May 11 EPA Issues Off-Road Diesel Pollution Rules By PBS News Hour Environmental Protection Agency chief Mike Leavitt signed new regulations Tuesday aimed at cutting pollutants from diesel engines in off-road vehicles such as farming and construction equipment by 90 percent over the next eight years. Continue reading
Aug 12 Utah Governor Mike Leavitt Tapped to Head EPA President Bush announced Monday that his choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency is Utah Governor Mike Leavitt, a Republican and an advocate of shifting environmental regulation to the states. Continue reading
May 21 EPA Chief Christine Whitman Steps Down Christine Todd Whitman, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, is leaving her post after more than two years. Continue reading