EPA Study Recommends Tightening Clinton-Era Airborne Soot Standards

[Judi Lynn]

EPA Study Recommends Tightening Clinton-Era Airborne Soot Standards
By H. Josef Hebert Associated Press Writer
Published: Sep 14, 2003




WASHINGTON (AP) - New federal health standards that limit the amount of soot in the air do not adequately protect the elderly and people with respiratory problems and should be tightened, according to an internal government report.
The findings could become the basis for additional pollution-control requirements to reduce the amount of microscopic soot emitted by diesel-burning trucks, cars, factories and power plants.

Such a step would put the Bush administration at odds with business groups. They have argued the current federal soot-control standards, issued by the Clinton administration, are based on uncertain science and have cost industry tens of billions of dollars.

The new findings are in a draft paper by Environmental Protection Agency staff and are being circulated for review by outside scientists. (snip/...)

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAGPWVVLKD.html

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. But Bush told the EPA

they had to do what he wanted because he's STUDIED the findings and UNDERSTANDS the information, and to him, there are no great dangers that the American public shouldn't be able to tolerate if he says so! Besides, who cares about elderly people and their health?
</sarcasm>

The lobbyists are going to have a heyday with this latest report and recomnedation.

[Gloria]

2. "outside scientists"--like the ones who came up with the new that

there is no such thing as global warming??

Bush just loosend the Clean Air Act on power plants....you think he's going to listen to a report on soot??

[jamesinca]

3. And who do you think will win out here?

Will it be the American people or the multi billion dollar industries? It will be the industy. Why because it will do two things at least 1) it will make Bush once again a lying POS. He swore on Jan. 20, 2001 to uphold and defend the Constitution of the U.S. to the best of his ability. In the Premble of the Constitution it says , We the People, etc...promote the general welfare, ensure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. Allowing the pollution to continue will not promote the general welfare!!! 2) The most important one is this, he will make money some how off of it.

[MaineDem]

4. This is an about-face, no?

On the surface this seems to be contrary to everything this administration has been doing for clean air.

Our Attorney General is involved in a lawsuit right now (together with maybe CT) against the EPA for just this sort of thing.

Sounds good but I don't trust them at all.