Laptop Battery The Bush Administration today announced it is allowing polluters to dump more pollution into the air--increasing already serious health risks to American families. The Bush Administration today weakened a part of the Clean Air Act called New Source Review. The result of this weakening will be increases in the air pollution that has been linked to asthma, heart disease and premature death.
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Thinkpad "This is bad news for anyone who breathes. President Bush is giving polluters the green light to ignore Americans' health and safety," said Carl Pope, Sierra Club's Executive Director. "People think air should be getting cleaner, not dirtier, but the Bush Administration today told polluters they can go ahead and dump more junk in the air. President Bush should instead enforce the law and tell power plants to reduce their pollution so our communities are healthier places to raise families."
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Microsoft New Source Review is the part of the Clean Air Act that requires older factories to install modern pollution control technology when they make a change that increases pollution. The program has been instrumental in controlling pollution from older refineries, power plants and other factories. These older facilities release four to ten times more pollution, including sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and mercury, than modern plants. Studies have linked these pollutants to serious health effects, including increased rates of asthma, heart disease, and premature death. A study last year found that the power plants that are being sued for violating New Source Review are linked to at least 5,500 premature deaths a year, many of which could be prevented if these plants installed the modern pollution control technology required by the New Source Review program.
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Laptop Computers "The New Source Review Program works. It has helped make the air cleaner. It's irresponsible to weaken a successful solution like this," said Pope.
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Laptop Computer More information can be found at
http://www.sierraclub.org/cleanair/factsheets/
laptop computers is driving strong sales for notebook computers, according to the latest quarterly sales figures from the research firm IDC, which reported a 37% computer sales for the second quarter, compared with a year earlier. In the U.S., laptop sales grew 17.7%, while sales of desktop computers and servers fell 4%. The New York Times ( 10), CNET ( 10)
Desktop Computer Sierra Club - 11/22/2002
Topic: Air Pollution
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