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Questioning EPA's facts

12/05/2011
The US Environmental Protection Agency faces challenges to facts it has offered to support a crackdown on air pollution from oil and gas wells. Producers and at least one research group think EPA is rushing to respond with regulation to an environmental problem it magnifies with flawed data. The pattern is familiar. This is the agency that came under criticism from its inspector general in September for cutting corners in technical documents underlying the monumental decision in 2009 to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. At issue now is EPA's July proposal for new air pollution standards for oil and gas activities. The proposal directly targets volatile organic compounds, ...
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