:: blame the extended gestation.... ::

:: Saturday, December 27, 2003 ::

Bush EPA Loves Death (from Atrios)

The EPA has expressed disappointment that, by their own estimates, 19,000 lives will now be saved.


... an alert reader notes that the paragraph from the NYT article quoted by Demagogue is no longer actually in the article. Down the memory hole...

It's in the cache at google news, but not at the article it links to.

The new paragraph appears to be:


The Environmental Protection Agency, which had proposed the new rule, said in a statement that it was "disappointed with the court's decision" and that neither the regulation nor the court's stay of it would have much effect on emissions.



The old one was:


The Environmental Protection Agency expressed disappointment with the court's decision but did not say whether it would be appealed. The court order, while only two pages in length, was a strong statement in one of the most contentious environmental and public health battles of the last several years — whether aging coal-fired power plants must install controls as they increase their pollution emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency has estimated that full enforcement of existing rules on power plant pollution would save 19,000 lives per year.



you can email their ombudsman Danny Okrent at public@nytimes.com and ask him about this.

:: Jim Nichols 12/27/2003 04:01:00 AM [+] ::
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