EPA invesitigative series

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The Philadelhpia Inquirer has been doing a nice series on the EPA

(exposing dirty laundry)- none of us are probably surpised...

Politics choke clean-air efforts

Scientists say the EPA chief bowed to pressure from the White House,

hampering pollution-control efforts.

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_left_story/20081210_Scientists_c

riticize_EPA_chief.html?viewAll=y

, a career EPA scientist before taking the top spot in 2005,

noted that the law gives him the final call on matters of science

policy, and he said criticisms of him were unfair. While science is one

of the " foundational principles " of a regulatory decision, he said,

it's not the only one.