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Report: Stacking the Deck
Earlier this spring, EPA announced rules limiting the emissions of air toxics from plywood manufacturers and industrial and commercial boilers. But the rule allows facilities to escape those limits if they can demonstrate that their emissions place them in a “low risk” category. A closer look at these loopholes shows how the White House Office of Management and Budget and its political allies at EPA distorted science to minimize risk and maximize the number of plants eligible for the exemptions. (Click link immediately below for summary)
May 24, 2004

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