With White House Approval, E.P.A. Pollution Report Omits Global Warming Section
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/15/politics/15CLIM.html
For the first time in six years, the annual federal report on air pollution trends has no section on global warming, though President Bush has said that slowing the growth of emissions linked to warming is a priority for his administration.
The decision to delete the chapter on climate change was made by top officials at the Environmental Protection Agency with White House approval, White House officials said.
"Some people at pretty high levels in my organization were saying, `Take it out,' " said an E.P.A. official outside Washington who helped prepare the report. Others at the agency confirmed his account.
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