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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Asthma / November 2007For mcs
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-fi-warm9nov09,1,3673850.s tory?coll=la-headlines-pe-california&ctrack=1&cset=true > http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-fi-warm9nov09,1,3673850 > .story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california&ctrack=1&cset=true requires registration Thanks for that, I will add that to all the other links In actual reality I knew the states sued, the part I don't understand is why individuals can't sue and why on earth so little said about the ramfications of people living closest to the pollution compared to people who don't. The differences between lives lived and and condition could be the greatest disparity possible. This whole thing, the more links I accumulate the more in complete shock I am that some people lived to pay oil and polluters more money not just for energy but for expenses after they were poisoned from the same energy. Their homes could be less valuable and their lives could be full of illness compared to the people in cleaner air and who had the same habits. Anyway states sued and have won and still the epa has not acted to do anything to change things. Its incredible they even have a chart to measure this mess. I guess that way they can show congress they actually do something with their money,, > http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-fi-warm9nov09,1,3673850.s tory?coll=la-headlines-pe-california&ctrack=1&cset=true Wasn't it the Sierra Club that successfully sued EPA and that resulted in the establishment of the Superfund? My memory may not be correct, but I seem to recall some group of citizens did accomplish that - it was not a state, if I recall. The problem at EPA is that there are people who entered the agency because they were concerned about the environment, but they are powerless to do anything when the political appointee (who is appointed by the President) who is in charge of the agency, won't let the employees do what the Science would dictate. At this point, I think some of the appointees are also getting frustrated though - trying to do their job and comply with the White Houses wishes is an impossible balancing act. From Wired Science: White House Censors CDC Official's Testimony on Climate Change and Health By Brandon Keim October 24, 2007 | 11:18:13 AMCategories: Climate, Government The White House gutted CDC director Julie Gerberding's testimony to a Senate hearing on the public health challenges posed by global warming, reports the Associated Press. While Gerberding spoke freely to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Tuesday, the testimony entered into the Congressional record shrunk from 12 to six pages under the watchful pen of the White House Office of Management and Budget. Removed were details about specific health risks and diseases that will be worsened by climate change. Referring to the draft, one CDC official familiar with both versions, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the review process, said that "it was eviscerated." White House press secretary Dana Perino said the prepared testimony went through an interagency review process and the Office of Science and Technology Policy did not believe that the science in the testimony matched the science that was in a report by the International Panel on Climate Change. Wasn't it the Sierra Club that successfully sued EPA and that resulted in the establishment of the Superfund? My memory may not be correct, but I seem to recall some group of citizens did accomplish that - it was not a state, if I recall. The problem at EPA is that there are people who entered the agency because they were concerned about the environment, but they are powerless to do anything when the political appointee (who is appointed by the President) who is in charge of the agency, won't let the employees do what the Science would dictate. At this point, I think some of the appointees are also getting frustrated though - trying to do their job and comply with the White Houses wishes is an impossible balancing act. From Wired Science: White House Censors CDC Official's Testimony on Climate Change and Health By Brandon Keim October 24, 2007 | 11:18:13 AMCategories: Climate, Government The White House gutted CDC director Julie Gerberding's testimony to a Senate hearing on the public health challenges posed by global warming, reports the Associated Press. While Gerberding spoke freely to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Tuesday, the testimony entered into the Congressional record shrunk from 12 to six pages under the watchful pen of the White House Office of Management and Budget. Removed were details about specific health risks and diseases that will be worsened by climate change. Referring to the draft, one CDC official familiar with both versions, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the review process, said that "it was eviscerated." White House press secretary Dana Perino said the prepared testimony went through an interagency review process and the Office of Science and Technology Policy did not believe that the science in the testimony matched the science that was in a report by the International Panel on Climate Change. Office of Science and Technology Policy.. aka censure squad 99 percent of All americans no nothing about this |
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