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The EPA acts more like a friend and less like a regulator of utilities
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Oct 11, 2017

The EPA acts more like a friend and less like a regulator of utilities

Megan McLaughlin

Under Scott Pruitt's direction, the Environmental Protection Agency seems just fine with increasing Americans' exposure to industrial toxins as long as it fulfills President Donald Trump's promise to revive the nation's moribund coal industry.

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