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...heels of the speech, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under its new director Christie Whitman, declared last week that it will proceed with plans to cut diesel exhaust from big trucks and buses by 95 percent. This proposal maintains a major Clinton administration rule that environmentalists worried Bush would try to weaken; the announcement dovetailed nicely with the Supreme Court's decision to reject big industry's attack on the Clean...
...what Bush--or rather, what the American people--must realize is that it isn't so easy being green. Yes, the proposals regarding brownfields and land conservation made in his speech are admirable ones. Yes, the combination of renewed efforts by the EPA to cut diesel emissions and the Supreme Court's decision (a moot point, given that the White House has virtually no jurisdiction in the matter) means that America's air will be clean in years to come...
...industry groups' key arguments was that the EPA undermined congressional authority by establishing federal air standards. The Justices dismissed that complaint, reversing a federal appeals court decision...
...decision, while largely favorable for the EPA, wasn't all daffodils and sunflowers for the agency. While the Court found for the EPA in almost every aspect of the case, the Justices did come back with a strongly worded suggestion that the agency clarify its ozone level requirements...
...Call it job one for (brand-new EPA administrator) Christie Todd Whitman...