We’ve made progress in cleaning up the air. But it’s way too soon to
breathe easy.
Tens of thousands of Americans are still dying early from dirty air.
Many others suffer from asthma attacks, bronchitis and other disease
made worse by pollution.
At the same time, greenhouse gas emissions threaten the planet with
global catastrophe.
Despite these problems, many in Congress seem more interested in the
views of check-writing polluters.
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Meanwhile, powerful corporate interests seek to make sure the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency protects them, not breathers.
That’s where we come in. As our name suggests, Clean Air Watch is a
non-profit watchdog group that seeks to protect the public interest.
We closely monitor clean-air and climate policy and seek to present a
public-interest perspective – one that is grounded in fact and analysis,
not just a lot of hot air.
We educate the public about the value of clean air (and related
developments in science regarding air and climate), and blow the whistle
when miscreants attempt dirty deeds in the dark.
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EPA Smog Plan Compromises Public Health to Save Industry Money
EPA Chief Floats Radical Plan to Weaken
Clean Air Act
(
Washington , DC . March 12, 2008) – The non-profit Clean
Air Watch today assailed a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
decision to ignore the agency’s science advisers in setting a
new national health standard for smog.
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Should Big Polluters Own the Sky?
That’s one of the key questions as we consider how to limit and
reduce global warming pollution. Many of the biggest
coal-burning power companies claim they own the sky – and
should be paid billions of dollars to reduce their emissions.
For more on this, see our White Paper, with a foreword by Larry
J. Schweiger, President and CEO of the National Wildlife
Federation.
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Coal Complicates Effort to Green the
Capitol
U.S. House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi's plan to make the U.S. Capitol complex more
environmentally friendly is being hampered by the reluctance of
lawmakers from coal-producing states to implement changes at the
complex's coal-burning power plant.
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CBS Evening
News examines lawn mowers, politics and pollution CBS EVENING
NEWS
May 7, 2006, CBS
RUSS MITCHELL, CBS ANCHOR:
…Just ahead on tonight`s CBS EVENING NEWS, why mowing your lawn
is creating smog and why some say it`s politicians working hard
to keep it that way.
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Senator Tom Carper
& Frank O'Donnell Clean Air
Watch President Frank O’Donnell joins Delaware Senator Tom
Carper in criticizing the Bush administration’s so-called “clear
skies” plan. [March 4, 2005]
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Duke Double - Speak Perhaps the
single most prominent corporate voice in the
congressional
global warming debate is that of
Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers. We examine
some of Duke’s positions in a short white paper.
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How would big polluters fare under draft Lieberman-Warner climate
plan? In August, Senators
Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and John Warner (R-VA) released a draft
framework to establish an economy-wide cap-and-trade program aimed
at reducing U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 70 percent…Click
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EPA Scientists Urge Tougher Smog
Standards
The science is clear: we need tougher
smog standards to protect our health. But will the Bush
Administration follow through?
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Big Polluters Vow “Royal Fight” Over
New Smog Standards
Will Polluters Kill Global Warming
Plan Despite Gore Plea?
Big polluters are breaking out the
check books to slow down efforts to reduce global warming emissions.
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Clean Air Watch Hails
Overdue EPA Diesel Standards
At long last EPA has
moved forward with a proposed plan to clean up dirty
diesel trains and boats. Clean Air Watch hailed the
move.
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But Will Eco-Hypocrite General
Electric Pull The Plug?
General Electric, the nation’s
biggest locomotive engine maker, is lobbying to delay and weaken EPA
train standards.
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New Report Details Diesel Danger for
Commuters
You will want to hold your breath
after reading this! Click here >>
Smog
Struggle: Behind the Scenes Less than four weeks
now until the US EPA announces its decision on whether to change
current national standards for ozone, or smog. And things are
getting VERY interesting behind the scenes... Click here >>
Clean Air Watch Column on TomPaine.com
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