Pertient updates from Environmental Defense Fund

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EDF is one of the newswires I subscribe to--it is free. Not sure if you have

to subscribe to read at their webpage. I thought these articles were

interesting and pertient to us and the air we breath. If you can't access

the articles---I might be able to send them to you. Just send me the URL you

are interested in and I might be able to cut/paste into an email for you if

it isn't too long. Diesel shuts my throat off and I lose my voice because of

it. It is also a carcinogen---we desperately need that " precautionary

principle " put into place.

Maggie MacRaven

EPA CRACKS DOWN ON DIESEL TRUCKS

Thanks to pressure from Environmental Defense and others, the

free ride for large diesel trucks and buses may be over. New EPA

rules would drastically tighten emission standards and require

oil companies to remove 97% of the sulfur in diesel oil.

http://www.ProcessRequest.com/apps/redir.asp?link=6356,YccfhdjjbDI

CITIZEN MONITORS WILL TEST CLEVELAND'S AIR

Thanks to hand-held pollution monitors provided by Environmental

Defense, Cleveland neighborhood organizations can now measure

ozone levels in their communities. Cleveland and Cuyahoga County

recently received a grade " D " for smog, barely meeting Federal

criteria for ozone, according to a report produced in partnership

with Cleveland's Clean Air Conservancy.

http://www.ProcessRequest.com/apps/redir.asp?link=6371,YccfhdjjbDI

A CLOUDY FUTURE FOR CLEAN AIR?

Despite vastly improved air quality in many cities across the

U.S. in the last 30 years, foul air still chokes many others.

Environmental Defense has mounted a campaign to close the

regulatory gaps that allow air pollution to remain a threat. But

future progress hinges on an important clean-air case now before

the Supreme Court that could restrict the EPA's authority to set

limits.

http://www.ProcessRequest.com/apps/redir.asp?link=6354,YccfhdjjbDI

EPA CRACKS DOWN ON DIESEL TRUCKS

Thanks to pressure from Environmental Defense and others, the

free ride for large diesel trucks and buses may be over. New EPA

rules would drastically tighten emission standards and require

oil companies to remove 97% of the sulfur in diesel oil.

http://www.ProcessRequest.com/apps/redir.asp?link=6356,YccfhdjjbDI