Readers are contacting EnviroHumanImpact, curious about what has happened in the firing/forced resignation of Mary Gade, who until recently was head of the U.S. EPA’s Region 5 office in Chicago. She contends that this is about a dispute regarding dioxin cleanup between the EPA, specifically her office, and Dow Chemical.
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We originally brought you the story yesterday of Mary Gade, an EPA Official who has been asked to resign and has done so, allegedly because of her efforts to have Dow Chemical clean up dioxin. The story we excerpted with commentary was from the Friday Chicago Tribune: EPA Official Ousted While Fighting Dow.
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Seemingly underreported, but what made front-page news on Friday’s (May 2, 2008) Chicago Tribune is a story about an EPA official who was told to resign or be fired. Read the entire story here.
The story begins:
SAGINAW, Mich. - The battle over dioxin contamination in this economically stressed region had been raging for years when [...]
Here’s an Op-Ed piece By Paul Krugman of the New York Times, published 4/21/08 that speaks to limited resources for our planet. We thought we would share, as it is relevant to our main focus on how human actions change the environment, and how the result will force us to change again. Excerpts [...]
From Eric Wilson at the New York Times, April 10, 2008:
Where That Suit Has Been
THE typical life of a garment, before it ever ends up on a hanger, is really quite glamorous. It might have been designed in New York from technically marvelous fabrics that were developed in Japan and then sewn together in Europe. [...]
