Stephen Johnson

Something Is Rotten at the EPA

Javier Sierra | Posted 08.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Latinos, Energy, Gas Prices, Environmental Protection Agency, Javier Sierra, Epa, Environment, Stephen Johnson, Renewable Energy, Henry Waxman, Hispanics, Sierra Club, Global Warming, Green News
Javier Sierra

The EPA is charged with keeping our communities safe from environmental degradation, something we Latinos know first hand. Sixty-six percent of us live dangerously close to a toxic site.

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EPA Chief Won't Explain Climate Choices

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Global Warming, Epa, Stephen Johnson, Greenhouse Gases, Green News

WASHINGTON — Environmental Protection Agency chief Stephen Johnson has declined to explain before Congress how a conclusion he made last year th...

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Bush on the Environment: Wrong, and Proud of it, Until the Very End

Jeremy Jacquot | Posted 07.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Environment, Bush Climate Change, Carbon Emissions, Epa, Bush Envrionmental Policy, G8 Summit, Stephen Johnson, Dick Cheney, Green News
Jeremy Jacquot

Let's drop any pretenses that Bush may embrace serious climate change legislation. His recognition of the crisis would come years too late, and his actions continue to speak volumes.

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Bush's Johnson Releases Lame Duck Poison

David Sassoon | Posted 07.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Greenhouse Gases, George W. Bush, Epa, Stephen Johnson, Green News
David Sassoon

No matter how you slice it, the regulation of greenhouse gases will have a profound effect on every sector of the economy. And we need profound effects, quickly.

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White House Cover Up of Global Warming Dangers Must End Now

Sen. Barbara Boxer | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Barbara Boxer, Climate Change Cover Up, Global Warming, Dick Cheney, Stephen Johnson, Epa, Politics News
Sen. Barbara Boxer

The American people need the head of the EPA to be an independent advocate for their health and their environment. In the end, this is about protecting the public and the planet.

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EPA Documents Bombshell: EPA Administrator's global warming warning withheld by White House

Janet Ritz | Posted 06.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, The Environmentalist, Edward Markey, Emission Standards, Politics, George W. Bush, Breaking Green News, Congress, c02, Global Warming, Climate Change, Environment, Epa, Oil, Green News, Breaking Politics News, Stephen Johnson, Henry Waxman, Green News
Janet Ritz

This revelation comes after President Bush evoked executive privilege to withhold information on his intervention in the lowering of the rural and California smog standards.

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President Bush Claims Executive Privilege in EPA Investigation

Janet Ritz | Posted 06.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Epa Political Interference, The Environmentalist, Bush Killed Smog Standards, Politics, Office of Management and Budget, Michael Mukasey, George W. Bush, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, c02, Henry Waxman, Executive Privilege, Global Warming, Smog Standards, Environment, Epa, Richard Nixon, Political Interference, Stephen Johnson, Breaking Green News, Green News, Breaking Politics News, Green News
Janet Ritz

Today the President has asserted executive privilege to prevent the Committee from learning why he and his staff overruled EPA.

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Hooking Your Toilet to the Kitchen Tap

Carl Pope | Posted 06.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Stephen Johnson, Clean Water, Epa, Florida, Clean Water Act, Green News
Carl Pope

In most states, it's illegal to connect your toilet so that it drains through your tap. But on a larger scale, the Bush EPA is prepared to declare that this is in effect allowed under the Clean Water Act.

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Stephen Johnson's Tragic Legacy

Jeremy Jacquot | Posted 06.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Epa, Environment, Bush Administration, Stephen Johnson, Green News
Jeremy Jacquot

I think we can all agree that we need agencies like the EPA to remain fully independent and only be staffed with the most dedicated, qualified individuals. Let's hope the next administration helps return the agency to relevancy.

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'Let Them Hate, So Long as They Fear' -- Caligula

Carl Pope | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Epa, Bush Administration, Stephen Johnson, Politics News
Carl Pope

"Who's afraid of a library book, a library book, a library book? Who's afraid of a library book, so close to the election?" I've changed the old nurs...

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EPA Scientists Confirm Political Interference

Janet Ritz | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Epa, Politics, Union of Concerned Scientists, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Bush Administration, Environment, Science, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Henry Waxman, Stephen Johnson, Interference, Politics News
Janet Ritz

Four in ten environmental scientists said the political interference they'd been experiencing is more prevalent in the last five years.

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Enough -- He Must Go

Carl Pope | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Stephen Johnson, Bush Administration, Epa, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmentalism, Politics News
Carl Pope

EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson has finally gone over the top.

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Bush 'Intervened At The 11th Hour' To Kill Stronger Climate Protections

Think Progress | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Bush Killed Smog Standards, Climate Change, Epa, Stephen Johnson, Bush Intervened Apa, George Bush, Smog Standards, Politics News

Yesterday, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Stephen Johnson decided to modestly tighten smog standards, a decision directly "overru...

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It's 10 AM -- Do You Know Where Your Employees Are, Mr. Administrator?

Carl Pope | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Stephen Johnson, Carbon Emissions, Epa, Dianne Feinstein, Environmentalism, Environmental Protection Agency, Politics News
Carl Pope

Environmental Protection Agency staff are as upset at what administrator Stephen Johnson has instructed them to do as they are at what he has failed to do.

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Bush Administration Denies California Waiver To Slash Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Vehicles

LA Times | Richard Simon and Janet Wilson | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Stephen Johnson, Epa and Waiver and California, Epa, Environmental Protection Agency, Epa Waiver, California, California Denied Epa Waiver, Politics News

The Bush administration Wednesday denied California's bid to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles, dealing a blow to the state's attempt...

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The Quiet Menace

Carl Pope | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics

Read More: Epa, Bali, Stephen Johnson, Politics News
Carl Pope

Over the North Pacific, Singapore Airlines Flight 15 -- For the next four days, around the clock, the subject will be global warming as the UN Climate...

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