Bush and the OLD OIL GUARD need to be put out of business !
If any Senator or House member votes adversely to the needed Climate Change legislation, VOTE THEM OUT OF OFFICE. We need leaders that can save lives, return the economy and stop the 'exploitation' of the American people. Does it make sense to allow a government to continue to ignore their responsibility in Climate Change? No, it doesn't. There is no justifiable argument to support legislators that on the CHANGE we need in the USA . None !
Fine particle pollution from U.S. power plants cuts short the lives of over 30,000 people each year. (click here)
Washington, 17 Oct (IPS/Danielle Knight) - Pollution from electric power plants in the United States shortens the lives of more than 30,000 people every year, according to a new report released here by environmental and health researchers. The study concludes that soot, or fine particle air pollution, from the nation’s ageing coal-fired power plants is causing tens of thousands of asthma attacks, cardiac problems and upper and lower respiratory problems each year....
In this July 10, 2007 file photos, the coal-fired Plant Schereris in operation at Juliette, Ga. Plant Scherer has for several years been the nation's single largest source of carbon dioxide, which most scientists believe contributes to global warming. The economic cost of confronting global warming - from higher electricity bills to more expensive gasoline - is driving the debate as climate change takes center stage in Congress. The Senate begins considering legislation Monday that for the first time would mandate a reduction in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from power plants, refineries, factories and transportation, in hopes of cutting heat-trapping pollution by two-thirds by mid-century. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe, File)
U.S. map shows per capita carbon dioxide emissions by metropolitan statistical area in 2005; 2c x 4 3/4 inches; 96.3 mm x 120.7 mm
