Posted by John Walke in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment
This week was a time to celebrate the promise of cleaner air. EPA took the first steps toward righting numerous air pollution wrongs committed by the Bush administration. Administrator Lisa Jackson announced the reconsideration of three harmful air pollution rules --...continued→
Posted by John Walke in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
"Surely you must be joking." -- Ted Striker, Airplane I knew the Bush administration's midnight environmental regulations were bad. Rushed, sloppy, deregulatory favors to polluters, illegal. All of that. But my latest favorite falls into the "Surely you must be joking"...continued→
Posted by John Walke in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
This morning a coalition of environmental and public health groups issued a report entitled Transition to Green, providing priority environmental recommendations for the Obama administration transition team. I co-chaired the committee responsible for developing priority recommendations for EPA, and also chaired...continued→
Posted by John Walke
I usually don’t bother responding to utility lobbyists’ air pollution talking points. Much less re-publish their propaganda, thereby adding to the abuse of reason, facts, and good sense in the world today.But I’m making an exception today, because the latest talking...continued→
Posted by John Walke in Health and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
“This is a true story.” -- Opening line in 1957’s film, The Three Faces of Eve.Administrator Steve Johnson's Environmental Protection Agency has a split personality. And obsessive compulsive disorder probably should be added to that diagnosis too.The root cause -- or is...continued→
Posted by John Walke in Curbing Pollution
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→
