[CPEO-BIF] "Nadler to Bush: Learn from the Mistakes of 9/11"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Press Release
Office of Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
September 21, 2005

Nadler to Bush: Learn from the Mistakes of 9/11

Urges President, EPA, to protect Katrina victims from environmental dangers

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today wrote to 
President Bush, urging him not to repeat the mistakes the federal 
government made after 9/11 as recovery efforts get underway on the Gulf 
Coast.  Congressman Nadler, who represents Ground Zero, watched four 
years ago as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prematurely 
declared Lower Manhattan safe for reoccupation – and now thousands are 
sick.  Unfortunately, EPA’s handling of the Katrina cleanup shows much 
of the same haste and denial.

Among the most troubling signs that the federal government is taking a 
lax approach to cleanup are EPA’s recommendation that average citizens 
tackle asbestos cleanup, the failure to provide emergency workers with 
respirators, and – perhaps most frightening – reports that the White 
House has appointed political guru Karl Rove to head the reconstruction 
effort.

In his letter, Nadler asked for concrete answers to nine specific 
questions about the federal government’s commitment to environmental 
protection in the wake of Katrina.  The full text of the letter ... [as 
well as the original press release, may be found at
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ny08_nadler/BushltrEPAKatrina092105.html.]



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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org

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