Sherwood Boehlert: “the Collins-Linder amendment is nothing less than an effort to unnecessarily undermine clean air efforts by dragging…”

“the Collins-Linder amendment is nothing less than an effort to unnecessarily undermine clean air efforts by dragging them out forever. All the designation does is give the public information, information that they need to protect their families. Nothing can go forward until the Supreme Court acts. Are the sponsors afraid that a simple listing of a nonattainment area will do damage? Are they worried that communities might start planning to clean up their air? Are they afraid the citizens might start agitating for cleaner air? Do they think that pretending that an area has clean air by delaying its listing will enable its citizens to breathe easier? We want to equip the American public with the information they need to make intelligent decisions. If all we do is continue to study these problems, we will end up with the best documented environmental disaster in history.”