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I'm not going to discount the report soley because where it came from. I haven't researched it enough to know if it is valid or not.
I will say this. Let's just say the report is right. Air quality did improve.
Who in their right mind would say this is because of Bush and/or the GOP??????
It's the Dems who PUSH for cleaner pollution standards...they always have PUSHED more so than the GOP.....The GOP is all about DEREGULATION and giving TAX BREAKS TO HUMMERS as they did for years.
If air quality did improve you can thank Democrats for that.
As the Obama administration considers further steps to fight air pollution, a recent report from a Washington think tank shows that air quality in the United States has improved significantly over the last decade.
The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research analyzed data collected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and concluded that levels of numerous gases linked with air pollution have fallen off since 2001.
Among the findings: Carbon monoxide decreased by 39 percent, ozone by 6 percent, and sulfur dioxide by 32 percent.
"Pick any category you want and pollution levels are generally lower than they were seven years ago," said Steven Hayward, the policy analyst who authored the report, titled "Index of Leading Environmental Indicators," for the conservative think tank.
"(Environmental groups) said air pollution was out of control, but this was always more about politics than it was fact," Hayward said.
Report Shows Air Quality Improved During Bush Administration - Presidential Politics | Political News - FOXNews.com (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/20/report-shows-air-quality-improved-during-bush-administration/ - broken link)
Based upon laws and regulations laid down by previous administrations, some Republican, some Democratic.
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