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The Cold War which ended 3 decades ago yes? There wasn't some other Cold War necessitating wanton environmental destruction that I missed? ... As a country, at
by mandmandam 5y ago
The Cold War which ended 3 decades ago yes? There wasn't some other Cold War necessitating wanton environmental destruction that I missed?
... As a country, at this time, there is no excuse for this exemption remaining on the books, none, none at all.
- tristor 5y agoTo be clear, I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm more just trying to provide context for how it came to be. The environmental regulations the US operates under were mostly passed during the Cold War. We've had no significant environmental regulation since. Maybe we should have some... but we haven't.