New Laws May Let Power Plants Pollute More

ap on Yahoo ^ | 10/13/05 | John Heilprin - ap

[sgtyork]

As a 10 year vet, I respect your service and sacrifice greater than mine.

However your invective is so over the top --- "big dollar guys who bought themselves an administration when I see it"...... "this administration will do anything and go to any lengths to eliminate any regulatory agency rule or amend any statute to accommodate industry and permit the industry affected".

Sorry, but you have obviously bought into the notion that there are not two sides of the discussion regarding environmental regulation. What do you call people who don't allow that there are two sides to a disagreement?

Visiting a neighbor last weekend in his exclusive neighborhood he pointed out that the vacant lot next to his was a superfund site. I have read that some of these sites are required to have dirt safe to eat.

This kind of regulation has economic impact. Is this a reasonable standard? Some have argued that suburban growth problems and the jobs vacuums in rust belt cities are due to these environmental regulations. Would reasonably easing regulations like this that stifle economic growth in the inner cities bring job growth where it is needed? Or would it just be 'those evil big dollar guys exposing inner city citizens to environmental danger to line their pockets'?

RE Senator McCain, I stand in awe of his service as a POW. But you know I think he has threatened my free speech with his "election reform" bill. Gosh it worked great too didn't it? What a polite and informative election we had last time.

I think you need to chill.