WASHINGTON—In what has been hailed as a pragmatic decision amid widespread acknowledgment that its mission had become futile, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it had shut down Tuesday after running out of salvageable environment to protect. “At this point, there’s really nothing we can do about any of it,…
WASHINGTON—In what has been hailed as a pragmatic decision amid widespread acknowledgment that its mission had become futile, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it had shut down Tuesday after running out of salvageable environment to protect. “At this point, there’s really nothing we can do about any of it, so we figured it was best to just close up shop,” said EPA administrator Michael S.
Houses are falling into the ocean. There’s an 85-mile stretch of the Mississippi River nicknamed ‘Cancer Alley’ because the air is so toxic. Oh, and all our birds are dying. There were a couple ponds we thought might pull through, but they’ve been completely overrun by invasive species, so that’s pretty much over.
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