If the EPA sucks, there is a good reason for it. Back in the days of Ronnie Reagan, "the Gipper" gutted the regulatory agencies by appointing industry flacks to the agencies instead of regulators. He did that with all of them, which is why the country is in the mess it's in.

Efforts to restore their effectiveness is chronically blocked by Congress.

It's commonly referred to as "putting the fox in charge of the chicken coop."

Don Firth