Newt calls for replacement of EPA

Newt Gingrich is calling for the replacement of what is becoming America's least popular governmental agency--after the IRS: the Environmental Protection Agency.

From AP:

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called Tuesday for the elimination of the Environmental Protection Agency, which he wants to replace with a new organization that would work more closely with businesses and be more aggressive in using science and technology.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Gingrich said the EPA was rarely innovative and focused only on issuing regulations and litigation.

"What you have is a very expensive bureaucracy that across the board makes it harder to solve problems, slows down the development of new innovations," Gingrich said.

Gingrich, who has acknowledged that he's mulling a run for the Republican presidential nomination, was in Iowa to talk to the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association. He also met privately with Republican legislators, often a sign in Iowa that people are laying the groundwork for a campaign. The state has the nation's first presidential caucuses.

Before the founding of the EPA, many rivers and lakes were chemical and sewage receptacles. But like most federal agencies, the EPA feels compelled to overreach.

Coal barge, Guttenberg, Iowa

Gingrich is also calling for the development of clean coal technologies and small nuclear plants.

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