Critics Urge Obama to Revoke Contentious DOD Environmental Policies

By Suzanne Yohannan / November 25, 2008 at 5:00 AM
Defense Environment Alert -- Efforts are brewing to convince President-elect Barack Obama to reverse Bush administration policies that critics say favored the Defense Department in battles with environmental regulators. Specifically, two Senate Democrats are pushing the incoming administration to reverse a DOD position that has allowed the military, at least for now, to reject EPA's legal authority at military cleanup sites, while an environmental group backed by government employees plans to launch an effort early next year aimed at overturning...

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