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Re:EPA prepares weakening of mercury regulations by hn_throwaway_99 on Sunday September 30, 2018 @06:36PM (#18108823)
> Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist who is now the acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

and

> The details of the rollback about to be proposed would also represent a victory for Mr. Wheeler’s former boss, Robert E. Murray, the chief executive of the Murray Energy Corporation, one of the nation’s largest coal companies. Mr. Murray, who was a major donor to President Trump’s inauguration fund, personally requested the rollback of the mercury rule soon after Mr. Trump took office, in a written “wish list” he handed to Energy Secretary Rick Perry.

It's difficult for me to imagine how this cartoon-level villainy could get any worse, but I guess I'm numb at this point.

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Re:EPA prepares weakening of mercury regulations by roryisok on Monday October 01, 2018 @05:33AM (#18111144)
> It's difficult for me to imagine how this cartoon-level villainy could get any worse, but I guess I'm numb at this point.

There are days when i feel like reality is trolling me

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Re:EPA prepares weakening of mercury regulations by berbec on Sunday September 30, 2018 @10:16PM (#18109582)
> It's difficult for me to imagine how this cartoon-level villainy could get any worse

You had to say something...

"Trump announces the new vice-chairman and the new head of the FDA: Walter White and Jeffrey Dahmer"

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