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EPA Administrator StephenJohnson found himself on the business end of an Al Kamen flaying in the pages of the Washington Post today. It seems the former chemical executive found the old back just too darn sore to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee this morning, marking just the latest in a series of non-appearances by the EPA chief. Come to think of it,...
Mary, Mary: The EPA’s Buggin’ Normally, yesterday's sudden ouster of EPA Midwest regional administrator Mary Gade– a political appointee and active Republican who reportedly clashed with Administrator StephenJohnson and other superiors over the cleanup of chemical pollution– wouldn't merit a response from a blog as narrowly focused as Warming Law. But then again, most [...]
The Wonk Room's Brad Johnson noted recently that the Environmental Protection Agency under current Administrator StephenJohnson has been operating a lot like the Department of Justice under former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. The EPA’s willingness to place loyalty to Bush above country has resulted in widespread political interference throughout the Agency. Yesterday – in...
An Offer He Can't Refuse As the Wonk Room points out, yesterday's UCS survey of EPA scientists has reignited passionate calls for embattled administrator StephenJohnson to resign. Today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), formally reacting to EPA’s failure to cooperate with a congressional subpoena, is giving Johnson a chance to avoid a legal clash between [...]
DC Circuit Tells EPA It Means Business While EPA Administrator StephenJohnson contemplates an imminent congressional deadline for avoiding potential contempt proceedings, he also may want to give thought to another new deadline stemming from his intransigent response to Mass. v. EPA, this one imposed by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. Earlier this month, [...]
... image what it would be like if they control our food supplies.” — Letter to EPA Administrator StephenJohnson In 2007, 25% of the US corn crop was diverted to produce ethanol, according to the United States Department of Agriculture, which projects that 30 to 35% will be diverted in 2008. The Texas Cattle Feeders Association immediately supported the Governor’s request, stating that...
... industry and contributing to higher food prices," Perry wrote in his letter to EPA Administrator StephenJohnson.An EPA spokeswoman said the agency is reviewing the letter.Critics of the renewable fuels standard have long complained the requirement creates competition between fuel and food for the nation's corn crop. An estimated 30 percent to 35 percent of the crop will be used to...
By Matthew Bowers, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Apr. 25--The nation's top environmental official, StephenJohnson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, will give the commencement address at Virginia Wesleyan College on May 17.
... Concerned Scientists' report, which was publicly released Wednesday and sent to EPA Administrator StephenJohnson.The online questionnaire was sent to 5,419 EPA scientists last summer; 1,586 replied, and of those, 889 reported that they had experienced at least one type of interference within the past five years.Such allegations are not new: During much of the Bush administration,...
... the issue at an Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in which [EPA Administrator] StephenJohnson is scheduled to testify. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hundreds of Environmental Protection Agency scientists complain they have been victims of political interference and pressure from superiors to skew their findings, according to a survey released Wednesday by an advocacy group....
WASHINGTON - More than half the scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency who responded to a survey said they had experienced political interference in their work.The results show "an agency under siege from political pressures," said the Union of Concerned Scientists' report, which the advocacy group publicly released yesterday and sent to EPA Administrator StephenJohnson. The...
WASHINGTON - More than half the scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency who responded to a survey said they had experienced political interference in their work.The results show "an agency under siege from political pressures," said the Union of Concerned Scientists' report, which the advocacy group publicly released yesterday and sent to EPA Administrator StephenJohnson. The...
... some of the discontent to scientists' "passion" for their work. He said EPA Administrator StephenJohnson, a career scientist himself, "weighs heavily the science given to him by the staff in making policy decisions."Hearing scheduledBut Francesca Grifo, director of the Union of Concerned Scientists' Scientific Integrity Program, said the survey results revealed an agency "under siege...
... spokesman Jonathan Shradar said the findings will not change anything. He said EPA Administrator StephenJohnson, a career scientist at the agency for 27 years, carefully weighs the input of staff scientists in making key policy decisions. "The work we do here at EPA is work we are all very passionate about," Shradar said. "When there are difficult policy decisions, not all the time...
... of the discontent to the "passion" scientists have toward their work. He said EPA Administrator StephenJohnson, as a longtime career scientist at the EPA himself, "weighs heavily the science given to him by the staff in making policy decisions."But Francesca Grifo, director of the Union of Concerned Scientists' Scientific Integrity Program, said the survey results revealed "an agency...
