GREEN LAWS  (CONT)

One indicator: Last week, 13 states and 20 cities sued the Bush administration for its plan to adjust Clean Air Act regulations in a way critics say will increase the emission of harmful pollutants. EPA officials this week acknowledged that investigations of several dozen power plants thought to be in violation of the Clean Air Act will be dropped, confirming suspicions for critics of the administration plan allowing power plants to upgrade without reducing emissions.

While Democrats are more likely to be considered "green" than Republicans, much of the support for increased environmental protection is bipartisan.

Sen. John McCain (R) of Arizona was the lead sponsor of legislation to reduce climate-changing greenhouse gases, which won a respectable 43 votes in the Senate last week. Eight Republican Senators joined Democrats in blocking new oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. California Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) named the leader of a conservation group to head the California Environmental Protection Agency. He also promises to retrofit his Hummer to run on clean-burning hydrogen.

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