"Theimplicationformeiswestill havea longwaytogotoreducetoxicairpollution to protect the public, " saidJohnWalke, a seniorattorney at theNaturalResourcesDefenseCouncil.
Environmentalists, like JohnWalke of Natural Resources Defense Council, say the Bush administration is abandoning an essential tool to force those plant to clean up fast.
Mr. JOHNWALKE (Natural Resources Defense Council): The dirty little secret behind the Bush administration's air pollution agenda is to stretch out the time for power plants to clean up over the next two decades and to call that progress while eliminating clean air protections that would require them to clean up today.