by Rona FriedGlenn Youngkin has been governor of Virginia for three weeks and is already causing harm. His job was to destroy the agency (thousands of employees left), stifle scientists, and roll-back as many environmental regulations as possible. Besides electing a Republican governor in the 2021 election, Republicans also won the majority in the Virginia House. Youngkin can’t remove Virginia from the RGGI by executive order because it was approved through legislation. – banned the deadly pesticide dicamba after Trump’s EPA approved it, intentionally ignoring scientific evidence– rejected Trump’s EPA rule that prevents it from limiting polluting industries’ greenhouse gas emissions– re-instated Obama administration car and truck fuel efficiency standards.