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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (27721)	9/15/2003 8:34:02 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Anyone really think Bush is protecting our environment...? asia.reuters.com <<...several Democratic presidential candidates, including Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, said the Senate should block confirmation of Bush's choice to head the EPA, Utah Gov. Michael Leavitt, until the administration changes its clear air policy. Environmental groups said Bush's policy will increase pollution, particularly at the Monroe plant, one of the largest coal-fired plants in the country. "Thanks to new rules from a 'kinder, gentler EPA,' Detroit Edison can upgrade Monroe and other plants, even if pollution increases substantially as a result, without obtaining the permits and pollution controls that used to be required under the 'New Source Review' provisions of the Clean Air Act," said Eric Schaeffer, director of the Environmental Integrity Project and former chief of civil enforcement at the EPA. Outside the plant, guarded by police, was a group of protesters who had a giant papier-mache rat with the slogan, "Rat's Best Friend." Acting EPA Administrator Marianne Horinko said Bush's appearance was an effort to defend the policy. "I think it's important to literally clear the air on this rule," she told reporters. The Bush administration contends its proposal would cut power plant emissions of nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and mercury by 70 percent. Environmentalists say it would increase pollution compared with existing law and fails to set limits on carbon dioxide emissions, thought to be a major cause of global warming...>>