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    1 year ago

    A few reasons:

    • Spending significant amounts of money needs congressional support and the Republicans control one house of Congress
    • Changing laws requires not just a majority, but a 60% supermajority in the Senate
    • The US regulatory process is designed to be slow, and the EPA lost most of its staff under Trump, so they prioritized the low-hanging fruit