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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: SecularBull who wrote (152745)	6/13/2001 12:44:54 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (2) of 769670

on the humor front.... 'Green' California Resists Clean Air Act newsmax.com The granola-head environmentalist politicians who have turned California into a disaster area suddenly aren't so green anymore. Tooooo late! The Democrat-run state requested a waiver of - get this - Clean Air Act requirements for oxygen content in gasoline. But the Environmental Protection Agency said no. Corn-based ethanol will now be added to gasoline as the petrochemical additive MTBE is phased out. Both compounds boost the oxygen level of gasoline so that it burns more completely, but MTBE is a possible health risk because it can seep into groundwater, United Press International reported Tuesday. "The administration is concerned about the risks of MTBE in drinking water in California and other states," EPA Administrator Christine Whitman said in a release. "Clean air and clean water are equally important. We do not want to pursue one at the expense of the other." Whitman said the agency had no choice but to deny the waiver because California could not show that switching to gasoline without oxygenates would improve the state's air quality; economic considerations did not enter into the decision. "As it currently stands, the Clean Air Act provisions limit the Agency's ability to address these concerns," Whitman said. Though good news for agribusiness, adding ethanol to California's gasoline will produce logistical headaches for oil refiners, who will have to haul the additive into the state by railroad or barge and could cost motorists as much as an additional $450 million a year, according to Gov. Gray Davis' office. California "greens" opposing the Clean Air Act? Where's Robert Redford to denounce them? ......... tom watson tosiwmee

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