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Bush Administration Puts Communities at Risk
"The Bush administration, with remarkable single-mindedness, has set about undoing more than thirty years of work to protect the nation's air, water and shrinking wilderness." President Bush and his administration are making decisions in Washington, D.C., that affect the quality of air, water and wilderness in your backyard.
Yet the Bush administration has failed to protect either the health of waters like May Pond, or that of New Hampshire residents. In this series of "Communities at Risk" reports, we tell Jake's story. And the story of Dr. Ted Cibik, an asthma sufferer who's troubled by the affects of Bush administration air-quality decisions. And the story of Shelly Roman's grandmother, whose well went dry due to surface mining near the home she's lived in for decades due to lax environmental controls on the industry. There are so, so many stories. The Bush administration policies, programs and appointments constitute the biggest environmental threats that this nation has faced since the days when its rivers burned and its major cities were choked by industrical pollution. We are dealing with an administration that shows no respect for our nation's environmental values, and holds nothing sacred. We can do better. Read these reports (linked in the brown box, up and left) and find out how you can help build healthy community and stop Bush from putting the health of our families and the environment at risk.
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If you don't believe it, ask Jake Kreyling, a ranger in New Hampshire's Pillsbury State Park. Since high school, Jake has studied the park's May Pond, where he's found evidence of mercury poisoning in the fish. In fact, mercury levels endanger human health and the local recreation industry. The most common source of mercury is coal-fired power plants -- New Hampshire and the rest of New England bear the brunt of drifting pollutants from Midwester coal-burning states.