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eppur_se_muova

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3. Clean Water Act, "Superfund" Act, protection of endangered species ... **ANYTHING** that somehow or another ...

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Sat Apr 11, 2026, 06:37 AM

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"obstructs" for-profit corporations from stripping the Earth bare of usable resources and scattering the resulting waste wherever they feel like it -- corporations are responsible *ONLY* to their shareholders, not to the rest of society, no matter how much damage they cause. (This is the "principle" behind the "Chicago School" of economics.)

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EPA tells some scientific research staffers to relocate [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

"a new office housed within the office of the administrator" where they are UNDER THE DIRECT CONTROL .... eppur_se_muova Yesterday #1

I think he initially wants to use them BumRushDaShow Yesterday #2

Clean Water Act, "Superfund" Act, protection of endangered species ... **ANYTHING** that somehow or another ... eppur_se_muova Yesterday #3

They figure they won't be around when the worst of their handiwork takes hold BumRushDaShow Yesterday #4

Nixon is often portrayed as supporting the Clean Water Act, but he did so only when he knew there was too large a Martin68 Yesterday #14

Oh I know BumRushDaShow Yesterday #15

When it was a done deal he wanted credit. Martin68 10 hrs ago #17

"When it was a done deal he wanted credit." BumRushDaShow 10 hrs ago #18

Scientific expertise? lonely bird Yesterday #5

EPA still exists? IronLionZion Yesterday #6

This Bayard Yesterday #10

We don't need no stinking R&D! COL Mustard Yesterday #7

The EPA used to be formidable, long ago FakeNoose Yesterday #8

One of my bosses was from Pittsburgh and he used to say BumRushDaShow Yesterday #9

Reminds me of today's Internet Tasmanian Devil Yesterday #12

Wasn't that the river that caught on fire (more than once) ? nt eppur_se_muova 11 hrs ago #16

Just one high speed piece of metal ... dave99 Yesterday #11

Just further steps in the effort to completely destroy the EPA and the scientific foundation upon which it is based. Martin68 Yesterday #13