Report
Accuses EPA of Slanting Analysis
Hill Researchers Say Agency Fixed Pollution Study to Favor Bush's
'Clear Skies'
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, December 3, 2005; Page A08
The Bush administration skewed its analysis of pending legislation on
air pollution to favor its bill over two competing proposals, according
to a new report by the Congressional Research Service.
The Environmental Protection Agency's Oct. 27 analysis of its plan --
along with those of Sens. Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.) and James M.
Jeffords (I-Vt.) -- exaggerated the costs and underestimated the
benefits of imposing more stringent pollution curbs, the independent,
nonpartisan congressional researchers wrote in a Nov. 23 report. [...]
But we have known for a long time that the EPA is corrupt.
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