The Washington Post trumpets that the Environmental Protection Agency under the Bush administration "pursues fewer polluters."
Sigh. 1] They write that as if it's automatically a bad thing. It's not. The federal government must avoid over-regulation and the use of heavy-handed tactics. 2] In any case, the headline is false. The EPA isn't pursuing fewer polluters. Instead, they're pursuing fewer major prosecutions against accused polluters, and instead making deals and plea-bargains, gaining compliance that way. They have the same goal as do environmentalists; they just use different tactics. It's sad that the liberal headline-writers at the Post can't, or won't, acknowledge this.
