I appreciate your view of President Reagan. However, I disagree that he was one of our greatest presidents. Reagan and his administration had one of the worst environmental records of our modern presidencies. Additionally, during Reagan’s term, the Environmental Protection Agency was lackadaisical in enforcing antipollution laws, and the Department of the Interior was complaisant with profit-making corporations. Hence, the government opened up large areas of federal domain, including offshore oil fields to private development.
Furthermore, the Government deliberately procrastinated to tackle long-term problems such as global warming, acid rain, toxic waste, air pollution, and the contamination of underground water supplies. Disheartened by
Furthermore, the Government deliberately procrastinated to tackle long-term problems such as global warming, acid rain, toxic waste, air pollution, and the contamination of underground water supplies. Disheartened by