Environmental Protection Agency

Dave Dempsey blows the whistle on another sleazy, last-minute Bush Admimistration favor to a business at the expense of the environment - - this tmee, for Dow Chemical and its dioxin contamination in Michigan.

Another example, here.

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In its waning days, the Bush Administration's EPA has ruled that power plants need not install technology that can remove carbon dioxide from their emissions.

Let's hope the incoming administration can reverse this rule, or that it can be tossed by a judge.

Thanks, Don, for sending the link to me.

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Too much soot in the air, so Dane County now makes the US EPA list for clean air violators.

It's good that county officials are on top of the problem, but it's a step backwards for the region and state.

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Knowing that the Obama team would undo Bush administration plans to weaken air pollution rules, the EPA threw in the towel and left the current regs in place.

The winner? People still breathing.

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