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Article: Clean Air Watch: Dirty Storm Surge; Hurricanes as Pretext to Weaken Health Standards
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- September 26, 2005
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News Advisory:
No one (except perhaps oil companies?) likes high gasoline prices.
But now price increases linked to the Katrina catastrophe are
prompting some in Congress to recycle bad ideas and promote
legislation that would weaken health and environmental protections,
according to Clean Air Watch. That would mean dirtier air -- and
more public health damage.
Equally bad, some want to rush something through to help oil
companies without appropriate discussion of the issues. Clean Air
Watch thinks it's worth taking a few minutes to explore the
consequences of weakening key public health protections.
Clean Air Watch will hold a luncheon briefing, Tuesday Sept. 27.
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