The public, they told me, was spooked about the turmoil at E.P.A. They didn’t believe the E.P.A., and they didn’t believe the chemical industry. These executives had concluded that they needed a confident, fair and independent E.P.A. They knew that an environmental agency trusted by the public to do its job gave their businesses a public license to operate. Voters may have supported Donald J. Trump believing his campaign rhetoric about the E.P.A.

Source: New York Times March 07, 2017 08:15 UTC