Question

All of the following environmental actions occurred during the Obama administration EXCEPT

A) the EPA was captured by interests of the coal and oil industries.

B) the EPA issued a finding that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare.

C) the EPA issued rules making new coal-based power plants nearly impossible to construct.

D) President Obama prevented the Keystone XL pipeline from being constructed.

E) President Obama issued new EPA rules to cut emissions from existing power plants.

Answer 1

The answer is option 'A' i.e. the EPA captured by interests of the & oil industries was coal a of it's When established to regulatory agency, promote the interests the public, instead works to advance interests the of the very tasked with requating industries the becomes captured. since becoming agency has appointed Trump two president, men to both of whom have a history lead the EPA, hostility towards the agency and deep of ties to the fossil fuel industry.