On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 21:25:01 -0400, RemyC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: http://www.saveourenvironment.org DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE postmaster@ DEFENDERS.ORG 1130 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20036 US (202) 789-2844 ext 267 fax: (202) 682-1331 Action Center Update: August 12, 2003 Comments Needed to Dump Dirty Diesel! The thick, black smoke that billows from diesel trucks and construction equipment not only smells awful but also is hazardous to our health. Diesel pollution is linked to childhood asthma attacks, lung cancer, and even deaths from heart and lung disease. While we're making progress cleaning up new diesel trucks and buses, just one diesel bulldozer pollutes as much as 26 new cars. In stark contrast to the rest of the Bush administration's record on the environment, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed strong standards to reduce diesel pollution from new construction and other heavy equipment. By requiring cleaner fuel and pollution controls similar to the catalytic converters used on cars for decades, EPA has proposed cutting emissions from new diesel equipment by more than 90 percent - a plan the agency says would save thousands of lives each year. However, diesel engine manufacturers want the EPA to further delay the rules and exempt certain engine classes, such as smallest and largest engines, from the requirements. This exemption would erode the public health benefits since smaller engines comprise 48 percent of all "non-road" diesel engines and larger engines produce a disproportionate amount of the pollution. Take Action! Send An Official Comment Today Simply reply to this message, hit send, and the message below will be automatically sent to the EPA on your behalf. To edit the letter or if this was forwarded by a friend, please click here to take action. We need your help to make the diesel proposal a reality! The EPA is accepting public comments on its proposal through August 20. Please take a moment to ask the EPA to strengthen and quickly finalize these crucial health protections. Dear Acting EPA Administrator, I am writing to urge you to strengthen and quickly finalize your proposal to cut emissions from new diesel equipment, while in no way risking clean air rules for trucks and buses. Diesel air pollution is linked to childhood asthma, lung cancer, and premature deaths. While we're making progress cleaning up new diesel trucks and buses, just one diesel bulldozer pollutes as much as 26 new cars. Specifically, I urge you to limit the sulfur in all "non-road" diesel fuel, including the fuel used in locomotive and marine engines, to 15 parts per million by 2010, and require all new diesel equipment, including the smallest and largest engines, to use pollution controls that reduce soot by at least 95 percent and smog by at least 90 percent no later than 2012. Also, please extend the agency's commitment to abandon cost-benefit analyses that discount the lives of seniors. Thank you for your consideration. ET List http://www.electrifyingtimes.com To view ET List message archive go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ETList/messages If you want to contribute to the ET List, you must register with Yahoo Groups and get a User Name and ID. To unsubscribe from this group, just send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/l.m7sD/LIdGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
