The agency's declaration that emissions pose a health danger could have 'serious economic consequences,' Bush-era holdovers in the Small Business Administration assert.
Reporting from Washington -- In ruling last month that greenhouse gases posed health and safety risks, the Environmental Protection Agency brushed aside warnings from Bush administration holdovers who said the move was "likely to have serious economic consequences" for small businesses and the economy overall, according to documents obtained Tuesday.
Obama administration officials said the warnings, contained in memos from the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy, didn't reflect current White House policy. The office is still stocked with Bush appointees, the administration officials said.
Good sign that Obama's staff jumped on it.
The critique was the work of "someone who didn't get the memo that the old administration has come to an end," said David Doniger, policy director of the Natural Resources Defense Council's climate center.
...along with the kitchen science that informed them.
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I've been very happy with the Obama administration so far in terms of the movement of attention towards the environment. The previous presidential administration just put global warming on the back burner. This, so far, has really been the change we need. I hope that Obama continues to pressure for new policies to reduce our impact on global warming.
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