Word: epa
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...agencies that had jurisdiction over wetland development -- the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Agriculture -- often disagreed. Says the NWF's Douglas Inkley: "Sometimes the Corps would say one thing to a farmer, and a week later the EPA would come out and say something different...
Upon his return from Vail, Gravink wrote a letter to Sununu at the White House, describing the expansion he wanted. Sununu passed the letter to the EPA and the Forest Service and followed up with what one well-informed Washington official described as "a lot of bullying and bluster" that "made clear what outcome the White House wanted in this case...
...thought to present the most up-to-date picture of the problem yet. While earlier studies using data taken through 1986 had put the loss during the previous decade at about 2%, the new report says the number for the 1980s was closer to 5%. EPA chief William Reilly called the results "disturbing" and vowed to push for more stringent international controls on chlorofluorocarbons, the man-made chemicals thought to be largely responsible for triggering the problem. Most developed countries have agreed to ban the substances by the year 2000, but even that may not be soon enough, said Reilly...
Some scientists and officials feel the EPA may be overstating the case. Robert Watson, an ozone expert at NASA, commended the study in general but questioned the skin-cancer predictions, noting that the ozone layer still seems to be intact during the summer months, when most cases of skin cancer originate. Some critics also pointed out that Reilly may have timed the release of the report to rally public support for the environment one week before the National Academy of Sciences is scheduled to release a major paper on what the U.S. should be doing about global warming. The issue...
...there is no magic number, a radon level in the hundreds would probably be grounds for action. If sealing cracks does not solve the problem, radon can often be flushed out by installing special fans and ventilation ducts. Weighing the options, however, could be done more dispassionately if the EPA would tone down its frightening rhetoric...