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EPA Staffers Told to Keep Quiet in Memo

Environmental experts suspect politically charged 'gag order'

CNN CNN Jul 29, 08 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - In what some officials fear is a sign of secrecy and political meddling, an email to Environmental Protection Agency staff asked that they not answer questions from journalists, the Government Accountability Office, or its own inspector general, CNN reports. In the email, which an environmental workers’ group called a “gag order,” EPA employees were told to direct questions to superiors. More »

More about:  email • Environmental Protection Agency • Barbara Boxer • secrecy • Stephen Johnson

Cheney's Staff Cut Testimony on Climate:
EPA Official

VP feared regulations on greenhouse gas

Associated Press Associated Press Jul 8, 08 3:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Aides to Vice President Dick Cheney censored congressional testimony on climate change by a top government official, a former official at the Environmental Protection Agency charges. Jason Burnett claims Cheney’s office, fearing testimony would lead to greater regulation of greenhouse gases, excised six pages of text regarding the health risks of global warming by the director of the Centers for Disease Control last fall, the AP reports. More »

GOP Senators Block Bill
on Climate Change

It will likely be pulled until next year

Associated Press Associated Press Jun 6, 08 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republican senators blocked a landmark climate change bill today in a filibuster, making it likely that the carbon-capping legislation will be shelved until next year. After a debate over the economic costs of the bill—which would cut CO2 emissions by 71% by 2050—the Senate came up a dozen votes short of the number needed to end the filibuster, the AP reports. More »

More about:  climate change • carbon emissions • Mitch McConnell • Barbara Boxer • carbon caps

Senator Blasts 'Foot-Dragging' on Protecting Polar Bear

Feds delay decision due within 1 year

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Mar 21, 08 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three months after the deadline for declaring whether polar bears are a threatened species, the Interior Department hasn't issued a ruling, and Barbara Boxer wants to know why. The influential senator said yesterday she wants Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to appear before the environment committee and “answer questions about the administration’s continued foot-dragging,” the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports. More »

Senate to Hold Drug Water Hearings

Lawmakers press EPA to establish task force on contaminants

Associated Press Associated Press Mar 11, 08 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alarmed by an AP story, two top senators vowed yesterday to probe drug traces in US drinking water. Sen. Barbara Boxer and Sen. Frank Lautenberg plan to lead hearings next month to "protect our residents and clean up our water supply," Lautenberg said. The first of AP's three PharmaWater stories reported that antibiotics, sex hormones, and dozens of other drugs float in water consumed by 41 million Americans. More »

EPA Chief Ignored Staff
on Calif. Ruling

Auto industry pushed White House to sway him, sources say

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Dec 21, 07 1:58 PM CST
(Newser) - The EPA chief—under heavy pressure from the auto industry—rejected his own staff's advice in denying California’s request to set its own fuel economy standards, the Los Angeles Times reports. Stephen Johnson told the state that it’s request was unnecessary in the wake of the new energy bill and didn’t meet legal standards. But sources say his staff reached the opposite conclusion and was overruled. More »

Bush to Cut Anti-Terror Funding

Proposal to ax port, transit security sparks bipartisan ire

Associated Press Associated Press Dec 1, 07 5:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Bush plans to cut counterterror funds in half next year, nixing port and transit security plans altogether, the AP reports. The drop from $3.2 billion to $1.4 billion would slash police, fire, and rescue budgets nationwide—and run counter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's vow of less "bean-counting" after New York and Washington dollars were cut 40% in 2005. More »

More about:  George W. Bush • California • terrorism • New York • counterterrorism • homeland security • Charles Schumer • Barbara Boxer • Peter King

Gay Groups Want Craig Probe Halted

Citing Vitter, activists see ‘homophobic’ double standard

The Hill The Hill Nov 13, 07 1:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Prominent gay rights groups are calling on the Senate Ethics Committee to drop its sexual misconduct probe of Larry Craig, calling the panel’s focus on the senator’s case—combined with the lack of focus on David Vitter’s—“hypocrisy tinged by homophobia.” The two groups say Craig has been singled out because his behavior was homosexual, whereas Vitter’s alleged visits to prostitutes were heterosexual, the Hill reports. More »

More about:  California • gay rights • Larry Craig • homophobia • Barbara Boxer • Senate Ethics Committee • David Vitter

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