Environment

The New York Times

May 24^th, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/08/24/what-if-republicans-closed-the-epa

Summary:

The Environmental Protection Agency that was commissioned by President Nixon of the Republican party in the 1970s is now being attacked by the current members of the Republican party. From the more extreme conservatives including Michelle Bachmann to former and current G.O.P presidential candidates, Rick Perry, and Newt Gingrich, everyone is aiming to get rid of the EPA for good. Condemning the EPA as setting up additional barriers to job creation, EPA's multitudes of regulations on businesses is cited as it main fault.

Connection:

The Republican party is notorious for its long term condemnation of EPA and approbation of oil companies. During the Bush Jr. presidency, the administration's placement of a former oil company worker as the director of the EPA portrays of the conflicts in the interest between oil and EPA. However, the fact that the EPA was not dissembled by the Bush presidency shows one thing-that EPA is mostly likely here to stay.

Reflection:

It is surprising given the fact that current Republicans are so averse to the EPA that a Republican president was responsible for its creation. While the current Republicans are busy condemning the EPA for obstructing job creation, they have ignored its role in serving to maintain the health of Americans. Without the EPA to regulate oil and automobile industries, the subsequent increase in carbon dioxide emissions would probably contribute to more job losses through exacerbating global warming.