url: how much pollution is in your county - TRI - however

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To see how much pollution is in your county, go to:

http://www.epa.gov/tri

EPA seeks to cut toxics reporting.

http://www.net.org/health/tri.vtml

The EPA has proposed changes to the Toxic Release Inventory that will

affect communities throughout the US. As many as 10 percent of communities

that currently have a facility reporting to TRI could lose all reported

data under the proposal. Read a fact sheet about TRI and the proposed

changes or our press release. The proposed cuts pose a risk to communities

and to first responders such as police and firefighters.

Published by National Environmental Trust. 2 December 2005.

Dismantling the public's right to know*

http://ombwatch.org/article/articleview/3199/1/1?TopicID=1

Under the Bush administration, the EPA is slowly dismantling its flagship

environmental information tool: the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). The

TRI database enables the public to learn about the environmental risks in

workplaces and communities by providing information about hundreds of

toxic chemicals released into the environment. Despite the program's

positive impacts, the TRI is under attack from the very agency

administering this success story.

Published by OMB Watch. 1 December 2005.

EPA moves to close libraries.

http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-epa.artsep12,0,3282958.story

In a bureaucratic form of hara-kiri, the federal Environmental Protection

Agency is boxing up records and shutting down three of its regional

libraries in anticipation of federal budget cuts. Hartford Courant,

Connecticut. Editorial, 12 September 2006.

Bush Declares Eco-Whistleblower Law Void for EPA Employees

http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_41616.shtml

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090406B.shtml

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility

Monday 04 September 2006