Gag Order Imposed on U.S. EPA Staff

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(http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jul2008/2008-07-28-092.asp)

exerpt: U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat who chairs

the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today commented

on the EPA e-mail to staff concerning procedures for responding to

inquiries, saying, " is turning the EPA into a

secretive, dangerous ally of polluters, instead of a leader in the

effort to protect the health and safety of the American people. "