The Government Greenpeace | FrontPage Magazine

The Government Greenpeace | FrontPage Magazine: "National unemployment rates may be high, but there’s no shortage of work if you happen to be an academic type willing to conduct Environmental Protection Agency-funded research and undertake EPA directed studies. Last October, the EPA formally began the process of creating new stormwater management rules. We’ve actually got quite the pile of stormwater management rules already, including measures crafted during the Clinton administration and then implemented during the Bush administration. But, having never met a regulatory program that went far enough for her tastes, EPA head Lisa Jackson took one look at a report prepared the National Research Council that reviewed the Agency’s stormwater management programs and fell in love. This will come as a shock, but the NRC committee that looked into the issue – a committee consisting mostly of academics – concluded that new stormwater regulations are desperately needed."