VOT3R (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson issued a memo in late December that excludes carbon dioxide from the list of pollutants the government must regulate under the Clean Air Act when approving construction projects.
Gristmill (Free subscription) | 12/30/2008
By Andrew Dessler This excellent article in The Philadelphia Inquirer about EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson did something I thought was impossible: lower my opinion of him. It shows how, in case after case, Johnson put political loyalty above science and common sense -- a fundamental abdication of his job. Suffice it to say that, more than ever, I'm looking forward to Jan. 20, 2009. For those not...
TODAY ON ROADST3R - Car STORIES (Free subscription) | 12/24/2008
With just weeks to go before the Bush administration cedes power, executive orders and regulatory decisions gutting all sorts of federal rules are flying out from Washington. One of the most recent has come from the office of EPA administrator Stephen Johnson. Johnson has decreed that the agency CANNOT...
Hybrid Car Blog (Free subscription) | 12/24/2008
Filed under: Legislation and Policy With just weeks to go before the Bush administration cedes power, executive orders and regulatory decisions gutting all sorts of federal rules are flying out from Washington. One of the most recent has come from the office of EPA administrator Stephen Johnson. Johnson has decreed that the agency CANNOT consider greenhouse gas emissions in determining whether to grant...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 12/24/2008
Last week, EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson — citing “sound policy considerations — wrote a memo declaring “that carbon dioxide is not a pollutant to be regulated when approving power plants.” On Monday, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, wrote Johnson a letter to Attorney General Mike Mukasey demanding [...]
Environmental Leader (Free subscription) | 12/23/2008
Out-going EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson recently issued a memorandum setting an agency-wide policy that prohibits controls on CO2 emissions from being included in air permits, coal-fired power plants and other facilities. Johnson states air permits issued under the Clean Air Act cannot require limits on greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, since there are currently [...]
eNewsUSA (Free subscription) | 12/23/2008
Dec 22: In a sternly worded letter, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, made clear that U.S. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson "has run amok and will waste taxpayer dollars in his most recent action to avoid controlling global warming pollution in Clean Air Act permits." Senator Boxer's outrage is over Johnson's December 18 memo to Regional...
Instapundit.com (Free subscription) | 12/23/2008
ANOTHER SATISFIED READER: Stephen Johnson emails: Just an FYI. I upgraded to an Amazon Prime membership after reading what you wrote about it, and boy what a deal! We ordered 95% of our Christmas Gifts (Yes, I said “Christmas” and not “Holiday”) this year from Amazon and took advantage of the free 2-day [...]
Gristmill (Free subscription) | 12/22/2008
By Kate Sheppard Senate Environment and Public Works chair Barbara Boxer (D-Calif) is petitioning Attorney General Michael Mukasey to stop "renegade" Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson's recent decision on coal-fired power plants. Johnson decreed last week that power plants' greenhouse-gas emissions shouldn't be taken into consideration when determining whether to approve...
Gristmill (Free subscription) | 12/22/2008
By Grist Check out our nominees, and then vote in the poll below. And tell us who we missed in comments. (Also see our list of heroes .) Stephen Johnson Once upon a time, we thought Bush's EPA chief was a harmless technocrat . Instead he turned out to be the most flaccid apparatchik in an administration groaning with them. Throughout 2008, evidence dribbled out that in denying California its waiver...
GreenBiz.com Green Business News (Free subscription) | 12/22/2008
The memorandum issued by U.S. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson has prompted concern by some environmentalists that the declaration will lead to approval of several coal-fired plants in the waning days of the Bush presidency.
Puadkee (Free subscription) | 12/18/2008
FDIC Saying "Nyet" To New Charters? Although the FDIC denies it, organizers and consultants who are trying to start new banks in certain areas of the country allege that the FDIC has put in place a "de facto ban" on all new bank charters. âIt is a de facto ban,â said Stephen Johnson, CEO of Alpharetta-based consultant T
Thoughts from Kansas (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
Stephen Suh responds to the discussion of Stephen Johnson, the creationist EPA administrator : Stephen Johnson, Bush's EPA Administrator, doesn't see a "clean-cut division" between religion and science. This is actually not quite right. He doesn't, according to the original article, see a division between "creation" and "evolution." He told the Inquirer that "If you have studied at all creationism...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
The House Select Committee on Global Warming held a hearing today on Bush’s last-minute attempts to weaken environmental regulations. Chairman Ed Markey (D-MA) commented on EPA head Stephen Johnson’s refusal to appear before Congress and recalled that, in the first six years of the Bush administration, neither Johnson nor his predecessor ever appeared before the [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
grist.orgAnyone interested in understanding not only Bush's environmental legacy but the Bush Era simply must carve out the time to read "Smoke and Mirrors," a...
