“I’ve been studying up to help out on a future John Stossel segment which will likely address the EPA’s overreach in trying to reduce pollution to vanishingly small levels.”
Roy Spencer continues:
Of course, if we could do such a thing at reasonable cost, and there were clear benefits to human health and welfare, then such a goal might make sense. But what was once a noble and achievable goal to clean up most of our air and water pollution has become an end in itself: to keep making things cleaner and cleaner, no matter the cost.
I remember driving through the Gary, Indiana industrial complex in the 1960s. The air pollution was simply unbelievable. You could not escape the stench and smoke; rolling up the car windows did not help.
I also remember the Cuyahoga River fire of 1969. There is no question that the EPA has greatly helped…but we must remember that the EPA was the result of the public’s realization that is was time to start cleaning up some of our messes.
The fundamental problem, though, is that the EPA was given what amounts to limitless power…
Great comment with one little mistake. The observation that EPA cleaned up air and water is Post hoc ergo proctor hoc.
Everyone involved in environmental compliance has been saying this for years.
Steve Milloy has been saying exactly this for years.