Climate of Our Future

Climate Crisis Coalition 

By H. Josef Herbert, The Associated Press, December 28, 2007. “The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday signaled it is prepared to comply with a congressional request for all documents — including communications with the White House — concerning its decision to block California [and other states] from imposing limits on greenhouse gases. The EPA’s general counsel directed agency employees in a memo to preserve and produce all documents related to the decision including any opposing views and communications between senior EPA officials and the White House, including Vice President Dick Cheney’s office… The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee – both chaired by California lawmakers – have demanded all internal EPA documents related to the decision and promised investigations and hearings… The memo to EPA employees was made public Thursday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an advocacy group that has been highly critical of Johnson’s decision. ‘For months he said he was basing it on the scientific and legal merits and then did the precise opposite,’ complained Jeff Ruch, PEER’s executive director, who said his organization was contacted by EPA employees outraged by the decision.” Keep reading