The pro-pollution, anti-science crowd continues to press its attack on clean air, clean water, and a livable climate for our children. These attacks are so far out of the mainstream that many newspapers have spoken out. Here’s a bunch:
McClatchy Editorial: EPA pursuit of cleaner air is under attack
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110325/OPINION01/103250353/-1/BLUERAIDERS06/EPA-pursuit-cleaner-air-under-attackEditorial: Kirk should back greenhouse gas regulation
http://www.suntimes.com/opinions/4507739-474/editorial-kirk-should-back-reenhouse-gas-regulation.htmlGOP plan weakens environmental agency; Proposal undercuts department regulating natural resources.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/03/27/2175340/gop-plan-weakens-environmental.htmlNJ Star Ledger: EPA chief must push back against the fossil fuel caucus
http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2011/03/epa_chief_must_push_back_again.htmlFormer GOP EPA Chiefs William D. Ruckelshaus;and Christine Todd Whitman: Undoing 40 years of green gains? http://www.washingtonpost.com/todays_paper/A%20Section/2011-03-5/A/21/18.0.1976432112_epaper.html
Editorial: At long last, cleaner air
http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/wb/280977Lexington Herald Leader: Cleaning our air is worth the cost
http://www.kentucky.com/2011/03/20/1678321_cleaning-our-air-is-worth-the.html
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Poor air quality costs the California economy $28 Billion / yr. That is the finding from a 2008 study conducted by CSU-Fullerton professor Jane V. Hall and associates.
If you wonder why we have poor education results, maybe he lack of ADA funding due to students missing school with asthma has and effect on the local budgets.
Children get sick. People die. Corporations have increased health care costs. And one group of legislators wants to chop off the funding of the only governmental body that is in a position to actually do something about it.
Newspapers in Roanoke, Virginia and Lexington, Kentucky defend the EPA? That’s very significant.
Thanks for the article, Joe. It’s a great resource, and I’ve passed it along with kudos to you and CP on my blog: http://thedakepage.blogspot.com/