From The Associated Press, 12/12/04:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/2943834
EPA lets refineries miss deadline - again
Associated Press
FORT WORTH --
Federal officials have quietly allowed the nation's oil refineries to
miss court-ordered deadlines to reduce air emissions, prolonging the
public's exposure to dangerous pollutants, a newspaper investigation
has found.
Nearly every time, the Environmental Protection Agency failed to tell
the courts or the public about the deadline extensions, even when
legal settlements required it to do so, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
reported today.
Because of those extensions, the EPA's Petroleum Refinery Initiative
has not achieved the air quality improvements that the agency has
claimed, the newspaper found.
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From The Associated Press, 12/13/04:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Bush-Cabinet.html?hp&ex=1103000400&en=638470404b0344e0&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Bush Nominates E.P.A. Chief as Health Secretary
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) --
President Bush chose Environmental Protection Agency chief Michael
Leavitt on Monday to be secretary of Health and Human Services,
filling one of the last two openings in his second-term Cabinet.
Bush praised Leavitt as a ``fine executive'' and ``a man of great
compassion.''
``He's an ideal choice to lead one of the largest departments of the
United States government.''
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This should be fun.
Harry
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