Posted by John Walke in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
Good news for clean air today. The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it is reconsidering the Bush administration's heavily criticized 2008 air quality standards for ground-level ozone pollution (smog). This step followed a lawsuit and reconsideration petition filed by the Natural...continued→
Posted by John Walke in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”– Hamlet Act 3, scene 2, 230. On Friday July 11th, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down the Bush administration’s signature air quality accomplishment, the “Clean Air Interstate Rule.” CAIR...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→
Posted by John Walke in Health and the Environment
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→
