[HN Gopher] EPA Launches Biggest Deregulatory Action in U.S. His...
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       EPA Launches Biggest Deregulatory Action in U.S. History
        
       Author : latchkey
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2025-03-13 21:36 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.epa.gov)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.epa.gov)
        
       | insane_dreamer wrote:
       | Does this mean companies can now be trusted to not pollute the
       | environment of their own volition without rules and oversight? I
       | didn't know we were that advanced as a civilization.
        
         | netsharc wrote:
         | I think it means they're free to do things like things that
         | lead to Bhopal or Exxon Valdez disasters, because adhering to
         | regulations cost the bottom line!
         | 
         | Maybe I'm fantasizing, but isn't there some country with some
         | law that companies operating there are required to buy from
         | environmentally friendly suppliers...
        
       | jet_32951 wrote:
       | "It's one thing to burn down the outhouse and quite another to
       | install indoor plumbing." - P.J. O'Rourke
        
       | Havoc wrote:
       | So basically pollution free-for-all?
        
       | sega_sai wrote:
       | According to NYT [1](I can't force myself to watch this),
       | "Nowhere in the video did he refer to protecting the environment
       | or public health, twin tenets that have guided the agency since
       | its founding in 1970."
       | 
       | I am not sure what's the point of EPA at all, if it's goals now
       | are create jobs etc.
       | 
       | [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/climate/epa-zeldin-
       | rollba...
        
       | klooney wrote:
       | > Working with states and tribes to resolve massive backlog with
       | State Implementation Plans and Tribal Implementation Plans that
       | the Biden-Harris Administration refused to resolve (SIPs/TIPs)
       | 
       | What's up with that?
        
         | klooney wrote:
         | https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/epa-approves-texas-clean-a...
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         | Sounds better for the environment than I'd feared...
        
       | throwaway4220 wrote:
       | Curious to hear someone in favor of this. It's sounding really
       | bad.
        
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