Reminder that the EPA was created by Nixon so that Congress wouldn’t create an environmental agency that could actually hold businesses accountable.
On its best day the EPA already isn’t enough.
And like, sure, we’re better off now that rivers aren’t spontaneously catching fire, but we need more. Just preventing modern Republicans from tearing down what we currently have just isn’t enough to protect the environment
It was just enough to take the wind out of the sails of a green movement.
Enough pollution to cause lasting damage, but just short of enough for a majority of Americans to care about the damage.