President Trump wants to set the regulatory clock back to 1960, and last week he acted it out for the cameras. In response, Congress enacted the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act and other landmark pieces of legislation to protect public health and safety. Some of those laws also created the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Highway Traffic Safety Commission, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and other federal agencies to write and enforce safeguards. The Times also found that the Trump EPA is reluctant to seek civil penalties. “We want to protect our workers, our safety, our health, and we want to protect our water, we want to protect our air, and our country’s natural beauty.”Somehow, I’m not convinced.

Source: Huffington Post December 21, 2017 14:15 UTC