Monthly Archives: May 2010

Obama WH Over-Ruled EPA Scientists On Coal Ash Regulations

Earlier this week, we wrote about EPA’s proposed weak approach to regulating toxic coal ash (see: EPA Caves on Coal Ash). In that post, we suggested that the Obama White House may have intervened to reverse the recommendations of EPA … Continue reading

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BP Got NEPA Exemption for Gulf drilling

This Washington Post story really is disgusting – U.S. exempted BP’s Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study. The Interior Department exempted BP’s calamitous Gulf of Mexico drilling operation from a detailed environmental impact analysis last year, according to … Continue reading

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The Obfuscation Proclamation of 2010

A friend just passed on a Proclamation by “Our Good Governor” (TM) that May 3-7 is “Air Quality Awareness Week” A couple of things immediately are called to mind. First of all, the DEP claim that the Clean Air Council … Continue reading

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Christie Has Unleashed the Dogs of Pollution

“Cry Havoc” and let slip the Dogs of War. ~~~ William Shakespeare (Julius Ceaser,1601) [Update 5/14/10] – I used the Bard as metaphor for the Christie regime – in a superb story on the same issue  Christie Cuts Leave Small … Continue reading

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Whitman Lobbying for BP

Today’s Washington Post story “BP is getting more political, and that may help weather oil-spill storm”, reports that Christie Whitman has joined a notorious group of beltway scumbags lobbying for Gulf oil polluter BP: BP America, the company’s U.S. affiliate, … Continue reading

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