• Flying Squid
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    208 months ago

    If SCOTUS eliminates Chevron, it will barely matter.

    • @BertramDitore
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      218 months ago

      Bingo. Overturning Chevron would effectively neuter any regulatory agency’s power to regulate their area of expertise. And that’s particularly scary when we’re talking about agencies that rely on scientists to inform their rulemaking. The EPA is only one of many agencies that would basically become powerless overnight.

    • @normanwall
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      He did worse than nothing

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Pruitt

      Edward Scott Pruitt (born May 9, 1968) is an American attorney, lobbyist and Republican politician from the state of Oklahoma. He served as the 14th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from February 17, 2017, to July 9, 2018, during the Donald Trump presidency, resigning while under at least 14 federal investigations.[2] Pruitt denies the scientific consensus on climate change.[3]

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        He wasn’t just a “lobbyist”, he was a lobbyist for the oil industry.

        Also this:

        a self-described “leading advocate against the EPA’s activist agenda.” He sued the EPA at least 14 times in the role.

        • Optional
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          58 months ago

          Good ol’ “tactical pants” Pruitt who bought a $7,500 desk and made his office soundproof with taxpayer money i hope he melts like opening the ark.

  • Philo
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    68 months ago

    This is beginning to sound just like Grandpa Simpson’s prophecy…Eeepah 😅

  • @DrPop
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    38 months ago

    Trump looks and acts like the bad guy in a Saturday morning cartoon. (Captain planet)