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But the EPA has since gone far beyond trying to clean air and water.  The EPA limits what people can do on their own land, to the point where it is sometimes a federal crime to chop down a tree or remove some water from private property.  The reach of the EPA extends into private property without any real connection to interstate commerce, and several decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court in recent years have held in favor of private property owners against burdensome EPA regulations.

But the EPA has since gone far beyond trying to clean air and water.  The EPA limits what people can do on their own land, to the point where it is sometimes a federal crime to chop down a tree or remove some water from private property.  The reach of the EPA extends into private property without any real connection to interstate commerce, and several decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court in recent years have held in favor of private property owners against burdensome EPA regulations.

The EPA is now central to the "global warming" debate.  <>regulations to limit the pollution that companies can generate.

The EPA is now central to the "global warming" debate, as it attempts to limit the greenhouse gases that factories produce.  This imposes enormous costs on businesses and results in less jobs available to Americans.  The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the EPA's authority to regulate in this field, and it has been a political controversy as the George W. Bush Administration declined to issue such regulations, but the Obama Administration is doing so.

=== Department of Health and Human Services ===

=== Department of Health and Human Services ===