Bush's EPA distorts science to shield Halliburton from pollution laws

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WASHINGTON, March 16 (HalliburtonWatch.org) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will investigate complaints by one of its engineers who said the agency distorts science in order to shield Halliburton from pollution laws, the Los Angeles Times reported today.

The EPA's inspector general agreed to investigate the complaint, which was first exposed by the Times last year by Weston Wilson, who is a senior engineer with the EPA.

According to Wilson, a 30-year employee with the EPA, the Bush administration purposely tampered with environmental science in order to shield a lucrative drilling technique, known as hydraulic fracturing, from all regulations. Wilson says the technique, pioneered by Halliburton, is harmful to drinking water supplies. Halliburton has spent years trying to get the federal government to exempt the technique from environmental regulations.

Wilson and environmental groups say hydraulic fracturing can contaminate drinking water supplies with carcinogens and is therefore required by law to be regulated by the EPA. In addition, activists have documented incidents where hydraulic fracturing has contaminated drinking water supplies with hazardous chemicals.

http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/news/epa_whistleblower2.html

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2. Bush administration intentionally concealed Halliburton overcharges

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WASHINGTON, March 15 (HalliburtonWatch.org) -- The Bush administration intentionally concealed evidence of Halliburton's overcharges on gasoline imported into Iraq in violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483, a congressman revealed today. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) said the Bush administration, "acting at the request of Halliburton," intentionally concealed evidence from the International Advisory Monitoring Board (IAMB), an international body responsible for auditing Iraq's oil finances.

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