Bush Administration and U.S. EPA Under Scrutiny

The Bush Administration and U.S. EPA continue to be scrutinized in the press.  Most recently, on December 7, 2008, the Philadelphia Inquirer published the first of a four part series of articles titled “Smoke and Mirrors – The Subversion of the EPA.”  The articles can be accessed at www.philly.com/epa. Of particular interest is the second article in the series, published on December 8, 2008, which examines several air pollution-related court rulings including the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) and New Source Review (NSR). The article takes a critical look at several rules that have been challenged by both industry and environmental groups, with characterizations of the overturned rules as “reckless” and “arbitrary” by ex-U.S. EPA officials and representatives of environmental groups.

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