This is the year Superfund must be reauthorized. Nader says keep the sanctions. Waxman predicts a battle. Junk Science and Horror Stories Carol Browner shared a trend that she has observed in her recent visits to editorial boards about the new clean air standards. She is being told that people believe this is junk science.
Some people think that all environmental regulations are based upon junk science.
Carol Browner relayed her frustration that people are saying The big bad EPA will ban barbecue grills, lawnmowers, gardens, and . . . The numbers of people who are gardening has something like tripled in the last year. Boehlert says the barbecue bans are just scare tactics. The council on Environmental Quality has started investigating and found that some of the conservative horror stories are not true. They couldn t find the little old lady who couldn t plant her rose garden because of wetland restrictions.