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STANDARDS HAVE MADE FRONT PAGE COVERAGE ALL AROUND THE UNITED STATES. EPA SETS TOUGHER AIR QUALITY STANDARDS. THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE" FIGHT AGAINST...
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EPA SMOG RULES TO
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GET STIFFER. THERE'S MORE TO THAT STORY, WHAT IS IT? >> Guest: ONE THING IS THE HEALTH EXPERTS AND THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN CONGRESS,...
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STRONGER REDUCTIONS. >> Host: BUT THE EPA ADMINISTRATOR IN RELEASING THE REPORTS SAID WHAT IF. >> Guest: HE SAID HE'S LISTENED TO THE ADVISERS AND...
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THAT HE FEELS THAT THE ACTIONS HE TOOK ARE ADEQUATE
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TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH. >> Host: FURTHERMORE, ACCORDING TO STORIES, STEVEN JOHNSON WHO IS THE ADMINISTRATOR SAID HE WOULD PUSH CONGRESS TO REWRITE...
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QUALITY PEOPLE THAT DEAL FROM THE STATES THAT ENFORCE THESE PROGRAMS. AND, ALSO SOME ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO FEEL THAT THAT'S...
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AMOUNT OF POLLUTANTS AND OZONE AND SMOG IS ONE OF THEM THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE REGULATED WITHOUT CONSIDERING COST. WHAT MR. JOHNSON WANTS TO DO IS REWRITE...
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THE GULF COAST AROUND TEXAS AREA AND IT'S LABELED COUNTIES WITH MONITORS VIOLATING THE EIGHT-HOUR OZONE STANDARD OF 0.08 PARTS PER MILLION. INTERPRET...
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CARS S SHOULD NOT BE GREATER THAN 8 0 PARTS PER BILLION OF AIR. THE EPA SAID THAT SHOULD BE REDUCED TO 7 5 PARTS BER BILLION. >> Host: THE NEW MAP...
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80 COUNTIES THAT DON'T MEET THE OLD STANDARD. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ENACTED A DECADE AGO. >> Host: I WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE PHONE LINES.
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THE DISCUSSION HERE IS OVER AIR QUALITY AND WHERE THE TRADEOFF IS BETWEEN THE QUALITY OF THE AIR THAT WE BREATHE AND THE COST OF TWO COMMUNITIES AND...
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202-737-0001 FOR REPUBLICANS AND 202-628-0205 FOR INDEPENDENTS. WELL, LET'S MOVE IN TO WHEN COUNTIES ARE FOUND IN VIOLATION OF THE NEW STANDARDS. HOW...
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THE SUPREME COURT. THAT IMPLEMENTATION DIDN'T BEGIN UNTIL 2001 BECAUSE OF THE LEGAL BATTLES. AND EVEN SO, TODAY THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COUNTIES THAT...
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| 00:06:43 |
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THANK YOU FOR C-SPAN, AS ALWAYS. I HAVE A TWO QUESTIONS AND A COMMENT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP YOU PUT UP EARLIER IN MICHIGAN THE COUNTIES ALONG LAKE...
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CHICAGO AND THE INDUSTRIAL RIM OF LAKE MICHIGAN THERE. THAT IS VERY WINDY. I GREW UP IN THAT AREA. THERE'S NO WAY THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT...
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NE'ER NOT CREATING THAT POLLUTION. SO, WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO WORK ON. THEY HAVE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION BECAUSE THAT'S NOT...
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INDUSTRIAL RIM ALL THE WAY FROM MADISON, ACROSS THE LAKE ALL THE WAY TO THERE. SOME OF THAT IS GRAND RAPIDS AND THAT IS POSSIBLY A PROBLEM, BUT SO MUCH...
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EXTENT, BUT THAT'S AN ARGUMENT THAT HAS BEEN MADE FOR A LONG TIME. IN A MUCH MORE BROADER
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SENSE, THE TRANSPORT OF OOZONE AND SMOG-CREATING CHEMICALS FROM POWER PLANTS ALONG THE OHIO RIVER END UP DROPPING OR DIRTYING UP THE AIR IN NEW ENGLAND...
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Host: THANK YOU. >> Guest: WELL, I WILL SAY
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MR. JOHNSON HAS BEEN
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EPA ADMINISTRATOR FOR A COUPLE
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YEARS NOW AND VETERAN OF THE EPA, WORKED THERE FOR 22 YEARS AND HE HAS BEEN IN ONE CONTROVERSY AFTER ANOTHER THAT ISN'T JUST THIS ONE. THE ENVIRONMENTAL...
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DEMOCRATS ON THE HILL HAVE CRITICIZED HIM QUITE STRONGLY ABOUT
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NOT DOING ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, REGULATING CARBON DIOXIDE AND SOME OF THE MERCURY RULES THAT HE'S IMPLEMENTSISM IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTED....
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AND THE TRUCKS IN PARTICULAR, WHY DON'T THEY HAVE THE SAME
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STANDARDS AS FAR AS OUTPUT FOR POLLUTION AS CARS? >> Guest: THE BIG POLLUTANT FROM DIESEL IS SOOT. NOT SO MUCH OZONE OR SMOG-CREATING CHEMICALS. AND...
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OF DIESEL FUEL OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. THEY ALSO HAVE IMPLEMENTED SOME OTHER REGULATIONS TO DEAL WITH POLLUTANTS BUT TO A LARGE PART IT'S REDUCING...
