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Steve Hanson is the founder and editor of Uppity Wisconsin. He is also a web developer in his spare time.

Court Rules EPA must Protect Environment!

Another ruling against the Bush Administration's failed environmental policy - this is a novel argument - the EPA should be protecting the environment, rather than building crazy loopholes to protect the energy industry. 

A federal appeals court yesterday threw out the Environmental Protection Agency's
approach to limiting mercury emitted from power-plant smokestacks,
saying the agency ignored laws and twisted logic when it imposed new
standards that were favorable to plant owners.

The ruling, issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the D.C. Circuit, was another judicial rejection of the Bush
administration's pollution policies. It comes less than a year after
the U.S. Supreme Court rebuked the administration and the EPA for refusing to regulate greenhouse gases.

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Good news.

This is good news.  A couple of years back the Bush administration was closing EPA libraries and destroying "superfluous documents".  They were also relaxing standards which allowed the release of toxins to the tune of TEN times the amount which were previously allowed.  So the "alarming" rates of pollution we are seeing in the Great Lakes exemplifies their wanton disregard for humanity and all forms of life.  Great post, thanks. 

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