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  • July 2008

    • Calif. Sues EPA for 'Wantonly' Ignoring Earth

      Reuters  |  Jul 31, 08 8:42 AM CDT

      Calif. Sues EPA for 'Wantonly' Ignoring Earth

      (Newser) - California is suing the EPA for "wantonly" shirking its duty to protect the environment, reports Reuters. The lawsuit is aimed at forcing the agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from ships, planes, and industrial equipment, said Attorney General Jerry Brown. He said previous efforts to get the agency to act had been met only with a "pathetically weak" proposal that ignored public health concerns.  More »

    • Bush, EPA Won't Touch Emissions

      Washington Post  |  Jul 11, 08 2:24 PM CDT

      Bush, EPA Won't Touch Emissions

      (Newser) - Regulation of greenhouse gas emissions will have to wait until President Bush is out of office, the EPA announced today. Instead, the agency will say it needs months of further public comment to make any decision. The statement is the end result of a protracted White House effort to tone down the agency’s findings, the Washington Post reports. More »

  • June 2008

    • White House Ignored EPA Pollutants Email

      New York Times  |  Jun 25, 08 9:34 AM CDT

      White House Ignored EPA Pollutants Email

      (Newser) - The White House didn’t like the findings in a Supreme Court-mandated report on pollutants from the EPA—so it simply refused to open the email, the New York Times reports. Instead, the administration has successfully pressured the agency into releasing a watered-down, recommendation-free report. Among the omitted sections: analysis showing that tougher automobile regulation could produce $500 billion to $2 trillion in economic benefits. More »

    • Nixonland Gets 'Excellent' Prez Utterly Wrong

      New York Sun  |  Jun 19, 08 4:46 PM CDT

      Nixonland Gets 'Excellent' Prez Utterly Wrong

      (Newser) - The biography Nixonland is a hatchet job on an “excellent president,” media mogul Conrad Black (from behind bars) writes in the New York Sun , picking apart author Rick Perlstein’s slights—and reminding of the profound accomplishments of the 37th president. Beyond crediting Nixon with coarsening the political discourse permanently, Perlstein revels in his “manic, corrupt, rat cunning,” plus, Black notes, “cynicism, opportunism and chicanery.” More »

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