The main opponent of lowering arsenic levels is the mining industry. The rule was the direct result of a tremendous outpouring of public support. On March 16, Bush Administration filed a brief in a federal court case in Idaho brought by timber groups challenging the federal national wild forests rule, and signaled Bush's intent to undo many of Clinton's executive orders including the protection of wild forests. Electric power plants emit 40 percent of U.S. carbon pollution, and unless they change their current practices their emissions will increase dramatically. We can retire and replace inefficient, outmoded power plants with cleaner plants that can simultaneously cut emissions of carbon dioxide, sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides and mercury.
Motor vehicles are the second biggest source of carbon pollution.
We have the know-how to build cars and sport utility vehicles that pollute less and do less damage to our wallets. We do not need technical breakthroughs, because the technology is available today. What we need is political leadership. These restrictions on free speech and medical advice would be illegal if applied in the United States. Around the world over 75,000 women die annually from unsafe abortion, more than 500,000 die from pregnancy related complications.