This promotes client safety, reducing the risk of injury
It will increase tax burdens on lower-income Nebraskans
Air pollution also increases the risk of respiratory infections, heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer, and more severely affects people who are already ill
Residential wood burning creates real local pollution victims. Quick facts on wood smoke in your home Wood smoke easily penetrates homes of neighbors and can create concentrations up to 88% as high as outdoor air The most dangerous components of air pollution are much higher inside homes that burn wood compared to those that dont, as much as 500% higher If your neighbor is a regular wood burner and doesnt burn during yellow or red alert days (as is the law), but does during all green days, you can go an entire winter without having one single day of clean air this is a civil rights issue People should have just as much protection from wood smoke as from cigarette smoke and for all the same reasons
The Liberty Policy Foundation is undertaking the campaign as other groups have also ramped up public awareness of the proposed rule
Sometimes, especially during the Faith years [in the late Eighties], I felt close to lunacy. And then there was the furor that engulfed him when he came out as gay in 1998 after being very publicly busted in an LA toilet by an undercover policeman