Monday, December 1, 2008

Obama's EPA and Interior Dept. will be busy undoing Bush damage

By Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post Staff Writer

Few federal agencies are expected to undergo as radical a transformation under President-elect Barack Obama as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Interior Department, which have been at the epicenter of many of the Bush administration's most intense scientific and environmental controversies.

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In June 2007, Obama told reporters in Reno, Nev., that he would not hesitate to reverse many of the environmental policies Bush has enacted by executive order.

"I think the slow chipping away against clean air and clean water has been deeply disturbing," Obama added. "Much of it hasn't gone through Congress. It was done by fiat. That is something that can be changed by an administration, in part by reinvigorating the EPA, which has been demoralized."

Friday, November 28, 2008; Page A02

EPA, Interior Dept. Chiefs Will Be Busy Erasing Bush's Mark

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