Holmstead, left, shillin'.
Jeffrey R. Holmstead -- who helped initiate the rule change (to allow coal-fired power plants, oil refineries and other major polluters to be built near national parks and wilderness areas) while chief of EPA's air and radiation office and who now heads the environmental strategies group at the law firm Bracewell & Giuliani (You picked a winner, jerks) -- said it is unsurprising that regional officials would have a position different from that at headquarters.
"The headquarters perspective tends to be much broader (and deranged)," Holmstead said, adding that the Bush administration has pursued air pollution reductions but has seen its proposals tied up in court (What?! Really?! When? Oh, poor helpful and green Bush Administration! They are just trying to heal the planet, dammit!). "Air quality in national parks, in particular, has very little to do with an individual source. (?!) What you really want to do is lower air pollution in that region." Yeah, by localizing and not broadening you git!
Regional EPA officials, he added, want "every weapon in their arsenal" to reduce pollution from a given source: "Regions are focused on a permit for a specific plant. Often what they focus on is anything that gives them leverage." Over pollution? I can not wait until Bush is out of the office.
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