EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt says the EPA’s new rule to remove sulfur from diesel fuel is part of a 30-year ongoing plan to clean the air, and this administration has chosen to do more than mandated by that plan.
May 9, 2004
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- EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt says that the EPA’s new rule to remove sulfur from diesel fuel and add catalytic converters will cause a noticeable difference, like the change from leaded to unleaded gas, by removing the familiar black puff of smoke.
- Eric Schaeffer, Environmental Integrity Project founder, discusses the decline from the Clinton to the Bush Administration in the number of lawsuits brought by the EPA after companies fail to clean up pollution, or refuse to voluntarily settle Clean Air Act or Clean Water Act violations. (1:19)
- Chairwoman Boxer asks EPA Assistant Administrator, James Gulliford, about the EPA’s plan of action with products containing lead.
- In a press conference Wednesday, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) warns consumers to shop around for the best wireless plan and not to sign any long-term plan until November 24 when the new portability rule will be in place.
- Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, says the Federal Transit Administration has still not provided a "transit security plan" as mandated by Congress.
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