Note: One more reason why the Bush Administration is known for it's hostility to almost everything having to to do with environmental protection. Along the Saginaw River Watershed in Michigan, there is a battle being fought. On the one hand is the conscience of those who want a mess cleaned up, and on the other is the desire to protect one of the regions best employers and benefactors. With the Republicans in power and the big money all on one side, the battle is not an equal one. (Thanks to SPARTY for the references on this article).
"QUIT OR BE FIRED!"
EPA official
ousted while fighting Dow
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The Chicago Tribune
By Michael Hawthorne | Tribune reporter
May 2, 2008
SAGINAW, Mich. - "The battle over dioxin contamination in this economically stressed region had been raging for years when a top Bush administration official turned up the pressure on Dow Chemical to clean it up.
"On Thursday, following months of internal bickering over Mary Gade's interactions with Dow, the administration forced her to quit as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Midwest office, based in Chicago.
"Gade told the Tribune she resigned after two aides to national EPA administrator Stephen Johnson took away her powers as regional administrator and told her to quit or be fired by June 1."
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