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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Peeling away the covers Boxer releases notes on secret EPA material	Frank O'Donnell	23 Jan 2008	Gristmill
This just in: Sen. Barbara Boxer today released notes her staff took on some of the materials the Bush administration has tried to suppress regarding the decision to reject California's effort to enforce its greenhouse-gas standards for vehicles. These documents back up published reports that EPA chief Steve Johnson rejected the advice of his staff. More here.
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, shenanigans, US EPA (all these topics)

Testing the limits of coverup and privilege More shenanigans from the EPA on the Cali waiver	Frank O'Donnell	23 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Thurday will be an interesting test of the ability of Congress to crack a Bush administration coverup of a rotten and likely illegal action: its decision to reject California's effort to enforce its greenhouse-gas standards for motor vehicles. Sen. Barbara Boxer will put EPA Administrator Steve Johnson in the box to explore not only his indefensible decision, but his efforts to withhold information from Congress and cover up the truth about his pro-car company ...
Topics: air pollution, California, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, shenanigans, US EPA (all these topics)

Johnson's staff	David Roberts	21 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Reporting in the L.A. Times, Janet Wilson confirms (as Juliet Eilperin did earlier) that EPA staff unanimously recommended granting California's waiver, and that they were shut out of the final decision: [EPA staff] advised him to either grant the waiver outright or give California a temporary one for three years. Instead, three sources said, Johnson cut off any consultation with his technical staff for the last month and made his decision before having the ...
Topics: air pollution, California, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, shenanigans, US EPA (all these topics)

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