“The present EPA with its shredders, improper contacts with the regulated community, conflicts of interest, and the like appears to be substantially more  venal [than other federal agencies].”

This effectively sums up the state of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) less than two weeks into the presidency of Donald Trump. But it was written thirty-four years ago.

For those who don’t have copies of the Atlanta Constitution sitting around, this quote comes from a 1982 editorial about Reagan’s EPA. Unfortunately, not much has changed today.