The cheer in the story is for the Energy, Climate Change, EPA nominations-
Environmental groups, scientists cheer Obama appointments. LA Times. By Jim Tankersley and Tom Hamburger
Continue Reading →Bush’s EPA criticized Obama’s new EPA choice for her bad record in New Jersey on toxic waste-
Likely EPA pick hit for Jersey record. Politico
“In a report released this summer, the EPA’s inspector general slammed New Jersey’s failure to clean up several toxic waste sites in a timely manner, and accused […]
Continue Reading →Steven Chu, a physicist, will be energy secretary. Lisa P. Jackson, from New Jersey environmental protection will head the E.P.A.-
Story from the New York Times. Obama Team Set on Environment. By John M. Broder.
Carol Browner, head of the EPA under Clinton may get the new climate post.
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Continue Reading →Huge transformation expected-
EPA, Interior Dept. Chiefs Will Be Busy Erasing Bush’s Mark. By Juliet Eilperin. Washington Post Staff Writer.
Few federal agencies are expected to undergo as radical a transformation under President-elect Barack Obama as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Interior Department, which have been at the epicenter of many of the […]
Continue Reading →From the Huffington Post-
Grijalva and Solis. Column by Steve Cobble.
And from New West. Grijalva Obama’s Best Bet at Interior. By Joan McCarter.
Continue Reading →Another massively offensive attempt to gut the outdoors by the outgoing Administration-
EPA Moves to Ease Air Rules for Parks. Regional Administrators Decry Decision. By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer. Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Trying to keep the air around and in the national parks has been a 30-year battle. One that […]
Continue Reading →The worst of the three is the 1500 megawatt plant slated for Ely, Nevada-
Up in Smoke: Environmentalists say future of three proposed Nevada coal plants in jeopardy. By Phoebe Sweet. Las Vegas Sun.
An EPA decision and the bad economy probably means they are dead.
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Perhaps most importantly, the […]
Continue Reading →The EPA’s Stalin era-
“It’s absolutely shocking what’s going on,” say insiders. Secretive changes have diluted science and jeopardized public health. Will Obama overcome Bush’s toxic legacy? . . . Salon Magazine
The EPA’s Stalin Era. By Rebecca Clarren
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