchdogs - stuck in the middle.
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