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Industry fights tighter smog rules - Environment- msnbc.com: Mar 5, 1:24pm 2 reviews environment, epa
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23486994/; With Stephen Johnson in power, It doesn't look too good. From the page: "Big industries are waging an intense lobbying effort to block new, tougher limits on air pollution that is blamed for thousands of heart attacks, deaths and cases of asthma, bronchitis and other breathing problems. The Environmental Protection Agency is to decide within weeks whether to reduce the allowable amount of ozone -- commonly referred to as smog -- in the air."

Sign Up: Feb 27, 10:13pm 1 review environment, politics, epa, green-house-gas
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-na-waiver27feb27,1,2756266...; Why does Johnson have the exclusive power to make a decision - denying California the right to implement its own global-warming standards? From the page: "Some officials at the Environmental Protection Agency were so worried their boss would deny California permission to implement its own global-warming law that they worked with a former EPA chief to try to persuade the current administrator to grant the state's request."

Sign Up: Feb 11, 11:08pm 2 reviews environment, epa, coal-firing, mercury-emissions
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-na-epa9feb09,1,3155257.story; EPA these days pretty much stands for "Evil Petroleum Agency" or something like that anyway. From the page: "A three-judge appeals panel struck down a market-based effort by the Bush administration that would have allowed some generators of electricity to buy their way out of meeting their pollution-reduction targets. The Environmental Protection Agency now must either pursue the matter further in court, or go back to the drawing board and write new rules to regulate mercury in both new and existing plants. The agency said Friday that it was reviewing the decision and had not decided its next move."

The Associated Press: EPA Denies Calif. Greenhouse Gas Waiver: Dec 19, 2007 4:54pm 1 review environment, politics, epa, fuel-efficiency
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jJH569QSBl-5FfOe4F9liGjADk3gD8TKR5GO1; From the page: "It was the first time the EPA had fully denied California a Clean Air Act waiver since Congress gave California the right to obtain such waivers in 1967."

Letting Goad |Grist | News | 13 Dec 2007: Dec 13, 2007 1:43pm 1 review environment, politics, epa
http://www.grist.org/news/2007/12/13/TRIpressure/; Is this really a surprise? From the page: "Congress' investigative arm, the Government Accountability Office, has concluded that the Bush White House pressured the U.S. EPA to ease toxics reporting requirements for businesses."