E.P.A. CONCENTRATING ON TERROR

You’d think that the Environmental Protection Agency’s inves­ti­ga­tors would con­cen­trate on crimes against Mother Nature. But you’d be wrong.
Since 9/​11, the 220 sleuths in the Agency’s crim­i­nal divi­sion have focused on counter-​​terror efforts, the New York Times reports, and shied away from envi­ron­men­tal inquiries.
“They have dropped the ‘E’ in the E.P.A. and have become just a pro­tec­tion agency,” one gov­ern­ment watch­dog told the paper.
According to the Times, “annual crim­i­nal refer­rals made by the envi­ron­men­tal agency to the Justice Department had dropped about 30 per­cent, from 481 in 2000 to 341 in 2002.”

April 29th, 2003 | Uncategorized | Comments Off Both comments and pings are currently closed.