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EPA says it will eliminate its scientific research arm

(www.nytimes.com)
241 points anigbrowl | 3 comments | 18 Jul 25 23:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.651s | source
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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.

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1. refurb ◴[19 Jul 25 05:10 UTC] No.44612747[source]▶
The EPA sits under the executive branch. Thus the chief executive (President) has the say on how the executive functions.

There are limitations, but if a research arm was created purely by executive power, then it can be stopped through executive power.

The system works as intended.

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2. insane_dreamer ◴[19 Jul 25 07:29 UTC] No.44613346[source]▶
True. Doesn't make it any less stupid.
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3. refurb ◴[19 Jul 25 11:20 UTC] No.44614530[source]▶
The stupidity of it (or lack thereof) wasn’t the point of the comment I replied to.