ACTIVIST ALERT - CLEAR AIR CALL IN DAY, JANUARY 17TH 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 [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask]