Renee Cipriano Politician

Renee Cipriano is the former director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. She left the Illinois EPA in May 2005 after almost four years as director. Her successor is Douglas P. Scott'>Douglas P. Scott.She is currently a lawyer at Schiff Hardin LLP.A February 9, 2006 Chicago Tribune article written by Michael Hawthorne raised the issue of Cipriano registering as a lobbyist for Ameren less than a year after leaving public office. The article cites a 2003 ethics law barring state employees from working for companies they formerly regulated for at least one year.However, the article also stated that an EPA spokeswoman argued "that the law doesn't apply to Cipriano's new job lobbying for a power company subject to scores of environmental regulations." Still, Cipriano has been the subject of much ridicule on the Web over the information contained in this article.

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  1. http://www.pilsenperro.org/coal/chitrib020906.pdf
  2. http://www.schiffhardin.com/ReneeCipriano.htm