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I can't hear you

Seen over at Making Light:

The White House in December refused to accept the Environmental Protection Agency’s conclusion that greenhouse gases are pollutants that must be controlled, telling agency officials that an e-mail message containing the document would not be opened, senior E.P.A. officials said last week.

C'mon, New York Times, you've got to be kidding me. I know five-year-olds who, when faced with an unwanted document, know better than to think it will go away if ignored.

Not this White House, though.

The document, which ended up in e-mail limbo, without official status, was the E.P.A.’s answer to a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that required it to determine whether greenhouse gases represent a danger to health or the environment, the officials said.

This week, more than six months later, the E.P.A. is set to respond to that order by releasing a watered-down version of the original proposal that offers no conclusion. Instead, the document reviews the legal and economic issues presented by declaring greenhouse gases a pollutant.

Can we get some grownups in charge, please?

Posted by Linkmeister at June 25, 2008 12:01 AM | TrackBack