Issues: Air


The Bush Administration's Air Pollution Plan

Electric power plants are the single largest industrial source of some of the worst air pollutants. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that more than 120 million Americans live in areas where the air is unhealthy. Yet the Bush administration's air pollution plan would gut existing health protections and do nothing to curb global warming.

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Dirty Coal vs Clean Energy
Why choose 19th century pollution when we have 21st century solutions?

Asthma and Air Pollution
#Bad air can bring on asthma attacks, even in healthy people; controlling pollution from cars, factories and power plants can help.


What Parents Need to Know about Diesel School Buses
Is your child breathing diesel exhaust inside the bus?


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