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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: tejek who wrote (458363)	9/13/2003 3:11:08 PM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (2) of 769670

"Why is Bush's EPA relaxing the emission standards on old power plants?" I think you got this wrong..Clinton adm put epa restrictions on power plants and refineries to the point they could not correct or upgrade part of the plants without upgrading the total plant... Minor upgrades would have and do result in cleaner air.. without the upgrades under Clinton we continued undergrandfather clauses to pollute and many pollute worse because required maintenance was not done.. No upgrades were done as not upgrading a complete facility could have resulted in law suits under epa guide lines that clinton imposed.. I do not understand your question on burning oil.. shall we burn more coal.. I agree.. I think the clinton adm did us harm by not proposing tax credits to power plants for upgrading the facilities to burn coal with scrubbers etc.. instead we now have power plants all being converted to natural gas causing another shortage, increased cost to home owners who heat by gas and chemical industries that now must move jobs overseas because the demand for natural gas has sky rocked. I believe power plants now consume better than 20% of natural gas... Why not help in finding out how to use resources we have like coal , tar sands, etc for more energy and help to find ways to burn it economically. When was the last time a refinery was built in this country?

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