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The EPA was created to empower experts to make informed decisions with the goal of benefiting the public good. The science of regulating pollutants is hard, and
by clukic 4y ago
The EPA was created to empower experts to make informed decisions with the goal of benefiting the public good. The science of regulating pollutants is hard, and neither our representatives nor the voters who elect them and ultimately hold them accountable should be expected to develop that expertise.
The vested interests who benefit from the fossil fuel industry control the flow of information to our representatives through lobbyists, and to the public through advertising. Panels of experts in their field are harder to influence.
- InTheArena 4y agoSo pass a law, giving them more power to regulate things that you previously didn't give them power to do. Don't throw out democracy to do so.
- iostream24 4y agoCongress granted the EPA power to address this, that the Supreme Court has now taken away in their extremely partisan fashion.
- InTheArena 4y agoExcept they didn't. It doesn't include in the language. Did you read the opinion?