Tuesday January 6, 2004--The Clean Air Act was originally
enacted into law in 1970 and was amended in 1990. Since
its passage more than 30 years ago, the Clean Air Act has
helped to significantly improve air quality in many regions
of the country. While our air may be better than it once was,
130 million Americans continue to breathe dirty air, and,
unfortunately, that may get even worse.
If the Bush Administration gets its wish, it will be able to
ease Clean Air Act regulations so that older, coal-fired
power plants will no longer be required to install anti-pollution
technology when they renovate. For a number of years,
federal and state officials have used a provision in the
Clean Air Act that requires older industrial facilities to
install new pollution controls when they make major upgrades.
- The Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel
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