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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: TideGlider who wrote (525722)	1/17/2004 10:46:49 PM
From: geode00	of 769670

Clear Skies Initiative --- now the gov't tells us we shouldn't be eating so much tuna or, maybe, fish in general. Geez. Note that the energy bill, supported by Shrubbery to the nth degree, gets companies off the hook for letting MTBF poison our groundwater. Get a clue you gullible child you. sierraclub.org "Mercury is a dangerous toxin that threatens people and wildlife as a pollutant from coal-fired power plants. The EPA estimates that enforcement of existing toxic air pollution protections in the Clean Air Act will limit mercury pollution to 5 tons per year by 2008. The Bush Administration’s plan weakens the limit to 26 tons per year by 2010 – allowing 520 percent more mercury pollution. A new EPA report discusses the ways pregnant women pass mercury on to their babies, causing mental retardation, but why did the Administration sit on the report for more than nine months and only release it after journalists exposed their findings? Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) is a major contributor to smog that is linked to asthma and lung disease. Current Clean Air Act programs will result in NOx pollution levels of about 1.25 million tons by 2010. But the Bush plan calls for loosening the cap on NOx pollution to 2.1 million tons by 2008 – effectively allowing 68 percent more NOx pollution. Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) is the major contributor acid rain and soot. Clean Air Act programs reduce SO2 pollution levels to 2 million tons by 2012. The Bush Administration plan weakens protections to allow 4.5 million tons of SO2 by 2010 – allowing a staggering 225 percent more SO2 pollution. Despite repeated claims during the 2000 election that he would put forth legislation that would address CO2 emissions, the Administration's plan fails to set any limit on carbon dioxide emissions. Instead the Administration has called for a voluntary approach that will likely increase heat-trapping CO2 that causes global warming. By the 15th year of the Bush plan: 450,000 more tons of NOx, one million more tons of SO2, and 9.5 more tons of mercury would be allowed than under strong enforcement of existing Clean Air Act programs. The Bush plan creates a loophole exempting power plants from being held accountable to the Clean Air Act’s New Source Review (NSR) standards and from being required to install cleanup technology (best available retrofit technology or BART). NSR standards require new power plants and upgraded plants to comply with modern federal emissions limits. BART protects communities from persistent haze and other air quality problems by reducing the pollution emitted from antiquated power plants. "Clear Skies" delays the enforcement of public health standards for smog and soot until the end of 2015. The Bush plan restricts the power of states to call for an end to pollution from upwind sources in other states. The plan prohibits any petitions of this sort from even being implemented before 2012. " =============== I wish it weren't so. I wish all admins would have the decency to protect the people of the United States' health and well being. Why are you so gullible and so willing to roll over and play dead for people who don't care one whit about you, your family or your friends? Why aren't you outraged?

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