Anne Gorsuch

Reagan Environmental Deregulation: Systematic Dismantling of Protections

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The Reagan administration launches systematic dismantling of environmental protections through regulatory capture: appointing industry advocates to lead EPA and Interior, slashing enforcement budgets, weakening Clean Air and Water Act regulations, and opening public lands to resource extraction. EPA …

Ronald Reagan Anne Gorsuch James Watt Environmental Protection Agency Department of Interior environmental-deregulation epa regulatory-capture reagan public-health
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