LAist: Otherwise Known as the William Burke Bill http://laist.com/2007/07/14/otherwise_known.php All comments for Otherwise Known as the William Burke Bill en-us 2008 NeilA Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:00:00 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss neilthemod1@blueyonder.co.uk neilthemod1@blueyonder.co.uk 60 guest http://laist.com/2007/07/14/otherwise_known.php#comment-1169450 http://laist.com/2007/07/14/otherwise_known.php#comment-1169450 Comments Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:05:01 -0800 <p>William Burke is no friend of clean air or environmental justice. http://www.laweekly.com/general/features/lord-of-the-race/1939/ Look at the rule change, drafted by power plant companies, which he lobbied hard for the AQMD to pass. These rules would add several tons per day of asthma- and cancer-causing particulate matter (PM) into the air, and contribute 15 million tons of CO2 per year!! http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-vernon13jul13,1,5057802.story?coll=la-headlines-california The SB Sun says, "Agency relaxes rules for power plants": http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_6560712 But AQMD's press release says: AQMD Strengthens Air Quality Rules for New Power Plants Is William Burke living in a parallel universe?</p>