The EPA: the Tea Party's Next Target

feeds.guardian.co.uk — You'd think Congress would be too busy wrecking the economy to attack the environment. Yet, in the midst of a packed schedule snapping at President Obama's heels and lunging for each other's throats, Republicans have found time to try and rip the heart out of the Environmental Protection Agency, killing 40 years of protections for water, air, endangered species, wildlife habitat and national parks. Instead of taking direct shots at the environment – not even Tea Tendency zealots come out and say they're pro-pollution -- Republicans are going after the EPA.

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