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Trump’s EPA reportedly ⁠poised to axe carbon pollution rules for power plants (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] nodiratime@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

So the sole function of the EPA now is to abolish itself completely?

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

No. It's to provide legal protection for polluters

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[–] nodiratime@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Environmental destruction agency.

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[–] kunaltyagi@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

No, they'll have 'stop wind mills' somewhere in the to-do list

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