What next for the EPA? Here's what Reagan did

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Seema Kakade, University of Maryland and Robert Percival, University of Maryland

(THE CONVERSATION) Scott Pruitt’s resignation as EPA administrator caught many by surprise because President Donald Trump had repeatedly supported Pruitt’s efforts to dismantle environmental protections and the agency itself. But it is not without historical precedent.

During the first two years of President Ronald Reagan’s administration, both EPA Administrator Anne Gorsuch and Interior Secretary Jame...