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What happened when an industry-friendly EPA leader in the '80s went too far

May 2, 2017
Anne Gorsuch's goal was to rein in the young agency during the anti-regulatory Reagan era.
In 1981, Ronald Reagan tapped conservative Anne Gorsuch to run the EPA. She oversaw a one-quarter budget cut at the agency, and enforcement cases by investigators plummeted.
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