Bush Defends Plan to Ease Pollution Rules: "``The backdrop of President Bush's latest environment photo op -- the dirtiest power plant in Michigan -- says it all,'' said Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., a presidential candidate. ``Under Bush's policies, this antiquated coal-burning plant will get a free pass to keep pumping smoke and soot into the air with impunity.''
The "plant is one of the dirtiest in the country, emitting nearly 150,000 tons of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides every year, said Eric Schaeffer, the chief of civil enforcement under the Clinton administration's Environmental Protection Agency."
... "Sen. Jim Jeffords, I-Vt., said Bush's plan would allow the plant here to spew an additional 36,000 tons of additional sulfur dioxide, which causes soot and acid rain."
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