"Daniels' environmental selection draws praise" is the headline to a story today in the South Bend Tribune. A quote:
Recent agency issues have included wetlands protections, overflows from city sewers and proposed air-quality rules on carcinogenic releases.The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has an editorial today on the new IDEM Commissioner.But environmental activists and industry sources alike have criticized the agency for its slow response issuing pollution permits, drafting rules and ensuring compliance. Environmentalists complain, for example, that some cities and industries have operated for years on expired pollution discharge permits.
Daniels has promised faster and more consistent decisions by IDEM, while at the same time saying that high environmental standards will prevail.
"Dow Chemical Is Told to Curtail Pesticide Sales" is the headline to a story today in the Washington Post. The lead:
The Environmental Protection Agency told Dow Chemical Co. this week it can no longer sell a controversial pesticide [Dursban] used to protect new homes from termites as of Friday, ending speculation that the administration might extend a phaseout deadline the two parties negotiated four years ago.A NY Times story yesterday was headlined "Pentagon Is Pressing to Bypass Environmental Laws for War Games and Arms Testing." Posted by Marcia Oddi at December 29, 2004 01:29 PM