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Mad Libby EPA talked out of declaring public-health emergency in asbestos-ridden town		03 Oct 2008	News
Posted at 5:09 PM on 03 Oct 2008 A public-health emergency has never been declared in Libby, Mont., where asbestos exposure from vermiculite mining has killed 200 people and sickened more than 1,000 more. But documents and emails obtained recently by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) show that in 2002, the U.S. EPA was primed to declare such an emergency -- before being talked out of it by top-level officials at the O ...
Topics: health, jackassery, mining, Montana, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

I've been tuned out for a while	David Roberts	08 Sep 2008	Gristmill
When did all these trolls show up?
Topics: jackassery (all these topics)

Terms of Endangerment Bush admin tries sneaky attack on endangered-species protections		11 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 1:31 PM on 11 Aug 2008 The Bush administration is trying to push through changes to the Endangered Species Act that would -- surprise! -- be detrimental to endangered species. Under regulatory changes proposed Monday, tens of thousands of projects funded, built, or authorized by federal agencies each year would be exempt from currently mandated independent reviews. Instead, the administration has de ...
Topics: endangered species, jackassery, news (all these topics)

Cheney reaction Ex-EPA official details White House interference on climate action	Kate Sheppard	08 Jul 2008	Gristmill
In a letter [PDF] made public today, former deputy EPA administrator Jason Burnett indicates that both the Office of the Vice President and the Council on Environmental Quality have attempted to censor discussion of the consequences that global warming poses to human health. Burnett, who went public about the administration's obstruction after leaving the EPA in early June, detailed the interference in a letter to Environment and Public Works Chair Barbara B ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, jackassery, Muckraker, news, politics, shenanigans, US EPA (all these topics)

White-Out House White House tries to keep EPA from showing how greenhouse gases could be regulated		30 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 12:29 PM on 30 Jun 2008 The White House is trying to block the U.S. EPA from releasing a document that shows how the Clean Air Act could be used to regulate greenhouse gases, reports The Wall Street Journal. The draft document, a formal response to a Supreme Court decision that greenhouse gases are pollutants and can thus be regulated under the Clean Air Act, must be OK'd by the White Hou ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, jackassery, news, politics, regulation, US EPA, White House (all these topics)

'Partisan bickering' It's long past time to assign responsibility for stymied climate legislation	David Roberts	11 Jun 2008	Gristmill
In an otherwise insightful piece on the failure of the Lieberman-Warner bill, Eric Pooley says this: It would have taken a truly great floor debate to begin resolving some of those difficult areas -- a half dozen thorny deal-breakers (how to contain costs, what to do about China) that need to be figured out before any such bill can pass. But not much of that table setting took place last week, because the debate never made it past the partisan bickering and eco ...
Topics: climate, jackassery, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Notable quotable Inhofe: 'Hey, it's not our fault'	Kate Sheppard	05 Jun 2008	Gristmill
'All Republicans want just one thing, and that is to debate this bill ... When they pull the bill, I don't want them to say that Republicans had anything to do with it.' -- James Inhofe (R-Okla.) on the Senate floor Thursday, after Republican leadership spent nearly four days delaying debate of the Climate Security Act
Topics: jackassery, James Inhofe, politics, quotables, shenanigans (all these topics)

The cowardly lion McCain to skip another crucial climate vote	David Roberts	29 May 2008	Gristmill
Unbelievable. Sen. John McCain -- who just weeks ago said of the Climate Security Act, "I hope it will pass, and I hope the entire Congress will join in supporting it and the President of the United States would sign it" -- now says he won't show up to vote on it. He won't vote against it, mind you. Won't go on record. Won't take a stand. He just won't show. 'I have not been there for a number of votes. The same thing happened in the campaign of ...
Topics: climate, coal, energy, jackassery, legislation, nuclear power, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Stonewall Johnson	David Roberts	28 May 2008	Gristmill
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Bush Era:
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, jackassery, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

