Tuesday, June 15

MORE ON BIG COAL AND THE BUSH EPA


More about Big Coal, Bush and EPA can be found here on Alternet.

Today's EPA hearing may be nothing more than an extension of Bush's re-election effort.

The intention of the hearing is to discuss the new rules for the EPA's interstate air pollution plan. Unfortunately, not only was the method preferred by environmentalists stripped from the rules, but some, like Clean Air Trust's Frank O'Donnell have noted that the proposal has the suspicious tendency to favor large Bush contributors in battleground states.

He notes that the weaker air pollution regulations are especially lucrative for the coal companies that happen to be located in the highly contested states of Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia.

And, sure enough, all you have to do is follow the money. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the coal industry donated over $3 million to the Republican Party as opposed to the Dems who got less than a half million.


See Silmarill's most recent post on the subject here.

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