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Truthout's Simona Perry reports: "Under sworn testimony at a Senate hearing today, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Stephen L. Johnson repeatedly said he stood by his decision to deny California a waiver under the Clean Air Act. Yet, he refused to offer specific technical information that led to his decision or answer questions surrounding the timing of his decision and speculation about White House pressure to deny the waiver."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012508J.shtml



EPA Chief Is Under the Microscope

Writing for The Los Angeles Times, Janet Wilson reports EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson "weathered harsh questions from the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee about why he denied California and more than a dozen other states the right to implement their own laws to cut greenhouse gases from vehicles, and whether political influence from the White House affected the decision."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/012508EA.shtml



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