Environmentalists Request Ethics Probe of Lobbyist Ties to EPA Amendment

Greenpeace has asked the Senate’s Select Committee on Ethics to examine the “depth of the relationship” between Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s (R-AK) staff and two energy industry lobbyists. The staffers consulted the lobbyists, both EPA officials under President Bush who now lobby on energy policy, about a proposed amendment that would prevent the EPA from regulating [...]