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...California's quest to control greenhouse gases goes back a few years. It originally applied for a waiver from EPA's national jurisdiction on December 21, 2005. The request was denied by then EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson on March 6, 2008. At the urging of President Obama, the EPA is now reconsidering that original waiver request...
...California is granted a waiver, it would have far-reaching consequences as thirteen other states have already adopted California's standards and could quickly implement them. Several other states, among them Florida, Utah, Colorado, Iowa and Minnesota are considering adopting the California standard. Even Illinois, in the heart of the industrial Midwest, is considering legislation modeled on California, says David Doniger from the Natural Resources Defense Council, an advocate for the California rules. Bottom line: It could be a green stampede...
...that is directly and substantially related to a former employer" for two years. A second White House official said on Monday that this rule would not prevent DeParle from doing her job. "She will recuse herself from what she needs to," the official said. "She does not need a waiver...
...White House." On his first full day in office, that pledge turned into the new President's first official policy, when he signed an Executive Order banning lobbyists from serving in his Administration. The order did come with some fine print, however - a waiver process that the White House counsel could invoke at will in the name of the "public interest," allowing an undetermined number of former lobbyists to effectively violate the new policy. (See members of Obama's White House...
...particular that America can't afford to ignore the health-care crisis any longer," Backus said. Under the Obama ethics rules, Daschle will be barred from dealing with "specific parties that is directly and substantially related to my former employer or former clients," unless he is granted a waiver...