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Thursday, September 18, 2014

Emails show 'collusion' between EPA, environmental lobby

Report uses open records laws to force transparency on secretive agency

The EPA and environmental groups are exceptionally close for a government agency and lobby groups, with a revolving door and pressure from the groups often shaping EPA’s policies, according to a new report from a conservative watchdog group based on emails obtained in a yearslong battle with the agency.

The report, which details what the Energy & Environment Legal Institute terms “collusion” between the Environmental Protection Agency and eco-friendly groups, is also a study in the way E&E used open records laws to force transparency on a secretive agency.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Knew it all along.They party on your tax dollars that's all.

Anonymous said...

it is a money laundering scheme - Sierra Club sues gubmint, gubmint settles with YOUR tax dollars, Sierra Club donates to "green" candidates, and so on...........