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Little need EPA eyes on pollution Scott Walker tells newspaper
Posted by State Journal: Steven Verburg on July 28th, 2015
State Journal: Gov. Scott Walker wants to all but eliminate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and place each state in charge of controlling air and water pollution within its borders if he is elected president, he told a conservative newspaper.
“I’m all for a sustainable environment, but you have to balance it with a sustainable economy, and I think in our state we’ve shown you can do that hand in hand,” Walker told the Washington Examiner in an article published Monday. “I think states can do it all...
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Scott Walker would virtually eliminate EPA as president: report
Posted by State Journal: Steven Verburg on July 27th, 2015
State Journal: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker told a newspaper that he would all but eliminate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency if he is elected president.
States could be in charge of enforcement of air and water pollution laws, Walker told the Washington Examiner in an article published Monday.
The EPA would become an "umbrella" agency for state environmental agencies such as the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources but would handle only mediation of disputes between the states over things such...