Court Backs EPA Chief in 9/11 Toxins Case
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A federal appellate court has decided that it was not “conscience-shocking” for the head of the Environmental Protection Agency to have reassured New Yorkers that the air near ground zero was safe following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, even if the air was toxic.
Yesterday’s decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals throws out a lawsuit against a former leader of the EPA, Christine Whitman.
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