The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has long been in the crosshairs of conservatives, who see its regulations as anathema to economic growth. During his campaign, Donald Trump declared: "We're going to get rid of it in almost every form."
Reminder: he's talking about the agency that reduced US air pollution by 70 percent since 1970, and gave us the Safe Drinking Water Act so you can drink from your tap without getting E.Coli.
As the president and his new administrator gleefully strip away "redundancies" and "job-killing regulations", they risk undoing the agency's ability to carry out its main purpose: protecting public health. Here's how Trump has weakened the EPA so far.
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