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NEW YORK SUES EPA
>>From: jturner@voicenet.com (Joe Turner) >>To: jturner@voicenet.com >>Subject: Re: New York sues EPA over acid rain >>Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 13:03:29 GMT >>Reply-To: jturner@voicenet.com >>X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 >> >>In clari.tw.environment, C-reuters@clari.net (Reuters) wrote: >> >>> >>> ALBANY, N.Y. (Reuter) - The state of New York sued the >>>Environmental Protection Agency Friday, claiming the federal >>>agency failed to address the root of the state's acid rain >>>problem. >>> State attorney general Dennis Vacco, who filed the lawsuit >>>in a U.S. district court in Albany, said the EPA was instructed >>>by Congress to develop so-called ``deposition standards'' to >>>regulate emissions from Midwestern factories and had failed to >>>do so. >>> The two major components of acid rain are sulfur dioxide and >>>nitrogen oxide, which come from burning fossil fuels in >>>factories and cars. >>> The nitrogen oxide travels hundreds of miles as a gas, and >>>when it mixes with moisture, it turns to nitric acid and falls >>>to earth as snow, rain or fog. >>> Vacco said an estimated 10 percent of the 2,800 lakes and >>>streams in New York's lush Adirondack region were devoid of fish >>>life as a result of acid rain and an additional 40 percent would >>>become acidic if additional emission reductions were not >>>implemented. >>> An EPA spokesman said the agency could not comment on the >>>lawsuit until its lawyers reviewed the case. >>> Environmentalists applauded the precedent-setting lawsuit, >>>but Jeff Jones of the Albany-based Environmental Advocates >>>organization criticized state officials for implying that New >>>York's acid rain problem was solely caused by other states. >>> ``It's not just a Midwest problem,'' Jones said. ``New York >>>has some old power plants that either need to be shut down or >>>brought up to emission standards like new power sources.'' >>>-=-=- >>>Want to tell us what you think about the ClariNews? Please feel >>>free to <<email us your comments>> <comments@clari.net>.