Congress Researchers Fault EPA Studies

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Congress Researchers Fault EPA Studies

By JOHN HEILPRIN
The Associated Press
Friday, December 2, 2005; 5:08 PM

WASHINGTON -- Researchers who work for Congress say the Environmental
Protection Agency skewed its analysis of air pollution legislation to
favor President Bush's plan.

EPA's analysis "works in favor of" Bush's plan by overstating some
costs of competing bills, said a report Friday by the Congressional
Research Service. The 2002 Bush plan, dubbed "Clear Skies," remains
stalled in Congress.

"Although it represents a step toward understanding the impacts of the
legislative options, EPA's analysis is not as useful as one could hope,"
the report concludes.

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When it did in October, the EPA said its analysis showed the
superiority of the Bush proposal, which relies on market forces to cut
pollution from the nation's 600 coal-burning power plants but does not
address global warming.

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Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/02/AR2005120201406.html