←back to thread

EPA says it will eliminate its scientific research arm

(www.nytimes.com)
241 points anigbrowl | 2 comments | 18 Jul 25 23:00 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
Show context
jleyank ◴[19 Jul 25 00:00 UTC] No.44611189[source]▶
It's really depressing how the US system seems to have existed "on belief". Once somebody set out to damage or destroy it, away it went. Pretty much without a whimper.

As I recall, the system was set up with 3 branches of government in tension. Obviously, that was naive.

replies(19): >>44611243 #>>44611251 #>>44611274 #>>44611292 #>>44611294 #>>44611300 #>>44611372 #>>44611468 #>>44612747 #>>44612970 #>>44613048 #>>44613100 #>>44613128 #>>44613243 #>>44613469 #>>44613869 #>>44615093 #>>44616024 #>>44616939 #
jabjq ◴[19 Jul 25 00:06 UTC] No.44611243[source]▶
The system has existed on the taxpayer. Now the taxpayer has voted to get rid of it.
replies(2): >>44611285 #>>44612519 #
ujkhsjkdhf234 ◴[19 Jul 25 00:14 UTC] No.44611285[source]▶
The taxpayer was lied to repeatedly and under the belief of many many many lies, unwittingly voted to get rid of it.
replies(2): >>44611293 #>>44611488 #
throwawaymaths ◴[19 Jul 25 00:46 UTC] No.44611488[source]▶
well the republican party has been talking for decades about removing EPA, DOE, etc. and has gotten lots of votes on those premises, so "they" make good on that promise and now the "voter has been lied to"? you could have made the same claim if the republicabs did nothing.
replies(1): >>44612285 #
1. beej71 ◴[19 Jul 25 03:19 UTC] No.44612285{3}[source]▶
The lie is that getting rid of these agencies is a good thing.
replies(1): >>44612947 #
2. tbrownaw ◴[19 Jul 25 05:59 UTC] No.44612947[source]▶
Saying that something is good (or bad) feels more like an "ought" statement than a proper "is" statement, ie not in a category that's capable of being a lie.