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Global Warming Pollution
Subject: Environmentalists Sue EPA for Ignoring
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For Immediate Release:
February 20, 2003
Contact:
675 6279
Zack Roth, Sierra Club (202) 622 3593
Earth (703)
Jen Burcham, Cur Children's
Warming Pollution
Environmentalists Sue EPA for Ignoring Global
Barth (OCE) announced
Club and 0 r Children's
Washington, DC: The Sierra ental Protection Agency
(EPA) for its
today that they are suing the Environ global warming
health by acting against
refusal to protect public EPA has failed to update
also charge that
pollution. Their lawsuit as required by law.
emissions standards for other forms of pollution,
the greatest
been missing in action on
'Why has the Bush administration Bookbinder, senior
the nation 2" asked David
environmental threat facing while Rome
Club. "Again we find EAfiddling
attorney with the Sierra
burns.
plants to emit
these standa ds allows power
TIEPA-s failure to update avoided by
that could and should be
massive, excessive air pollution of Our Children's
Schauer, executive director
existing law," said Tiffany
Earth. 'The health
is in danger."
of our children and our planet
all air pollution
the EPA is required to regulate
Under the Clean Air Act, standards for power
It must review emissions
that affects public health. Sierra Club
s urces every eight years.
plants and various other pollution over twelve years
recent review took place
and OCE allege that the most sources under
small numbei of the pollution
ago, and included only a sources covered under the
Clean Air
dontenti~on. Standards for many other
at since 19"9.
Act have niot been looked
has continued
global w rming pollution
Because of the EPA's lapse, global warming pollution has been
unchecked. Over the last ten years-, Amsong
and the environment.
shown to pose a major threat to publ c health warming will
global
temperature brought on by
other effects, increased and will
heat qayes, droughts, and storms,
cause more frequent and severe
spread infectious diseases.
standards for other
has meant that emissions
In addition, the EPA's delay not been updated
and sulphur dioxide have
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harmful pollutants like mercury
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