Bush’s rules would increase pollution
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Not that this is a surprise, but a consultant for the EPA says that the new pollution rules Bush favors would add pollution:
Air pollution from oil refineries and factories would increase under new rules the Bush administration is preparing, according to two new studies by a consultant used by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The studies were released on the eve of a deadline today for the EPA to deliver to a Senate committee documents detailing the Bush administration’s proposed relaxation of former President Clinton’s controls for emissions.
The EPA, officially, disputes the findings, but cannot come up with any of its own (and why are they disputing the work of someone they hired?):
EPA spokesman Joe Martyak said the new studies are “too speculative and full of variables” to be conclusive. Bush administration and EPA officials have said there is no analysis showing how the new rules would affect emissions, yet they wouldn’t increase air pollution.
Notice that Bush’s contention that the new rules would not affect air pollution is backed by , umm, well, nothing. Unless campaign contributions count.
See, the last time I checked, though, campaign contributions were not considered science.
great piece…do you write anywhere else? Thanks.
Comment 4/19/2003