EPA Is to Reveal Greenhouse Gas Papers

[sabra]

Source: WP

WASHINGTON -- 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 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 documents should include "any records presenting options, recommendations, pros and cons, legal issues or risks, (or) political implications," said the all-hands memo from EPA General Counsel Roger Martella Jr.
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The memo was in response to the congressional inquiries, said EPA spokeswoman Jennifer Wood.

EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson last week rejected California's request to implement regulations on tailpipe emissions of greenhouses gases, principally carbon dioxide. As many as 16 states were free to do likewise if California received approval from the federal EPA.



Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/27/AR2007122701546.html

[Robbien]

1. Cheney doesn't like putting his demands in writing

Hopefully someone in the EPA documented Cheney's orders.

[pleah]

2. Those particular papers went up in smoke.

That's why they decided to comply.

[Gman]

3. When delivered, the news will report that they were

"heavily redacted".