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[quote]President Trump to nominate former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler as head of Environmental Protection Agency[/quote]

[i]https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/16/trumps-epa-president-name-andrew-wheeler-permanent-chief/2026779002/[/i]

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CountScrofula · 41-45, M

"Regulatory capture is an economic theory that says regulatory agencies may come to be dominated by the industries or interests they are charged with regulating. The result is that the agency, which is charged with acting in the public's interest, instead acts in ways that benefit the industry it is supposed to be regulating."