Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Begins EPA Oversight Hearing

From EarthJustice

Washington, D.C. -- Today, the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, chaired by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), will conduct an oversight hearing on recent decisions at the Environmental Protection Agency.
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The following is a statement by Earthjustice attorney James Pew.
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"We applaud the Senate EPW committee and Senator Boxer for making the EPA Administrator at last give some explanation for this agency's attempts to allow polluters to increase their toxic emissions. Pollutants such as mercury, dioxins and PCBs continue to be emitted without any limitation whatsoever from thousands of unregulated facilities each year.

Read the full EarthJustice article here.

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