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EPA Will No Longer Consider Lives Saved in Pollution Rules, Only Cost to Business (truthout.org)
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"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now only counting costs to businesses when considering regulation on key pollutants, internal documents show, rather than considering human lives saved by such caps."

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[–] 40 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Holy shit. I've seen Saturday morning cartoon villains who were more subtle than this.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    You're right. I have been trying to rationalize the simplicity of Captain Planet villains to make the show relevant enough to make a new live action series. Our capitalistic overlords may have opened up the story line.

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