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.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.
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.
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| Coal barge, Guttenberg, Iowa |
Gingrich is also calling for the development of clean coal technologies and small nuclear plants.
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I don't trust Newt as far as I can throw a grand piano. He's the republican counterpoint to Chuck Schumer. As slimy as they get.
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