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Brent Blackwelder and Bill Drayton discuss the history of the EPA over the past four decades and the EPA’s role in the US economy

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Daphne Wysham is a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and
founder and host of Earthbeat, now airing on 61 public radio stations in the US and Canada.

Brent Blackwelder is the President Emeritus of Friends of the Earth, and has served as an environmental advocate for over 40 years.

Bill Drayton was the Assistant Administator at the US Environmental Protection Agency under President Jimmy Carter. He is currently chair and CEO of ASHOKA, an organization focusing on social entrepreneurship