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PEOPLE FELT CARBON DIOXIDE WAS NOT A POLLUTE POLLUTANT AND IT'S NOT LIKE NITROGEN OXIDE AND OZONE AND MERCURY AND THOSE
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| 00:13:40 |
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THINGS. THIS IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE THE EPA HAS GOTTEN THEMSELVES IN SOME REAL CONTROVERSY BECAUSE SUPREME COURT IS DIRECTED THE EPA TO FIND OUT WHETHER...
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TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE TO ENFORCE THESE STANDARDS AND ALSO
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| 00:15:00 |
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TO BUSINESSES WHO SAY OUR COST TO
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| 00:15:04 |
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CITIZENS, HIGHER COST IN PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AS A RESULT OF THE STANDARDS. THAT'S THE DEBATE. NEXT TELEPHONE CALL FROM FT. MYERS, FLORIDA, REPUBLICAN...
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THERE, THE GENTLEMAN WITH THE BEARD
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AND THE GLASSES. >> Host: IT'S MR. HEBERT. WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION? >> Caller: WHAT DOES IT TELL THE COMMON LAYMAN WHO DOESN'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT ABOUT...
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FORWARD, ARE WE GOING BACKWARDS? TALK ABOUT
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IT BEING RELEASED AT 6:00 LAST NIGHT OR 6:00 THIS MORNING. >> Host: THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE. THANK YOU FOR THE CALL. >> Guest: THESE...
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| 00:16:37 |
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SOOT PARTICIALTS AND ANOTHER ONE IS
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| 00:16:41 |
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LEAD, NITROGEN OXIDE. AND THE CLEAN AIR ACT SAYS GOVERNMENT EPA ESTABLISH A LEVEL WHERE YOU CAN CONSIDER ANYTHING ABOVE THAT LEVEL OF CONCENTRATION IS...
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| 00:17:32 |
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CALL TELLING THESE OFFICIALS YOU FIND A WAY TO REDUCE THE POLLUTION AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A NUMBER OF YEARS TO DO IT.
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AND THAT'S WHAT THE EPA DID YESTERDAY. LOWERING THAT STANDARD. FLOW, THE STATES WILL, AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THE EPA WILL TELL STATES SPECIFICALLY...
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| 00:19:11 |
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PROCESS YOU JUST DESCRIBED WILL AMERICANS BE LIVING WITH AIR ANY CLEANER THAN THIS ANY TIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE? >> Guest: WELL, AS I SAID, IT WILL...
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AREAS ARE 10, 20 YEARS BEFORE THEY ARE ABLE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF EMISSIONS TO REDUCE THAT STANDARD. >> Host: COUPLE COMMENTS COMING IN BY E-MAIL....
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| 00:20:06 |
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FUEL CELL, FUEL CELLS ARE BEING DEVELOPED. PRESIDENT BUSH A FEW YEARS AGO MADE A REALLY BIG DEAL ABOUT TRYING TO DEVELOP HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS AND...
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| 00:20:26 |
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TECHNOLOGY IS STILL AT A POINT WHERE IT'S NOT WIDESPREAD AND IT'S BEING DEVELOPED. BUT THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE IS STILL THE PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION...
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| 00:21:05 |
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75 PARTS PER BILLION WITH NO CONSIDERATION AS TO COST. GIVING FED REGURATES MORE POWER AND PUTTING MORE CITIZENS UNDER COSTLY AND ULTIMATELY INEFFECT...
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COMPLICATED BY THIS TRANSPORT ISSUE, AS WELL. >> Host: ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, GOOD MORNING. >> Caller: HELLO, HOW IS IT GOING? >> Host: YOU HAVE A QUESTION...
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| 00:22:17 |
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THAT I WORK AT, WE DON'T EVEN
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RECYCLE. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST IF
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| 00:22:24 |
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THE EPA WOULD REGULATE ITS OWN MAYBE AND ENSURE THAT ITS OWN IS DOING THE RIGHT THING AND THEN MAYBE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THEY GO OUTSIDE TO OTHER BUSINESSES...
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| 00:23:53 |
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THAT WHAT HEALTH EXPERTS SAY IS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW WHAT, WHAT THE QUALITY, WHETHER OR NOT THEIR AIR MEETS A CERTAIN HEALTH LEVEL. PROBABLY SEPARATE...
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| 00:25:00 |
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LONDON-BASED CARBON PERMITS BUYING AND SELLING THE RIGHT TO POLLUTE. HOW DOES THE WHOLE PATENT PROCESS IN COMPANIES OWNING THE TECHNOLOGY GET INTO...
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| 00:25:37 |
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GAS AND NO PRICE TO THAT AND, OF COURSE, UNTIL CONGRESS PUTS A PRICE ON CARBON, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT KIND OF PRESSURE TO REDUCE. ONCE THEY...
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| 00:26:44 |
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TAKE THE LAST TELEPHONE CALL FOR HIM. YOU'RE ON THE AIR. >> Caller: I HAVE A COUPLE POINTS. ONE IS THAT, WHILE WE TRY TO IMPROVE THINGS ARE GETTING...
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| 00:27:09 |
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AND THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WE USED TO BELIEVE AND TRY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE BELIEF THAT OVERPOPULATION EVERYWHERE, HERE, AROUND THE WORLD, CONTRIBUTED...
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| 00:28:18 |
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| 00:28:19 |
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TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION AND, ON THE OTHER HAND, IN THE POLLUTANTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, IN FACT, DEALING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE...
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| 00:29:23 |
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SAFETY AND ALSO FOOD SAFETY. HE'LL BE HERE TO TAKE YOUR TELEPHONE CALLS. >>
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.