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 EPA name change to fit new role
The Bush administration yesterday announced a name change for what was previously one of the countries most powerful consumer protection agencies.
The Environmental protection agency or EPA, set up in 1970 has been coming under increased criticism since the "election" of the current Bush government.
Pressure from the Bush administration has resulted in removal of warnings about the dangers of global warming from EPA reports.
Strategies previously intended to encourage the use of more economical cars have been altered in favour of encouraging people to actually drive larger vehicles supposedly for "safety" reasons.
Only this week, modified regulations were announced which will effectively cancel the Clean Air Act, a centrepiece of US environmental legislation to allow Bush's friends in the energy corporations to increase their carbon emissions with impunity.
Administration officials said to be "sick" of hearing that the EPA should be protecting the environment rather than destroying it, met last week to brainstorm a solution.
We were looking for a way of solving the fundamental contradiction between the EPA's name and it's current role... And we wanted something that wouldn't cause too many waves, I think we've done pretty well..." Patrick Ollution of the EPA told BIGfib.
The chosen solution enables the EPA to keep its three-letter abbreviation by simply changing its name to the “Environmental Perdition Agency"
“Perdition’s a great word, our studies show that most Americans don’t actually know what it means.”
See also : US Environmental protection agency to encourage climate change
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