New EPA administrator should clean up agency rule-making ; Stephen Johnson should use his background to push for objectivity in pollution control.

From: Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME) | Date: March 7, 2005 | Copyright information

Portland Press Herald (Maine)
03-07-2005
New EPA administrator should clean up agency rule-making ; Stephen Johnson should use his background to push for objectivity in pollution control.
Edition: FINAL
Section: Editorial
Column: OUR VIEWS

President Bush's nomination for a new Environmental Protection Agency administrator might not mean a change in the administration's lukewarm approach to environmental protection, but it should mean improvements within the agency itself.

Last week, Bush nominated Stephen Johnson, a 24-year EPA staffer who has served as acting administrator since former ...

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