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EPA Decides to Downgrade Its Toxic Release Reporting

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· Story link The EPA has decided to modify its Toxic Release Inventory, for the past two decades considered one…

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The EPA has decided to modify its Toxic Release Inventory, for the past two decades considered one of the most valuable government reports on environmental emissions, by allowing companies to report less information and by publishing the report, once annual, every other year. Sen. Jim Jeffords, I-Vt, called the move a “frontal assault” on the emissions monitoring program. (9/22/05)

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