Agency Abuses: The Environment
•Mountaintop Removal Mining: Administration officials
intentionally disregard extensive
scientific study on mountaintop removal in Appalachia
•Climate Change: Administration officials undermined science
behind climate change
by suppressing reports and publicly misrepresenting scientific consensus
•Mercury Emissions: White
House suppressed information about the impact of mercury on public health
•Multiple Air Pollutants: The
Environmental Protection Agency withheld an analysis showing the benefits of a bipartisan
alternative to President Bush's Clear
Skies Act
•Forest Management: A
"review team" primarily composed of non-scientists overruled a science-based plan for managing old-growth
forest habitat and reducing
fire risk
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