The hollowing continues its quiet work

The EPA mercury rollback is not an isolated regulatory action. It is the latest in a sustained withdrawal of federal capacity that the March 31 zeitgeist identified: TSA haemorrhaging officers, EPA dismantling environmental protections, scientific research grants delayed or rescinded, federal agencies operating without funding for over forty days before the ceasefire diverted attention. Italy simultaneously delayed its coal plant shutdowns, citing the "serious international energy crisis" from ...