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"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now only counting costs to businesses when considering regulation on key pollutants, internal documents show, rather than considering human lives saved by such caps."

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[-] Spiv@lemmy.world 23 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

So it's the Corporate Cash Protection Agency now?

[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 14 points 12 hours ago

Seriously. Human lives or not, how is not considering pollution protecting the environment? Humans are not the only living things in the environment.

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago

billionaires have their bunkers, they dont' care about what fresh hell they create on the surface.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Yeah but before that they have their private islands and valleys that they keep pristine so they and only they can go do stuff in it. They turn into environmentalists overnight when talking about the land they play in. Mostly shooting animals, but some light atving also.

[-] pdxfed@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

The true tragedy of the commons.

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