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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (484646)	4/26/2012 1:53:56 PM
From: DMaA	6 Recommendations Respond to of 793846

Rush was hitting that video hard just now. Said the guy in the video shut down Range Resourses saying they were poluting ground water with their fracking operations. Two years later the State of Texas said there was no evidence of that and the EPA dropped their law suit. But they put the company through hell for two years for NOTHING.

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (484646)	4/26/2012 2:17:26 PM
From: TideGlider	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793846

For the coverage of the issue being as it is, the EPA can go plundering as they may. This is worse than last election. The news coverage regarding all the overt moves to cripple thins country by Obama's minions goes dark. Nothing. It is truly amazing how the media can watch the country disassembled and say nothing.

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (484646)	4/30/2012 1:02:00 PM
From: Brian Sullivan	2 Recommendations Respond to of 793846

EPA official resigns over ‘crucify’ comments By Ben Geman - 04/30/12 12:39 PM ET Al Armendariz, the Environmental Protection Agency official under fire for comparing enforcement of environmental laws to crucifixion, has resigned. “Over the weekend Dr. Armendariz offered his resignation, which I accepted. I respect the difficult decision he made and his wish to avoid distracting from the important work of the agency. We are all grateful for Dr. Armendariz's service to EPA and to our nation,” said EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson in a statement Monday. The decision comes days after Armendariz – who oversaw oil-and-gas producing states including Texas and Louisiana – drew GOP attacks over 2010 comments that surfaced in which he compared his enforcement strategy to the way ancient Roman conquerors would use terror to keep order. A number of GOP lawmakers, shortly after the 2010 comments surfaced last week, called for his ouster despite his apology for the remarks. The White House and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson have distanced themselves from the comments, saying they don’t reflect EPA’s views. Jackson told reporters Friday that the remarks were “disappointing.” The video, which Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) released last week, set off a firestorm at a time when Republicans are already alleging that EPA’s approach is overzealous. “I was in a meeting once and I gave an analogy to my staff about my philosophy of enforcement. And I think it was probably a little crude, and maybe not appropriate for the meeting, but I’m going to tell you what I said,” Armendariz says in the video. “It is kind of like how the Romans used to conquer the villages in the Mediterranean — they’d go into a little Turkish town somewhere and they’d find the first five guys they saw and they’d crucify them. Then that town was really easy to manage for the next few years.” Armendariz continued: “And so, you make examples out of people who are, in this case, not complying with the law. You find people who are not complying with the law and you hit them as hard as you can and you make examples out of them. There’s a deterrent effect there. And companies that are smart see that. They don’t want to play that game and they decide at that point that it’s time to clean up. And that won’t happen unless you have somebody out there making examples of people.” EPA’s enforcement division works with the Department of Justice and other agencies to bring civil and criminal legal actions against companies accused of violating environmental laws, such as the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. thehill.com