FORMER EPA CHIEF REILLY URGES PREPARATION OF GLOBAL WARMING POLICIES

Former EPA Administrator William Reilly is urging agency staff to lay the analytical groundwork for policies to curb global warming, saying such action could help the agency be "constructive" at a time when political will on the issue is lacking. Reilly's comments came at a Jan. 18 EPA-sponsored event to mark the 35th anniversary of the agency's creation, where former agency administrators generally criticized policymakers, including the Bush administration, for not doing enough on global warming and other emerging environmental...