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Editorial: The war on science at the EPA

An editorial from the Los Angeles Times:

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Rigorous, independent research and analysis should undergird everything the government does. Nowhere is that more true than at the Environmental Protection Agency, which crafts and enforces a wide range of regulations aimed at limiting damage to the environment - and to people - from pollutants. Democratic administrations tend to use data to justify more aggressive regulation, while Republican administrations tend to prefer a

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