Constitutional Law

Former EPA Chief Breathes Easier

Earlier this week, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that former EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman could not be held liable for telling New York City residents that the air near the fallen World Trade Center was safe to breathe following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.  The lawsuit, filed by a group of workers and residents that lived near the site, alleged that Whitman and other EPA officials had misrepresented the health risks of the dust and debris from ground zero.  A lower court judge had allowed the case to proceed, labeling Whitman’s actions "conscience-shocking."

Full post as published by ACS Blog on April 26, 2008 (boomark / email).