| Number | 21568 |
| Subject | Environment |
| Source | Los Angeles Times |
| State | California |
| Year | 2004 |
| Publication Date | 3/16, 5/21, 6/6, 8/9, 8/25, 10/14, 10/25 2004, 2/4, 2005 |
| Summary | "These stories provide a portrait of the Bush environmental policies and the largely hidden political process that produced them. They also provide a window into the secretive administration's domestic-policymaking and its impact in the West and elsewhere. The reporters penetrated the federal bureaucracy to show how the White House and political appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency and the Interior Department manipulated science, circumvented the law and marginalized or steamrolled career employees. These reports detail how, in the process, the administration adopted regulations or policies that benefited its corporate patrons at the expense of public health and the environment." Also included is an update from February, 2005, that relates the results of a study done by Nikki Tinsley, the EPA's inspector general, at the request of seven senators who read the LA Times original series. Tinsley's report confirmed the LA Times findings. |
| Category | Contest Entry |
| Pages | 42 |
| Keywords | environment;pollution;mercury;national Forrest;oil drilling;Halliburton;Clean Air Act;Clear Skies initiative;EPA |
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