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Health for Sale: House EPA Bill Allows Pollution and Supporters Get Big Oil Donations Article
Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) added a provision in the Environmental Protection Agency appropriations bill that would allow power plants to continue spewing mercury, arsenic, acid gases, and other hazardous pollutants. The representatives who voted for the provision received more than twice as many campaign contributions from mining and utility companies combined compared to those who opposed it. (AP Photo/Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, Larry Brinlee)

Health for Sale: House EPA Bill Allows Pollution and Supporters Get Big Oil Donations

Conservatives on the House Appropriations Committee are severely cutting programs to protect our health and blocking pollution reduction requirements while getting donations from benefiting dirty industries, write Daniel J. Weiss and Stewart Boss.

Daniel J. Weiss, Stewart Boss

Mercury Falling Article
Trucks carry out loads of coal at the Pine Creek Coal Company in Spring Glen, Pennsylvania. A new EPA standard aims to limit carbon pollution from new power plants, including coal-fired plants.

Mercury Falling

Many power plants can reduce their mercury and other toxics emissions without significant hardship, write Daniel J. Weiss, Valeri Vasquez, and Stewart Boss.

Daniel J. Weiss, Valeri Vasquez, Stewart Boss

Conservatives Power Big Oil, Stall Cleaner Natural Gas Vehicles Article
T. Boone Pickens developed his “Pickens Plan” in 2008 to dramatically reduce U.S. oil use by fueling vehicles with natural gas. The plan, however, has recently come under fire from a number of conservative and right-wing organizations and legislators. (AP/M. Spencer Green)

Conservatives Power Big Oil, Stall Cleaner Natural Gas Vehicles

Big Oil-funded organizations and legislators fight to keep tax breaks for the oil and gas industry but oppose investments to grow a natural-gas-powered fleet, write Daniel J. Weiss and Stewart Boss.

Daniel J. Weiss, Stewart Boss