U.S. President George Bush praises diesel clean-up regulations

Diesel Fuel News, Sept 29, 2003

U.S. President George Bush Praises Diesel Clean-up Regulations: In a speech mostly about "Clear Skies" and "New Source Review" regulations affecting power producers and refiners, President Bush also praised diesel clean-up rules developed partly during his administration (and during former President Bill Clinton's administration, which he didn't mention).

"We're going after the pollution that comes from diesel vehicles," Bush told a crowd of workers at a Michigan coal-fired power plant. "We worked with the energy companies and the agricultural concerns and the manufacturers; we worked with environment groups; we worked with union groups--to come up with a common-sense policy. And we did, we developed one. It's now being implemented. Oil companies will lower the sulfur in diesel fuel. We'll enforce new emission limits on diesel truck engines. And we're going to put forward new rules that will control pollution from off-road vehicles like heavy construction equipment. The stakeholders came; we developed good policy. Everybody is on board, and now we're headed toward a cleaner quality of air for all Americans." Clean Air Trust executive director Frank O'Donnell said that while greens dislike "new source" and "Clear Skies" schemes, clean-diesel "was a very positive inclusion in the speech."