Industry Fought EPA Texas Chief Who Quit in ‘Crucify’ Furor
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Before the notice was issued, the top official in Texas for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alerted health advocates that an emergency order was being issued against gas-driller Range Resources Corp.
“We’re about to make a lot of news,” Al Armendariz, who resigned yesterday as administrator for EPA Region 6 in Dallas, wrote in the 2010 e-mail. “Thank you all for your continued support and friendship.”