# Republicans want to eliminate the EPA **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 16, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-want-to-eliminate-the-epa/779976 "2017-02-16T14:23:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-want-to-eliminate-the-epa/779976/61 "2017-02-16T20:53:56Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > …have nothing else to criticize except my puncturating … Hey, now! They also have your spelling and grammar to criticize. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-want-to-eliminate-the-epa/779976/62 "2017-02-16T20:54:01Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Isn’t that Powdermilk Biscuits? I think **elucidator** was making a play on words with Loudermilk/Powdermilk. ---
**Author:** ![Zoot\_Sutra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/51bf81/32.png) [@Zoot\_Sutra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoot_Sutra)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-want-to-eliminate-the-epa/779976/63 "2017-02-16T21:32:26Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Isn’t that Powdermilk Biscuits? Heavens, they’re tasty \ ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-want-to-eliminate-the-epa/779976/64 "2017-02-16T21:47:41Z")
So, by Republican logic: “Let’s repeal those pesky murder laws! After all, think of the poor, jobless hitmen!” ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-want-to-eliminate-the-epa/779976/65 "2017-02-16T22:12:54Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I think **elucidator** was making a play on words with Loudermilk/Powdermilk. Yeah, I got that. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-want-to-eliminate-the-epa/779976/66 "2017-02-17T00:10:16Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > Come on, man, I helped you with that in my post above. He said “… … … … … … … … … … … …”. It’s like a quiet version of the bird in Peanuts. This is all part of Putin’s grand Machiavellian plan, to get us all wound up and bickering about the overuse of certain punctuation marks. ---
**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-want-to-eliminate-the-epa/779976/67 "2017-02-17T15:55:46Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > When I was a kid, the three rivers in Pittsburgh were essentially dead bodies of water. They’ve come back, thanks in part to EPA regulations. > > Fuck trump and his minions. Actually you can thank [ORSANCO](http://www.orsanco.org/), which was formed in 1948 to clean up the Ohio River. 24 years before the EPA came around. But yes, ORSANCO implements the Clean Water Act for the Ohio River using EPA regulations, so killing EPA would result in the Ohio River being screwed. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-want-to-eliminate-the-epa/779976/68 "2017-02-17T16:20:16Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Sounds like a few Congresscritters want to brag to their constituents that they drafted a bill to eliminate the EPA. Matt Gaetz, who introduced the bill, represents a district on the coast in the Florida Panhandle that was among the most severely affected by the Deepwater Horizon spill (and which will be underwater pretty quickly in the event of a sea level rise). ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-want-to-eliminate-the-epa/779976/69 "2017-02-17T17:09:22Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Matt Gaetz, who introduced the bill, represents a district on the coast in the Florida Panhandle that was among the most severely affected by the Deepwater Horizon spill (and which will be underwater pretty quickly in the event of a sea level rise). Well, if he eliminates the EPA then those things will not be in the news anymore, and therefore, will not happen. It’s the EPA and the media who make them occur. I swear to God that is how some people actually think. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-want-to-eliminate-the-epa/779976/70 "2017-02-17T17:27:05Z")
Well, if he, and his faithful friends, stand there immovable like Casabianca as the sea-waters rise, defying the Gods of Nature, the EPA will be the least of his worries. - We, We, We Shall Not Be Moved !\* ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-want-to-eliminate-the-epa/779976/71 "2017-02-17T18:50:29Z")
Like a tree, standing under water… ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-want-to-eliminate-the-epa/779976/72 "2017-02-17T19:01:42Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > It quickly identifies folks who completely agree with my argument and have nothing else to criticize except my puncturating … letting them make fools of themselves and save me the bother … Then allow me to show you how that is stupid. You’re fucking ellipses are annoying and get in the way of reading everything you write. Notice a certain contradiction? ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-want-to-eliminate-the-epa/779976/73 "2017-02-18T00:18:18Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Then allow me to show you how that is stupid. > > You’re fucking ellipses are annoying and get in the way of reading everything you write. > > Notice a certain contradiction? You’re annoyed by puncturation? … you need a hobby I think … kittens come in three-packs these days … ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-want-to-eliminate-the-epa/779976/74 "2017-02-20T16:20:58Z")
We’re annoyed by your inability to write clearly, which is partly a result of your bizarre punctuation. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-want-to-eliminate-the-epa/779976/75 "2017-03-01T16:13:10Z")
[Trump’s Congress speech left unsaid his continued assault on our environment](http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-environment/321735-in-speech-to-congress-trump-left-his-continued-assault) > [@](#): > > In his address to Congress and the nation on Tuesday, President Trump made sparse mention of a leading focus of his first six weeks in office — his unmitigated assault on the nation’s environment and public health. > > True, Trump boasted of having worked with congressional Republicans to set mining companies free to pollute mountain streams and destroy forests, by killing the Stream Protection Rule, leaving hard hit coal communities to pay the price. > > He highlighted his call to do away with two existing regulations for every new safeguard put in place, an irrational and unlawful approach that short changes the government’s ability to respond to emerging threats in a complex and changing world. > > He celebrated his order to revive the Keystone XL dirty tar sands pipeline bragging that he had “cleared the way” for some of the dirtiest oil on the planet to be shipped through the breadbasket of America to be refined on our Gulf coast and shipped, mostly, overseas. > > And he took pride in noting his order to sweep aside the voices of the Standing Rock Sioux and force the Dakota Access pipeline across their water sources and sacred lands. Even though he made a passing reference to clean water and air in his speech, he was busy working to allow greater pollution across the board. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-want-to-eliminate-the-epa/779976/76 "2017-03-01T17:53:19Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Well, if he eliminates the EPA then those things will not be in the news anymore, and therefore, will not happen. It’s the EPA and the media who make them occur. > > I swear to God that is how some people actually think. True, if you eliminate the environmental regulations, there will be fewer people in violation of environmental regulations, and so therefore the environment will be cleaner. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-want-to-eliminate-the-epa/779976/77 "2017-03-01T20:37:50Z")
[Remembering a City Where the Smog Could Kill](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/nyregion/new-york-city-smog.html) > [@](#): > > Thanksgiving weekend in 1966 was warm, and a haze of smog — sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide — wrapped around the city. About 200 people died, a toll similar to a smog crisis in 1953. > [@](#): > > “On the autopsy table it’s unmistakable,” a city medical examiner told The New York Times in 1970. “The person who spent his life in the Adirondacks has nice pink lungs. The city dweller’s are black as coal.” > [@](#): > > Today, federal regulatory efforts have largely alleviated acid rain in New York; the idea that every state can take care of its own environmental issues — a claim President Trump made during the campaign, in a promise to shut down the E.P.A. — ignores the mobility of pollutants. There’s only one sky. > > Most of the sewage contamination of the Hudson is long gone, Mr. Sullivan said. Under the federal Clean Water Act, New York and local governments received grants or loans from the federal government to build sewage treatment plants. Dear administration. You really should realize that you breathe the same air as us poor folk. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-want-to-eliminate-the-epa/779976/78 "2017-03-01T22:15:02Z")
You know the slogan of the Standing Rock protesters is “Water is Life”. Big Business is buying up the fresh water aquifers and soon the _only_ clean water will be branded, bottled and sold at a profit more than oil does now. Oh, wait, bottled water already costs more to buy than an equivalent amount of gas. But you can’t drink gas. [The New “Water Barons”: Wall Street Mega-Banks are Buying up the World's Water - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization](http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-new-water-barons-wall-street-mega-banks-are-buying-up-the-worlds-water/5383274) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-want-to-eliminate-the-epa/779976.md?page=3)