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Republicans Use Power to Rewrite Environmental Law
Washington AP reports that a Republican-led Congress is using spending bills with policy riders to reshape federal environmental laws. Critics call it a backroom, no-debate assault on protections, while supporters call it quick policy action. The House funding measures would cut EPA budgets, curb enforcement, block regulations on cement kilns and incinerators, restrict auto and plant pollution rules, and limit public toxic-emission information. Browner, Studds, Livingston, and Babbitt voice concern over undermining public health and the environment, with Mojave Desert protection cited as a key example of power being used to influence environmental policy.
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Washington
Interior
Bruce Babbitt
House
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Carol Browner
Browner
Gerry Studds
D-Mass
Bob Livingston
R-La
Appropriations Committee
Babbitt
California
Mojave Desert
Democratic Congress
Mojave
National Park Service
Jerry Lewis
R-Calif
Park Agency