WASHINGTON -- Some of the government's top scientists were forced by Vice President Cheney's office to downplay the health dangers of global warming when testifying before Congress, a former senior EPA official said Tuesday. The White House denies any coverup, and the agencies involved say they...
WASHINGTON -- Vice President Dick Cheney's office last year blocked testimony on how global warming endangers public health, a former Environmental Protection Agency official said Tuesday. It was the strongest evidence yet of White House efforts to censor data on climate change. Jason Burnett, former...
WASHINGTON -- Vice President Dick Cheney's office last year blocked testimony on how global warming endangers public health, a former Environmental Protection Agency official said Tuesday. It was the strongest evidence yet of White House efforts to censor data on climate change. Jason Burnett, former...
WASHINGTON -- Escalating a fight with Democrats on Capitol Hill, the White House on Friday invoked executive privilege in refusing to turn over documents to a congressional committee investigating the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to deny California permission to implement its own vehicle emission standards. The Bush administration...
Now that the Bush administration is approaching its final six months and with the upcoming election season getting underway, it is a good time to take stock of various policy issues that are on the agenda for INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry. In this article, therefore, we offer...
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said that he, and not President Bush, made the final decision on issues involving global warming and air quality. "The president provided input," said EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson, referring to new ozone standards issued in March, before the House Oversight and...
WASHINGTON -- A House committee chairman issued a subpoena Wednesday seeking records of contacts between the White House and Environmental Protection Agency officials concerning California's tailpipe emissions law. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Los Angeles, said he has found evidence that officials from the White House and the agency...
The analysis divisions and continuous emissions monitoring system professionals in the automation space, as well as pollution controls engineers, pay heed. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA limited the allowable amount of pollution-forming ozone in the air to 75 parts per billion ppb in March, a level significantly higher than...
WASHINGTON -- The head of the Environmental Protection Agency refused to say Wednesday whether the White House sought to influence his decision denying California a waiver needed to implement a tailpipe emissions-reduction law. Appearing before the Senate Environment Committee, EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson deflected repeated questions...
WASHINGTON -- The head of the Environmental Protection Agency refused to say Wednesday whether the White House sought to influence his decision denying California a waiver needed to implement a tailpipe emissions-reduction law. Appearing before the Senate Environment Committee, EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson deflected repeated questions...
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Barbara Boxer released internal Environmental Protection Agency documents Tuesday that add to her suspicion that the White House directed the agency's rejection of California's tough fuel-standards waiver. The California Democrat is chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which is investigating the decision....
The U.S. Environmental Rejection, er, Protection Agency handed down yet another puzzling decision Wednesday. It said California could not mandate emissions standards for new cars and trucks that are tougher than the federal ones. Actually, blame for the decision shouldn't go to the entire EPA. It was made by EPA...
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters, with the knowledge of the White House, directed a behind-the-scenes effort to block California's request for its own, more stringent tailpipe emission standard, according to documents released Monday by a congressional committee. A trail of e-mails show Peters prodding...
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters, with the knowledge of the White House, directed a behind-the-scenes effort to block California's request for its own, more stringent tailpipe emission standard, according to documents released Monday by a congressional committee. A trail of e-mails show Peters prodding...
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters, with the knowledge of the White House, directed a behind-the-scenes effort to block California's request for its own, more stringent tailpipe emission standard, according to documents released Monday by a congressional committee. A trail of e-mails show Peters prodding...
WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved legislation to increase funding for environmental protection, national parks and conservation by some $1.2 billion. The White House and Republican leaders called the bill fiscally irresponsible, but Democrats insisted that the increases are critical to...
WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> When the hijacked planes hit New York's World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, Christine Todd Whitman was serving as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Monday, she was examined by a Congressional panel about whether the actions of her agency...
WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> After resisting the regulation of greenhouse gases since he took office in 2001, President George W. Bush today signed an Executive Order directing four federal agencies to develop regulations limiting greenhouse gas emissions from new mobile sources. Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide...
To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: White House Press Office, +1-202-456-2580 WASHINGTON, May 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Statement by President Bush on cafe and alternative fuel standards: Rose Garden1:21 P.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for coming. Good afternoon. I just finished a meeting with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Secretaries...
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I. IS THERE A BIAS IN THE DATA? II. WHAT DO THE DATA SHOW? A. Political Accountability B. Regulatory Efficacy III. WHERE DO...
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