Since the Clean Air Act was passed in 1970--that's a long time ago!--, air quality has improved in many regions of our country.  You all know about Bush's Clear Skies policy weakening air quality rules, here are the numbers:

Nitrogen Oxide ( NOx) is a major contributor to smog, linked to asthma and lung disease.  Current Clean Air programs could ( Read more... )

I'm so glad I went to the Dennis Kucinich speech/rally--really nice!  It was in Detroit and Christine and I sat up front in a small auditorium, theater style.   There were just a few of us there at first and we started talking.  I had a lot of info since I did A LOT of research on Bush and everything behind the war including old bills passed in ( Read more... )