CONGRESSMAN ASKS RNC TO RETRACT INFORMATION IN CLEAR SKIES FLIER

Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME) is taking issue with a flier the Republican National Committee (RNC) sent to thousands of Maine voters just before Election Day, touting expected pollution reductions from electric utilities through President Bush's long-stalled Clear Skies legislative initiative. In a recent letter to RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie, Allen demanded that the RNC retract its claim that Clear Skies would cut air pollution by 70 percent over 15 years because EPA's own data shows such predictions are highly unrealistic...