Anti-Environment Dems

From http://www.bushgreenwatch.org:

"September 16, 2005

Six Senate Democrats Vote to Retain Bush Mercury Rule

The nation's environmental health protections suffered a severe
setback this week when six Democratic Senators joined 45
Republicans to defeat an effort to overturn the Bush
Administration's new rule regulating mercury emissions.

Health experts assert that the new EPA rule, which institutes a
"cap-and-trade" system for mercury emissions, will cause
dangerous hot spots of mercury pollution in regions where a
power plant can buy pollution "credits" rather than reduce its
emissions.

Democrats joining in the 51-47 vote against repealing rule
included Senators Max Baucus (MT); Robert Byrd (WV); Kent Conrad
(ND); Byron Dorgan (ND): Ben Nelson (NE); Mark Pryor (AR).

Senator Jim Jeffords (I-VT) called the new rule illegal."

There is more of this article at the bushgreenwatch.org website.

Yet another example of Democrats siding with their corporate masters rather than with the health and well-being of their constituents. We need to lean on these people and somehow either change their ways or change who has their Senate seats.