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vinyl siding on homes... "..over the course of its life cycle vinyl produces a wide array of deadly pollutants that threaten our future with a global toxic crisis.." ("Let's Talk." Sierran, Jan/Feb 2004, 6).
"Bush's National Park Service announced this February that it would allow BNP Petroleum Corporation to drill for natural gas on Padre Island National Seashore. This will put pipelines, heavy equipment, and large trucks on the longest undeveloped beach in America... It will hurt tourism, the ecosystem, wildlife, and local businesses -- all so one oil corporation can plunder a minor gas deposit that amounts to only one day's worth of fuel for America" (Jim Hightower. "Walking On Air." Texas Observer, 5/21/04: 15).
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