i'm glad they found time fer this as they spent 30 hrs arguing over 4 judges

November 13, 2003

who votes fer this people??

Senate Says No to California Plan to Cut Small-Engine Pollution

California's cutting-edge environmental policies were dealt a blow

yesterday when the U.S. Senate voted to prevent the state from

regulating air pollution from small engines such as those found in

gas-powered lawn mowers, leaf blowers, and weed whackers. Although

lawn equipment is small, its environmental impact is huge --

accounting for 10 percent of pollution from mobile sources -- and

almost wholly unregulated. California sought to change that by

requiring that new small engines come equipped with catalytic

converters, a move that would have eliminated as much air pollution

as taking 1.8 million cars off the roads. But Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.)

took issue with the plan, because his state is home to the nation's

largest maker of small engines. Bond proposed an amendment to a

spending bill banning the California plan; it was approved by a voice

vote over objections from Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).

straight to the source: Sacramento Bee, David Whitney, 13 Nov 2003

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