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EPA says it will eliminate its scientific research arm

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258 points anigbrowl | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 23:00 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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rayiner ◴[19 Jul 25 07:54 UTC] No.44613469[source]▶
The EPA is in the executive branch and Americans recently hired a CEO of the executive branch that promised to cut a lot of stuff in that branch. This is entirely consistent with what you learn about american government in high school.
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mlyle ◴[19 Jul 25 08:10 UTC] No.44613555[source]▶
Silly me thought that congress had the power of the purse.
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1. delfinom ◴[19 Jul 25 17:10 UTC] No.44617284[source]▶
That's the problem. Congress is simply the bean counters. They aren't HR.