Environmental Politics

"Tom DeLay, Former U.S. House Leader, Sentenced To 3 Years in Prison"

"Former House majority leader Tom DeLay, the brash Texan who helped build and tightly control a Republican majority in his chamber until resigning in 2005, was sentenced by a state judge on Monday to three years in prison for illegally plotting to funnel corporate contributions to Texas legislative candidates."

Source: Wash Post, 01/11/2011

Issa "Witch Hunt"? "No Retreat for Veteran EPA Whistleblower"

"U.S. EPA senior policy analyst Hugh Kaufman, a kind of living legend in the world of federal whistleblowers, ... believes the [House] Oversight panel's chairman [Darrel Issa, R-CA] is turning a committee that is supposed to serve as Congress' watchdog into a panel for partisan witch hunts."

Source: Greenwire, 01/07/2011
January 12, 2011

EJ at the EPA: Legal Impacts of the New Priorities

Panelists at this free Environmental Law Institute event will discuss the potential impacts of US EPA’s Interim Guidance on Considering Environmental Justice During the Development of an Action and Draft Plan EJ 2014. RSVP by Jan. 7 to attend or participate by audio webcast/teleconference.

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"EPA Ordered to Wait on Taking Over Texas' Greenhouse Gas Permitting"

"U.S. EPA's plan to sidestep state officials and oversee climate rules in Texas has been temporarily blocked by a federal court, making the Lone Star State the only place where businesses cannot apply for greenhouse gas permits that the Obama administration now requires."

Source: Greenwire, 01/04/2011

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