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Republicans believe proper testing and proof is required to show effects that are incontrovertible.

Imposing limits on things that can be proven to be harmful is fine if it is across the board.

There are a lot of regulations on industry that go beyond the scope of what is necessary and it has turned the EPA / DEP in PA a strongarming opposition, in which it is taking literal payouts which almost amount to bribes or extortion depending on how you look at it.

Also, Republicans feel that many regulations are unfairly imposed across the nation and across the world.

If you want to limit something, then the world needs to limit it everywhere, especially the major players.

You cannot sacrifice American dominance and eventually safety by allowing other countries to continue to surpass us througy nefarious means.

For example, you impose 30 new limits to an industry which costs them an extra 50 million to install, accrues them fines if it fails, and has maintenance upkeep while allowing another country to produce at will with no restrictions.

Eventually, it is too much cheaper to produce in the other country so they just move their factory there and produce with no restrictions there.

Did you prevent pollution? No. Imposing those limits cost you American jobs, hurting our economy, and kept the same if no more pollution by 2 full factories going strong elsewhere.

The problem with the regulations is a lot are too far to allow American industry to compete. And, a lot of them are enforced in ways which are counter productive and also are detrimental to the worker's livelihoods.

Going about cleaner production (where scientifically proven beyond doubt to be an issue) is not supported properly by the government and has all the burden put on the companies.

Until limitations and restrictions and clean production is a standard across all nations (not in word but actuality), the United States cannot possibly adhere to unfeasible regulations that are not (proven to be) necessary.

You cannot sacrifice the American economy for the environment, despite what many would wish. Without the American economy, the country breaks down and it leads to scenarios where America itself could cease to exist or cease to be able to provide necessary protection and safety.

You could put it in other words as you would in other moral situations (while acknowledging by doing something "moral" you could actually be doing nothing at all / making it worse).
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