ACCCE's lobbying campaign against Lieberman Warner Coal industry launches full-scale attack against climate legislation	Brad Johnson	23 May 2008	Gristmill
Originally posted at the Wonk Room. The coal-industry front group American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity has launched a major lobbying campaign against the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act. ACCCE claims it is opposed to Lieberman-Warner because it 'does not adequately embrace' their 'principles' and raises 'just too many unanswered questions.' Principles: ACCCE's 12 principles [PDF] for federal legislation boil down to demands that they be allowed to ...
Topics: climate, coal, jackassery, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Stop the presses!	David Roberts	23 May 2008	Gristmill
A report put together by the National Coal Council finds that coal is essential and it's not going anywhere and reducing coal use would mean the widespread death of puppies and cute children but the full-scale use of all available coal will lead to a country infused by pony spirits!
Topics: energy, coal, lying liars, jackassery (all these topics)

Tailpipe tampering Waxman discloses evidence that White House influenced EPA California waiver	Frank O'Donnell	19 May 2008	Gristmill
It's been a matter of extreme controversy since last December, when EPA -- confronted with an impending front-page Washington Post exclusive -- suddenly announced it was denying California's request to enforce its greenhouse gas standards for motor vehicles. After months of dogged investigation, California Rep. Henry Waxman disclosed today that he had evidence that the White House tampered with the decision. The issue is certain to come up tomorrow as EPA Admist ...
Topics: California, climate, jackassery, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

For Specious Skies EPA plans to loosen air-quality rules near national parks		16 May 2008	News
Posted at 11:45 AM on 16 May 2008 Photo: Wolfgang Staudt Call us crazy, but rewriting the Clean Air Act to ease the way for new coal plants near national parks seems to fly in the face of that whole "clean air" thing. But sure enough, the U.S. EPA plans to make a change allowing the government to calculate the average annual emissions of power plants near parks and wilderness areas, instead of tracking (and po ...
Topics: air pollution, coal, energy, jackassery, national parks, news, politics, regulation, US EPA (all these topics)

'At the pleasure of the president' Who's looking into the circumstances of the Gade firing?	Kate Sheppard	02 May 2008	Gristmill
After yesterday's news about the ouster of Mary Gade from the head of the EPA's Midwest office, the next question is who, if anyone, is looking into whether her firing came at the behest of Dow Chemical and the White House. According to EPA spokesperson Jonathan Shradar, no internal investigation into the circumstances of Gade's dismissal is planned. 'This is a role that serves at the pleasure of the administration, and [EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson] makes the ...
Topics: jackassery, Muckraker, news, politics, shenanigans, US EPA (all these topics)

Skeptics lie; news at 11 DeSmogBlog uncovers Heartland lies	David Roberts	02 May 2008	Gristmill
The right-wing Heartland Institute has been making a big fuss about "500 Scientists with Documented Doubts of Man-Made Global Warming Scares." Five hundred skeptical scientists? Sounds bad! Kevin Grandia at DeSmogBlog had the radical idea of actually contacting the scientists, to see if they are being accurately characterized by Heartland. You see where this is going, right? In less than 24 hours, Grandia received three dozen outraged replies from scienti ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, climate science, jackassery (all these topics)

Shades of U.S. attorney scandal in the EPA Top EPA official forced out by political appointees	Brad Johnson	01 May 2008	Gristmill
Cross-posted from the Wonk Room. I've previously described Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen L. Johnson as 'the environment's Alberto Gonzales.' After years of scandal as White House Counsel and Attorney General, Gonzales finally resigned after it was revealed that numerous U.S. attorneys were fired without cause under his watch. Now it seems the EPA is following the Department of Justice's efforts to rid itself of staffers who are not 'loya ...
Topics: jackassery, politics, shenanigans, Stephen Johnson, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

If loving the earth isn't enough, hating Chevron will do Chevron runs ad attacking Goldman Prize winner	Adam Browning	15 Apr 2008	Gristmill
I attended the Goldman Prize presentation last night, and it was, per usual, a spectacular celebration of uncommonly dedicated individuals working to make this world a better place. The stories of their struggles and triumphs wetted every eye in the house, and they serve as a beacon of inspiration to all who care about the future of planet Earth. Unless you are Chevron. This morning, Chevron ran a full-page ad in the San Francisco Chronicle attacking one of the ...
Topics: Big Oil, grassroots activism, heroes, jackassery, litigation, oil (all these topics)

