Money makes up for emissions

Shameful.

There are a number of plants that already meet minimum emission standards, and the people who live in the surrounding areas are thankfully safer. But for those plants that don't meet these requirements, they can now buy credits off of other plants and continue to pollute. This means that those who live around these heavily polluting plants will continue to get high doses of emissions in their air, causing asthma and other health problems.

But hey, screw 'em, right? I mean, they can all afford to move if they aren't happy right? Same way all those people in New Orleans could just pack up and leave before the hurricane. And I have a feeling that some of the highest pollution rates will end up affecting some of the poorest neighborhoods.

Maybe it should be George Bush and the EPA don't care about poor people.