The administration is determined to grant loopholes from a program designed to keep factory emissions from increasing. |
The hurricane is being used as a pretext to attack health and environmental standards. |
The public should have the right to know if the air they are breathing can harm them. It is time for EPA to come clean. And tell the public the truth. |
There is still time for the EPA to do the right thing. |
This is a resounding victory for states' rights. Every American is breathing cleaner air because states have the ability to set better standards. |
This really is an open invitation to every special interest to appeal to the EPA for a break, using the hurricane as an excuse, |
This really is an open invitation to every special interest to appeal to the EPA for a break, using the hurricane as an excuse. |
This shows the president is more interested in science fiction than science. |
This shows the president is more interested in science fiction than science. This administration has put no limit on global warming pollution, and has consistently rebuffed any suggestion to do so. |
We are sure there'll be many, many more demonstrators here than (at the Republican National Convention) in Philadelphia and a lot of that has to do with geography. A lot of demonstrators live on the West Coast. |
We know that fine particle pollution is the most lethal air pollutant, tied to a whole range of health problems. |
We should be doing much more to try to reduce this dangerous pollution. |
We've learned the hard way that we can't always count on the federal government alone to protect our health and environment. |
When confronted with this fact, and asked why he had ignored his own experts, EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson had no coherent explanation. In fact, he sounded like a naughty child who was caught fibbing about something. |
You know darn well that the president doesn't have a clue what new source review is. It's clear that there's a coordinated effort between the White House and Congress to put key environmental protections on the chopping block. |