Republicans for Dirtier Air and Fewer Jobs

AlterNet, Booman Tribune by Steven D | Sep. 23, 2011 (News Analysis)

House Republicans have scheduled a vote Friday to cripple the Clean Air Act. Their bill would allow more pollution of our air and change the way the Clean Air Act has been implemented over the past 40 years. I'm sure anyone with COPD, asthma and other respiratory and auto-immune disorders is simply thrilled that this a major priority for Republicans in Congress: Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Sci/Tech, Health
Topics: Environment, Pollution, Law, U.S. Congress, Republicans, Coal, Tea Party
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Sep 23, 2011 - 12:30 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Sep 23, 2011 - 12:39 PM PDT

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 by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 23, 2011

The author's anger with the corruption and stupidity leads him to be a bit vitriolic at the end, but a good exposition of the science and politics of pollution.

Of course, the Republicans have no evidence (other than their repeated talking points) that the Clean Air Act has cost the US economy jobs. The More »

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 by aksharajanu - Sep. 25, 2011

HMMMM GREAT KNOWLEDGE

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