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EPA: "Toxic Air Pollution? Cancer? Whatever."

August 23, 2007

Posted by John Walke in Curbing Pollution

Tags:
airpollution, americanpetroleuminstitute, cancer, EPA, industrialpollution, oilrefineries

So it's not often that you can just quote EPA's own media spin to see the self-evident absurdity of their latest attack on the environment, but here goes: "A recent analysis by EPA on the risks from air toxics emitted...continued

Cheney and the Politics of Air Pollution

June 28, 2007

Posted by John Walke in Curbing Pollution

Tags:
airpollution, cheney, EPA, industrialpollution, newsourcereview, smog

The Washington Post has a fascinating four-part series examining the role of Vice President Cheney in the Bush administration. The final article, Leaving No Tracks, explores several high-profile environmental controversies during this administration in which the Vice President personally intervened.One...continued

Smog, EPA and NAM

June 21, 2007

Posted by John Walke in Health and the Environment

Tags:
airpollution, EPA, healthhazards, industrialpollution, NAM, ozone, ozonestandard, SCOTUS, smog

NAM, industry's illegal war, and the smell of ozone in the morning: Industry is waging a carpet-bombing lobbying campaign, led by the National Association of Manufacturers or NAM, urging EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson to defy the law and adopt a...continued

John Walke
John Walke
Clean Air Director/ Senior Attorney
Washington, D.C.
As a senior attorney and the Director of NRDC's Clean Air Program, I work on...
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