Both presidents have track records as avid deregulators when it comes to environmental rules on industry, but Trump's efforts to cast doubt on science head in a very different direction.
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Both presidents were avid deregulators when it came to environmental rules on industry, but Trump's efforts to cast doubt on science head in a very different direction.
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