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The Bush Administration's Air Pollution Policies
The Bush administration has built a dismal record on clean air issues. It has moved to cut the heart out of the Clean Air Act's "new source review" program -- the fundamental bargain in the original law that requires old pollution sources to modernize their pollution controls when they update their facilities. And the administration's "clear skies" proposal would undercut current safeguards to protect local air quality, weaken measures to curb pollution from upwind states, undermine efforts to restore visibility in our national parks, and do nothing to curb power plants' growing emissions of carbon dioxide, the main cause of global warming. This index collects NRDC documents that bear on the Bush administration's air pollution policies. The "Clear Skies" Initiative Dirty Skies: The "Clear Skies Act of 2005" Would Harm the Public, Help Big Polluters and Worsen Global Warming Hearings on S. 485, "Clear Skies Act of 2003" The Bush Administration's Air Pollution Plan Additional fact sheets on the Clear Skies Initiative are available on the SaveTheCleanAirAct.org website Changes to the Clean Air Act's New Source Review Program Key Findings of the NAPA Report on New Source Review Protections The EPA's Changes to New Source Review Reject the Utility Industry's Attempts to Weaken the Clean Air Act Related NRDC Pages Related Websites |
