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EPA

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EPA

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EPA is a recurring organization in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 6 times across 6 issues between February 09, 2021 and September 18, 2023. The archive places it in contexts such as “Republican presidents pushed immigration amnesties and founded the EPA”; “https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/greenhouse-gas-emissions-typical-passenger-vehicle”; “Trump’s EPA and Biden’s EPA made very different sta”. It most often appears alongside Democrats, FDA, Republicans.

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  • Category: Organizations
  • Mention count: 6
  • Issue count: 6
  • First seen: February 09, 2021
  • Last seen: September 18, 2023

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

Book Review: Why We're Polarized
February 09, 2021 · Original source
In 1976, three years after Roe v. Wade, Democrats and Republicans were about equally likely to support abortion restrictions. That same year, a poll found that "only 54% of the electorate believed that the Republican Party was more conservative than the Democratic Party"; 30% thought there was no difference. As late as 2004, about equal numbers (within 5 pp) of Democrats and Republicans agreed with statements like "government is almost always wasteful and inefficient" and "immigrants are a burden on our country". Between the late 60s and early 90s, Democratic presidents deregulated the airlines and passed welfare reform; Republican presidents pushed immigration amnesties and founded the EPA.
Inline links: As late as 2004
Carbon Costs Quantified
August 25, 2021 · Original source
40: https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/greenhouse-gas-emissions-typical-passenger-vehicle
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May 10, 2022 · Original source
And yet “trust the US government” has so far failed to solve all of our epistemic problems. Partly this is because the US government constantly disagrees with itself (the FDA got in a fight with Biden over vaccine readiness; Trump’s EPA and Biden’s EPA made very different statements on climate change). Partly it’s because for internal political reasons or military/geopolitical reasons, the US government has lots of incentives to lie or stretch the truth. Partly it’s because other organizations with the same advantages as the US government make counterclaims (eg the Ukrainian government said their intelligence told them Russia wouldn’t invade, and they also seemed pretty trustworthy).
Prediction Market FAQ
December 20, 2022 · Original source
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Your Book Review: Public Citizens
June 23, 2023 · Original source
No direct inline source block was recovered for this mention.
Highlights From The Comments On Elon Musk
September 18, 2023 · Original source
No direct inline source block was recovered for this mention.