Clear Skies would set strict, mandatory emissions caps on three of the
most harmful air pollutants from power generators -- sulfur dioxide (SO2),
nitrogen oxides (NOx), and mercury. Former President Bush first announced the
Clear Skies Act on February 14, 2002. Clear Skies legislation was first
introduced in both Houses of Congress in July 2002 and reintroduced in
February 2003. On January 24, 2005, Senators Inhofe and Voinovich introduced
their version of the Clear Skies Act (S
131)  . The Senate Environment and
Public Works Committee held hearings on this legislation on January 26
and February 2 of 2005.
The Clear Skies Act would cut power plant emissions of these
pollutants by 70 percent, eliminating 35 million more tons of these pollutants
in the next decade than the current Clean Air Act.
Analytical data generated by state-of-the-art EPA computer modeling shows
that nationwide reductions of these three harmful pollutants would have
striking results: Every part of the country where power plants contribute
significantly to air pollution, most notably, the Northeast, Southeast,
and Midwest, would see vast improvements in air quality. Many cities and
towns would meet air quality standards for the first time in years.
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- Clear Skies Act 2003 (PDF, 238 pp, 640
KB)
- Short Summary of the
Clear Skies Act 2003 (PDF, 6 pp, 108 KB)
- Section-by-Section
Summary of the Clear Skies Act of 2003 (PDF, 20 pp, 1089 KB)
- Clear Skies Act 2002 (PDF, 86 pp, 496 KB)
- Short Summary of the Clear Skies Act 2002 (PDF,
6 pp, 38 KB)
- Section-by-Section Summary
of the Clear Skies Act of 2002 (PDF, 19 pp, 48 KB)
Related Information
- May 26, 2005 Testimony and Presentation of Jeff Holmstead, Assistant Administrator,
US EPA, before the Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives on
The Clear Skies Act of 2005.
- April 8, 2003 Testimony of Christine Todd Whitman
- November 1, 2001 Testimony of Jeff Holmstead, Assistant
Administrator, US EPA, before the Senate Environment and Public Works
Committee on S. 556, the Clean Power Act of 2001 (PDF, 13 pp,
337 KB)
- Transmittal Letter to House Speaker Dennis
Hastert (PDF, 2 pp, 177 KB)
- Transmittal Letter to Vice President Richard
Cheney (PDF, 2 pp, 175 KB)
- S.
2815, the Clear Skies Act of 2002, introduced by Senator Smith July
29,
2002 (PDF,
226 pp, 400 KB)
- S HR 5266, the Clear
Skies Act of 2002, introduced by Representatives Tauzin and Barton
on
July 26, 2002 (PDF, 86 pp, 198 KB)
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