The Bush EPA continues to disappoint
Posted at 4:52 pm on Friday, August 22, 2003, in Bush Administration, and tagged bush, environment, epa, nine-eleven.
The EPA is not supposed to cover up for the President, and hide realities, dangers, or environmental atrocities they know to exist. This is what has happened though since Mr. Bush has taken his oath of office.
Bush appointed a horrible administrator in Whitman, who had a horrific environmental record as Governor of New Jersey. She wasn’t allowed to do her job however. The President controlled the EPA, using the agency as a stepping stone for his policies. The EPA has been forced to bury environmental report after report concerning global warming, and hide the realities of the air quality dangers in Manhattan after the terrorist attack.
The newly appointed Mike Leavitt’s chief role as head of the EPA will be to dismantle the entire agency and leave the remains for the states. (Too many states are willing to forgo many environmental regulation for sake of industry and economy.)
When two 100+ floor towers fall in an urban center, dust fills the air, containing hazardous particulates. It is the job for the EPA to determine the dangers and to report to the people their findings. The President did not allow the EPA to report their findings, putting hundreds of thousands of people at risk.
“EPA was convinced to omit from its early public statements guidance for cleaning indoor spaces and tips on potential health effects from airborne dust containing asbestos, lead, glass fibers and concrete.” (CBS News, 8/22/03)
The President gone beyond his power by lying to the American people what the goverment has known about environmental concerns from the 9/11 terrorist attacks and it’s aftermath to the reality of global warming.
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