• Ah, you could cut the hypocrisy with a knife. George W. Bush, the man who has run an E.P.A. that serves the needs of the energy industry, celebrating himself as a central figure on Earth Day... Link
• The FDA is trying to limit warnings for irradiated food.
• Is the EPA really on our side? Is it good for the environment to allow corporate greenwashing on pesticide packaging and chemicals?
• Politicians wrap themselves in a cloak of green. John Edwards was calling for 80% reduction in carbon emissions with reduceyourcarbon.com, which expired along with his candidacy in 2008.

9/11 Ground Zero Toxity Greenwashing

• Within days of the September 11th attack in New York City, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christie Whitman, together with Time Man-of-the-Year Rudy Giuliani, reassured New Yorkers that air “contaminants are either not detectable or are below the Agency’s concern levels.” In fact, EPA tests taken at the time showed high concentrations of toxic materials in the air downtown, including asbestos, dioxins, and heavy metals. In a bid to spare Wall Street down time, and to maintain value for real estate interests, the safety of the citizens was ignored. Link

Websites

• http://www.epa.gov/
  The EPA's Acid Rain Program? File not found. http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/reducing/index.html (Click on the link for Acid Rain Program)
  Their kids features blame the clouds and sun but fail to call out the Bush administration for failing to enforce the Clean Air Act http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/education/site_kids/lucy/7.htm - something the Supreme Court has ruled it must do.