‘Let me say it as simply as I can: Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.’

Anthony Watts Watts Up With That? 2/22/2013

That headline is from this article in The Atlantic. Below is from Globalwarming.org

What EPA Transparency Looks Like in Most Open, Honest Administration Ever

This time, we got actual emails … that revealed a lot … about the fine art of redaction. Remember, this is the production of […]

Another EPA Official Resigns

Another snared in secret email probe, says GOP senator

C. J. Ciaramella The Washington Free Beacon 2/19/2013

A top Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official under congressional investigation for using a private email address to conduct government business is stepping down.

EPA Region 8 administrator James Martin is resigning this week, according to a press release […]

The spreading scandal at the EPA

Russell Cook American Thinker 1/16/2013

A potentially major scandal is unfolding at the EPA, as the agency’s former head, Lisa Jackson, has been discovered to have used an email account under an alias for communication within her agency, evidently to avoid disclosure when FOIA requests ask to see her communications sent under her genuine name.

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Top EPA official used private email account to correspond with environmental groups

Michael Bastasch The Daily Caller 1/10/2013

A second Environmental Protection Agency official stands accused of using a personal email address to shield communications with environmental activists from public disclosure.

Court documents show that EPA Region 8 Administrator James Martin corresponded with the Environmental Defense Fund — where he previously worked as an attorney — through […]

Nebraska Gives Keystone Pipeline A Clean Bill of Health

Walter Russell Mead The American Interest 1/5/2013

One of the final obstacles to the Keystone pipeline has just been cleared: A report released yesterday by Nebraska’s Department of Environmental Quality found that building the pipeline would not pose a threat to any of the state’s environmentally sensitive areas. The Wall Street Journal reports:

The much-anticipated […]

Court: Stormwater runoff not a pollutant, EPA can’t regulate it

Michael Bastasch The Daily Caller 1/3/2013

A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency exceeded its authority by trying to regulate water as a pollutant and restricting stormwater flow into a Fairfax County creek.

“Stormwater runoff is not a pollutant, so EPA is not authorized to regulate it,” said federal judge Liam O’Grady, […]

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