Friday, October 07, 2005
A Message from the League of Conservation Voters
At a time when Congress should be working to solve our long term energy issues, Bush allies on Capitol Hill are trying to push legislation to dismantle environmental and public health standards -- and exploit national tragedy to provide hand-outs to polluting industries.
Rather than lowering energy costs, this harmful legislation in the House weakens the Clean Air Act, limits the use of cleaner fuels, and delays clean-up deadlines for harmful smog -- promising higher industry profits and more air pollution.
After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Americans responded with an outpouring of support. Yet some in Congress would rather support big oil and energy companies with proposals that were rejected in the last energy bill.
This harmful legislation would:
Allow 20,000 aging industrial facilities to increase pollution without installing modern pollution controls.
Delay existing smog cleanup deadlines for many years.
Undermine diesel engine cleanup requirements that would ultimately eliminate 20,000 premature deaths and $140 billion in health costs annually.
Do nothing to provide lower gas and energy prices.
For years now, the Bush Administration and Congress have worked to roll back environmental laws while failing to address our dependence on fossil fuels -- and now they are using an energy crisis to pad industry's pockets.
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At a time when Congress should be working to solve our long term energy issues, Bush allies on Capitol Hill are trying to push legislation to dismantle environmental and public health standards -- and exploit national tragedy to provide hand-outs to polluting industries.
Rather than lowering energy costs, this harmful legislation in the House weakens the Clean Air Act, limits the use of cleaner fuels, and delays clean-up deadlines for harmful smog -- promising higher industry profits and more air pollution.
After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Americans responded with an outpouring of support. Yet some in Congress would rather support big oil and energy companies with proposals that were rejected in the last energy bill.
This harmful legislation would:
Allow 20,000 aging industrial facilities to increase pollution without installing modern pollution controls.
Delay existing smog cleanup deadlines for many years.
Undermine diesel engine cleanup requirements that would ultimately eliminate 20,000 premature deaths and $140 billion in health costs annually.
Do nothing to provide lower gas and energy prices.
For years now, the Bush Administration and Congress have worked to roll back environmental laws while failing to address our dependence on fossil fuels -- and now they are using an energy crisis to pad industry's pockets.
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