Why Shifting Regulatory Power to the States Won't Improve the Environment

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By GuestAug 4, 2017, 6:28 pm278 pts
By Michael A. Livermore, University of Virginia President Trump and his appointees, particularly Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, have made federalism a theme of their efforts to scale back environmental regulation. They argue that the federal government has become too intrusive and…

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