But after Dow met with EPA officials in Washington, Gade was fired. This is not the first time EPA has appeared to side with industry as it previously denied California permission to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from automobiles and refused to declare greenhouse-gas emissions a threat. For more see: WSJ and Chicago Tribune
Saturday, May 3, 2008
On Whose Side is the EPA?
Some people wonder if the Environmental Protection Agency is there to protect the public or the industries EPA is suppose to regulate. Mary Gade, director of the Midwest office of EPA tried to force the Dow Chemical Company to clean up contamination in the Tittabawassee River system where dioxin levels were the highest amounts ever found in the U.S.
But after Dow met with EPA officials in Washington, Gade was fired. This is not the first time EPA has appeared to side with industry as it previously denied California permission to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from automobiles and refused to declare greenhouse-gas emissions a threat. For more see: WSJ and Chicago Tribune
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But after Dow met with EPA officials in Washington, Gade was fired. This is not the first time EPA has appeared to side with industry as it previously denied California permission to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from automobiles and refused to declare greenhouse-gas emissions a threat. For more see: WSJ and Chicago Tribune
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