Difference between revisions of "Draft GPUS Platform Amendment Clean Air"

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DEAR FOLKS, THIS WAS ALL THAT WAS IN THE 2004 PLATFORM ABOUT CLEAN AIR.  WHAT SHOULD WE DO? -- MARNIE***
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'''SECTION TITLE: Clean Air'''
  
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The strict, comprehensive protections of the Clean Air Act must be maintained and enhanced if we are to keep in place effective federal programs that deal with urban smog, toxic air pollution, acid rain, and ozone depletion.
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'''SECTION SUBTITLE: Curbing pollution for a healthier America'''
  
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State and local clean air initiatives should advance and improve national efforts. For example moving forward with stricter clean air and fuel efficiency standards, and with vehicle and fleet conversions.
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'''OUR POSITION: Greens support tough new air pollution standards, and a crackdown on the tobacco industry and secondhand smoke.'''
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Each year, air pollution likely causes tens of thousands of premature deaths in the United States, and approximately two million worldwide.  Tobacco use kills approximately 440,000 people each year in the United States.
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Greens support strengthening the Clean Air Act, and increasing fuel efficiency standards.

Latest revision as of 22:57, 6 April 2010

SECTION TITLE: Clean Air

SECTION SUBTITLE: Curbing pollution for a healthier America

OUR POSITION: Greens support tough new air pollution standards, and a crackdown on the tobacco industry and secondhand smoke.

Each year, air pollution likely causes tens of thousands of premature deaths in the United States, and approximately two million worldwide. Tobacco use kills approximately 440,000 people each year in the United States.

Greens support strengthening the Clean Air Act, and increasing fuel efficiency standards.

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