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US shutdown hits Obama's climate agenda as EPA staff are sent home

2013-10-02 18:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: About 94% of the employees of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have been sent on leave of absence as part of the US government shutdown. Nearly all of the agency's 16,205 employees across the country, with oversight of air quality, industrial waste, water and sewage treatment plants, have powered down their computers, updated their voicemail, filled in their last timesheets, and left buildings as part of the shutdown. Only 1,069 essential staff such as emergency personnel who deal...

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