Republican Perversion Of Government: The Environment

11:52 am EST October 1st, 2007 | Republicans | Comments Off

When polluters are in charge, polluters get out of jail free.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s pursuit of criminal cases against polluters has dropped off sharply during the Bush administration, with the number of prosecutions, new investigations and total convictions all down by more than a third, according to Justice Department and EPA data.

The number of civil lawsuits filed against defendants who refuse to settle environmental cases was down nearly 70 percent between fiscal years 2002 and 2006, compared with a four-year period in the late 1990s, according to those same statistics.

Man, we’ve got so much work to do to get our government working again after eight years of Republicanism. 2009 can’t come soon enough.

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