The Bush administration forced out the U.S. EPA's top Midwest
regulator on Thursday, after months of contention over a pollution
case involving Dow Chemical, the Chicago Tribune re****ts. Mary Gade,
who was appointed by President Bush in 2006, had been tussling with
Dow over plans to get the company to clean up extensive dioxin
pollution that it dumped into Michigan waterways for decades. Dow
asked EPA headquarters to intervene in the dispute, and top deputies
to EPA chief Stephen Johnson repeatedly questioned Gade about the
case. Then she was stripped of her authority and told to quit or be
fired. "There is no question this is about Dow," Gade said. "I stand
behind what I did and what my staff did. I'm proud of what we did."
Grist's Kate Sheppard digs up background on Gade, who is (or was) a
Bush sup****ter.
from grist.org
source: Chicago Tribune
see also, in Gristmill: Shades of U.S. attorney scandal
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