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The former EPA head officer’s extraordinary political maneuverings to
deny the waiver demonstrated a deepening crisis that sabotages the agency’s
mission to protect human health and the environment. It also signaled that
the motives at the EPA during the Bush-Cheney years might have been more
about political ploys than environmental protection. The crisis within the
EPA is apparent from a study released by the Union of Concerned Scientists
in April 2008, detailing that many EPA scientists believe their research find-
ings are being “suppressed and distorted” for political ...