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A brazen attempt to take over the EPA — and the nerds and pencil pushers who pushed back.
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A brazen attempt to take over the EPA — and the nerds and pencil pushers who pushed back.
The resistance’s plan seems to be working. The public and Congress are alerted to the directives amiss at the EPA. But then, the White House brings on a deputy to oversee hazardous waste at the EPA: Rita Lavelle.
Congress wants documents from the EPA about the clean-up of toxic waste sites, including the Stringfellow Acid Pits in Glen Avon, California. But Anne Gorsuch won’t hand them over.
Congressional hearings about the management of the EPA lead to firings, dramatic resignations, and for one person, a prison sentence. But in the long run, did the bureaucrats and government workers who plotted and leaked documents to “save the EPA” get what they want?
Ronald Reagan wants a leaner government with fewer regulations and much less spending. So, he hired Anne Gorsuch to lead Environmental Protection Agency — a move that seeded concerns about regulatory capture.