Greg Abbott's EPA lawsuit

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This is a press release from Barbara Radnofsky:

http://www.barbaraann2010.com/node/631

EPA Lawsuit by AG: Another Example of Meritless Claims in Litigation

Add the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) litigation to the list of lawsuits filed by the Texas Attorney General containing merit less claims. In lawsuits attacking federal health care reform and the Americans with Disabilities Act, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott drew criticism for loser litigation. The Texas Attorney General's February 2010 legal challenge complaining of the EPA's findings of endangerment begins with the claims of an "acclaimed record" of working to enforce environmental laws and that "Texas has aggressively protected air quality."

After seven long years of the Texas Attorney General's tenure, Texas is number one in: air pollution emissions, amount of volatile organic compounds released into the air, amount of toxic chemicals released into water, amount of recognized cancer-causing carcinogens released into air, and amount of carbon dioxide emissions.

The Attorney General further claims in his legal pleadings to have teamed "in a successful enforcement effort" against the mining and refining company ASARCO. The Attorney General even claimed "as a result, ASARCO will spend $1.8 billion remediating 80 hazardous waste sites in 19 states...$52 million was allocated to Texas to fund the environmental remediation of a lead smelter in El Paso."

In truth, the Texas Attorney General was unsuccessful in the litigation in achieving a fair result for Texas, El Paso and its citizens.

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Abbott is wasting a lot of taxpayer dollars with his crappy lawsuits. Hopefully he will be returning to the private sector soon! :D

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1. No kidding - he's wasting money

He is one of the worst A.G.s we've ever had. A political hack who is only interested in his politics. He acts like he got his training on the SBOE!