February 4, 2005

From:  A representative of the League of Women Voters of the Monterey Peninsula

SUBJECT:  Federal Clean Air Act

Dear Senator Feinstein:

The League of Women Voters of the Monterey Peninsula urges you to oppose efforts to weaken the Clean Air Act.

For over three decades, the Clean Air Act has worked to cut air emissions at the same time that the nation's economy has grown dramatically. This ill-advised pollution plan, on the other hand, will move the country backward by delaying deadlines to meet the health standards in the Clean Air Act, relaxing pollution reduction requirements for power plants and other major pollution sources, and repealing protections for our national parks. Our citizens suffering from asthma and respiratory illnesses need the Clean Air Act to be enforced and strengthened, not gutted.