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Under Trump, E.P.A. Has Slowed Actions Against Polluters, and Put Limits on Enforcement...

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  1. Melody Bot

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    The New York Times:


    The documents, which were reviewed by The Times, indicate that E.P.A. enforcement officers across the country no longer have the authority to order certain air and water pollution tests, known as requests for information, without receiving permission from Washington. The tests are essential to building a case against polluters, the equivalent of the radar gun for state highway troopers.

     
  2. jco3

    Regular

    Koch brothers and company's money at work here.