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Nature 447, 892-893 (21 June 2007) | doi:10.1038/447892a; Published online 20 June 2007

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Congress requires the Environmental Protection Agency to look after the environment; the Bush administration wants it to be pro-business. Emma Marris steps through the looking glass to profile the result.

In 2006, a federal appeals court was called on to examine the way that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was proposing to regulate power-plant emissions. Congress had decreed that regulations should be revisited after "any physical change" that increases emissions.