Lies In The Air ( * SOTU lied re: pollution, too--what's next?)

[joeunderdog]

Dear Mr. President:

In this year's State of the Union address, you stated that your proposed Clear Skies Act "mandates a 70 percent cut in air pollution from power plants over the next 15 years." The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) analysis of the Clear Skies Initiative that was available before the State of the Union address reveals that this statement is simply not true.

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Many experts believe that the Clear Skies legislation will allow more air pollution than current law. Regardless of policy disputes about whether the Clean Air Act should be weakened, Congress and the public need to be able to rely on the veracity of your statements in order to evaluate the competing policies and proposals. Based on EPA modeling, your statement in the State of the Union appears to fail this test.


http://www.tompaine.com/feature2.cfm/ID/8542

[FlashHarry]

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