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U.S. E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 1 year ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/climate@slrpnk.net

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According to two people familiar with the draft, it would eliminate the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse-gas emissions threaten human life by dangerously warming the planet.

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[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

Rules made by humans are entirely able to be changed by humans.

Nothing this administration does is technically irreversible. It just depends on how far you are willing to go to reverse it.

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[–] higgsboson@dubvee.org 3 points 1 year ago

Nothing this administration does is technically irreversible.

I mean... their decisions are literally killing people. Policies may be be undone, resulting actions often cannot.

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