If environmental red tape is the source of so many economic woes, why is the evidence of the harm they cause so sketchy?
Serious question: Can anyone think of an environmental regulation that has crippled an economy? I don't mean shaved a few per cent off a polluting company's share price or forced the lucrative fly-tipping...
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