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Groups urge EPA inspector general to investigate media contract

By John Siciliano

Published December 18, 2017 11:13pm ET

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The Environmental Protection Agency is being criticized for hiring a conservative opposition firm with a record of attacking Republican critics to track news coverage of the agency.

The Environmental Working Group and American Oversight, a nonpartisan watchdog, asked the EPA inspector general on Monday to start an immediate investigation into the agency’s award of a contract to Virginia-based Definers Public Affairs.

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