Just a reminder: Today (1/17/02) is Clean Air Call In Day!

       The Clean Air Act is in Danger! Tell President Bush not to roll back
Clean
Air Protections!


Background: The BUSH Administration is attempting to gut a key part of the
Clean Air Act, called "New Source Review" (NSR). This key Clean Air Act
program, requires the oldest and dirtiest electric power plants and oil
refineries to meet current air quality standards if they expand the plant
and increase pollution. If President Bush has HIS way, many of these
utilities that have made upgraded their plants without installing
up-to-date pollution control devices won't ever have to do so and we'll
have to live with the thousands of extra tons of pollution in the air as a
result.


So, mark those calendars.  This Thursday, January 17th, you (and five
coworkers/friends) call the White House TOLL FREE at 1-888-552-9406 and
tell the President Bush not to roll back the Clean Air Act!!


Your calls can include any or all of the following comments:


* President Bush should not reward his campaign contributors by rolling
back the Clean Air Act. HE should aggressively enforce the law by
vigorously prosecuting companies that upgrade their facilities without
cleaning up their emissions.


* Citizens and government officials alike spoke out at public hearings
across the country this past summer to emphasize the need to maintain and
enforce this Clean Air Act program. The NSR provision of the Clean Air Act
has forced polluting industrial facilities to comply with the law and clean
the air that we all breathe.


* The impact on our country's health and environment from the weakening of
these Clean Air Act standards would be severe. Based on known health
impacts, this action is one of the most severe attacks on the Clean Air Act
since its passage over twenty-five years ago.




Erin Jordahl
Director, Iowa Chapter Sierra Club
3839 Merle Hay Road, Suite 280
Des Moines, IA 50310
515-277-8868
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