Monday, April 24, 2006

Why We Don't Have A Cleaner Lawn Mover

It's the size of a golf ball and would add $20 to the cost of every lawn mower, and it would substantially cut the number of bad emissions released into the air by the millions of lawn mowers now being fired up around the country. But as the New York Times reports, one maker of small engines and one Senator have teamed up to fight it.

The engine maker is Briggs & Stratton and the Senator is Christopher Bond, Republican from Missouri, which has two Briggs & Stratton companies. Bond has neither the law or science on his side but that hasn't stopped him from protecting a company instead of the quality of the air we all breath.

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