Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is reportedly being considered by Mitt Romney to be EPA administrator. We endorse this pick for the reasons described in this Dallas Morning News article.
Category: EPA
Michaels: Would (Could) Mitt Romney Rein in the EPA?
A 5-minute podcast from Pat Michaels. [Cato Institute]
Driessen: EPA anti-energy regulations killing jobs
“More and more, daily decisions are made less by responsible citizens than by nanny-state government, especially powerful, unelected, unaccountable executive branch agencies in Washington. Among the worst is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).” [Washington Times]
EPA's Dirty, Dark Secret
By STEVE MILLOY
October 23, 2012, Investor’s Business Daily | Print Version
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been sued in federal court for conducting illegal experiments on human beings. A federal judge will now determine whether the EPA has violated federal law and the most sacrosanct moral standards of scientific research or whether the EPA has been lying to Congress and the public about the dangers of air pollution. Continue reading EPA's Dirty, Dark Secret
Flashback: Head of EPA Bars Nazi Data In Study on Gas
“The chief of the Environmental Protection Agency, alerted by a letter of protest from agency scientists, has barred from an E.P.A. report on a toxic gas any data that the Nazis acquired in experiments on concentration camp prisoners.” [New York Times, March 23, 1988]
NBC-17: Congress wants probe of human testing claims at UNC-CH
“Congress is acting against an EPA study in Chapel Hill that involved human test subjects breathing Diesel fumes.” [WNCN, NBC-17 (Raleigh)]
House Committee requests investigation into illegal EPA human testing
“In a letter sent yesterday to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG), Investigations and Oversight Chairman Paul Broun (R-GA) requested that the Inspector General (IG) review EPA’s human research studies involving concentrated airborne particles.” [House Media Release | Letter to EPA IG]
EPA’s illegal human experiments: Agency failed to warn tests potentially lethal
By Steve Milloy
October 18, 2012, Washington Times
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been sued in federal court for allegedly conducting illegal experiments on human beings. The case tests whether a government agency can violate the law and the most sacrosanct ethics of scientific research — and get away scot-free. Continue reading EPA’s illegal human experiments: Agency failed to warn tests potentially lethal
Is Duke's Green Dean Okay with Duke Prof's Involvement in Illegal EPA Human Testing?
Duke University’s dean of green says particulate matter kills — so why does he give a pass to a Duke physician exposing elderly asthmatics to high concentrations of such pollutants? Continue reading Is Duke's Green Dean Okay with Duke Prof's Involvement in Illegal EPA Human Testing?
Teenager died in 1996 government-funded air pollution experiment at Univ. Rochester; University now using diabetics as air pollution guinea pigs
We can now say that government-sponsored air pollution experiments have killed more people than any recent air pollution. Continue reading Teenager died in 1996 government-funded air pollution experiment at Univ. Rochester; University now using diabetics as air pollution guinea pigs
Video: Steve Milloy on Illegal EPA Human Testing
The Steve Milloy-with-a-fever clip begins at about 1:02:27 and runs until 1:18:28.