EPA Report Takes Heat for Climate Change Edits.

The Draft Report on the Environment released on 23 June sums up the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) view of the most solid scientific measurements of environmental quality across the country. Similar to a study issued last year by the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, the draft report identifies "indicators" that can be used to gauge nationwide trends in environmental quality. Like the Heinz study, the EPA report concludes that that data for many indicators aren't available for the entire nation or are limited in time. According to an internal EPA white paper obtained by the National Wildlife Federation, the White House Council on Environmental Quality and the Office of Management and Budget made major edits to a section of the report dealing with climate change.