The Environmental Protection Agency’s advisors might not always be impartial. A report by the General Accounting Office finds the EPA doesn’t properly guard against conflicts of interest. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Lester Graham reports:
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Is Big Money Driving Ethanol Subsidies?
For decades, big political donations have influenced big tax breaks. Lobbyists, backed by money from political action committees, heavily influence the legislative process. In one case a multi-billion dollar program is supposed to help the environment. But… many believe it doesn’t. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Lester Graham reports:
Acid Rain Problem Continues
Emissions from power plants in the Midwest are still causing acid
rain in the eastern United States. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s
Lester Graham reports:
No Home for Radioactive Waste (Part 1)
States have been working for two decades to find a place for low-
level radioactive waste. Although the states have spent hundreds of
millions of dollars to find a disposal site, no state has established
one. The
Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Lester Graham reports:v
Nuke Waste Stream Becomes a Trickle (Part 2)
Although they’ve been trying for 20 years… states across the
nation have failed to establish new disposal facilities for low-level
radioactive waste. But now… the need is not as great as it once was.
The
Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Lester Graham reports… the waste
stream has become a trickle: