Clean Air Trust to Hold Luncheon Briefing on Toxic Diesel Fumes

3/29/2004

From: Frank O'Donnell of Clean Air Trust, 202-785-9625 or 202-262-6026 (cell), Web site: http://www.cleanairtrust.org

News Advisory:

WHAT: Clean Air Trust Luncheon Briefing on 'Forgotten Fumes'

WHO:

-- Frank O'Donnell, Clean Air Trust

-- Bill Becker, State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators/Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials

-- Rich Kassel, Natural Resources Defense Council

-- Melinda Treadwell, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management

-- Emily Figdor, US Public Interest Research Group

WHERE: National Press Club, Zenger Room, 529 14th St. N.W., Washington, D.C.

WHEN: Tuesday, March 30, 12 p.m. Lunch served. 12:15 p.m. Briefing

With so much news lately on the Bush administration's attempt to delay controls on poisonous mercury from electric power plants, it's easy to forget there's another huge dirty-air problem -- call it the "forgotten fumes." We're talking about toxic diesel fumes spewed out by everything from bulldozers to trains and harbor vessels.

Up soon: a big rule on this issue -- and it's coming down to the wire.

Please join Clean Air Trust at a March 30 luncheon briefing, as it unveils new studies about who faces a threat from these forgotten fumes, provide a scene-setting overview on the upcoming rule, and seek to answer questions, including:

-- Will Vice President Dick Cheney once again intervene to help his energy industry buddies get off the hook?

-- Why did a Pentagon aide recently declare that the administration was trying to time this rule "for obvious political reasons?"

-- Why you should take a really deep breath the next time you board a train.

Reporters and editors please note: the studies examine specific situations in the Northeast, but the results are relevant for breathers everywhere.

For additional information: Frank O'Donnell: 202-785-9625 or 202-262-6026 (cell)