For Earth Day, Bush claims to want climate solutions Analysis: Bush announcement attempt to subvert action	Brad Johnson	14 Apr 2008	Gristmill
As David mentioned, The Washington Times reported today that 'President Bush is poised to change course and announce as early as this week that he wants Congress to pass a bill to combat global warming, and will lay out principles for what that should include.' However, 'it is not clear exactly what Mr. Bush will propose.' Although this announcement comes as we head into the Earth Day weekend, Bush spokeswoman Dana Perino claimed it's just a coincidence. Stephen Dina ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, George Bush, jackassery, politics, regulation (all these topics)

What would Edward Abbey do? Bush administration ignoring environmental laws, building border wall anyway	Glenn Hurowitz	02 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Ocelot. Photo: Andrew Nicholson Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced yesterday that he will use authority Congress gave him to waive all environmental laws that will impede construction of 670 miles of border wall between the United States and Mexico. The wall threatens the rare wildlife of the Southwest like ocelots, jaguars, jaguarundis, and others with extinction because it will prevent animals from reaching breeding populations in Me ...
Topics: animal welfare, extinction, international politics, jackassery, Mexico, politics, Sierra Club, wildlife (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	29 Mar 2008	Gristmill
'I'll retract the rape complaint from the wombat, because he's pulled out. Apart from speaking Australian now, I'm pretty all right you know. I didn't hurt my bum at all.' -- New Zealander Arthur Cradock, who was subsequently charged with 'using a phone for a fictitious purpose
Topics: health, jackassery, New Zealand, quotables, sex (all these topics)

Meat wagon: pork superbug! Antibiotic-resistant bacteria thrives in CAFO pork, and Wall Street gobbles up Big Meat shares	Tom Philpott	23 Mar 2008	Gristmill
In Meat Wagon, we round up the latest outrages from the meat industry. Back in December, Michael Pollan wrote a important article about the antibiotic resistant bacteria MSRA, which Pollan decsribed like this: ... the very scary antibiotic-resistant strain of Staphylococcus bacteria that is now killing more Americans each year than AIDS -- 100,000 infections leading to 19,000 deaths in 2005, according to estimates in The Journal of the American Medical Associatio ...
Topics: business, food, health, industrial ag, jackassery (all these topics)

Bush Whacked President Bush interfered to weaken U.S. ozone standards		14 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 10:39 AM on 14 Mar 2008 President Bush interfered at the last minute to weaken the recently announced U.S. ozone standards, according to EPA documents. On Wednesday, the EPA set both the "public health" standard (how much ozone is in one place at one time) and the "public welfare" standard (consideration of the long-term effect of ozone) at the same level. Before Bush interfered, the agency planne ...
Topics: air pollution, George Bush, health, jackassery, news, ozone, politics, regulation, US EPA (all these topics)

Not Everyone Can Be a Decider Timing of EPA decision on vehicle greenhouse-gas regulation still a mystery		05 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 10:18 AM on 05 Mar 2008 When will the U.S. EPA decide whether to regulate vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions? EPA head Stephen Johnson testified in the Senate Tuesday that he just couldn't say, even though it's been nearly a year since the agency was directed by the Supreme Court to make that decision. When asked whether any EPA staffers were currently working on the issue, Johnson s ...
Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, jackassery, news, politics, regulation, US EPA, US Senate (all these topics)

Leavin' Stephen EPA unions withdraw from cooperation agreement		04 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 12:37 PM on 04 Mar 2008 Union local presidents representing the vast majority of U.S. EPA employees have withdrawn from a cooperation agreement with their Bush-appointed supervisors, claiming "abuses of our good nature and trust." In a letter to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson, the unionized workers wrote that he retaliates against whistleblowers and ignores principles of scientific integrity "whenever poli ...
Topics: jackassery, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Fishy Wildlife Service Bush administration misses deadline for decision on polar bears		14 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 1:49 PM on 14 Feb 2008 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has again missed a deadline for announcing whether or not it will declare polar bears a threatened species. source:� Reuters see also, in Grist:� Sell-off of oil leases in polar-bear habitat brings record bidding From the Archives 'Hyde and Shriek. CDC confirms FEMA trailers tainted with formaldehyde; residents urged ...
Topics: endangered species, jackassery, news, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

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