In 2006, the Bush Administration began systematically closing the libraries of the Environmental Protection Agency. These libraries, scattered throughout the United States, held the official records of the Agency, contained one of the most comprehensive collections on new pesticides and chemicals in the world and are used by lawyers, scientists and the general public. By 2007, the newly elected Democratic Congress put a stop to the closures, and ordered that the libraries be restored. But as of now, it appears the agency's new chemical library will not be reopened. Jes Burns spoke to Jeff Ruch, the Executive Director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, to find out the current status of the library system.

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