Mr. Green, Al Gore, is now out to get the oil companies to LOWER gas prices, even if it means dirtier gas.

I thought he was the one who wanted the internal combustion engine to become extinct and gas prices to be high?

At least it shows he can read a poll.

 Gore hits 'big oil,' asks EPA for relief on Midwest prices 
By Patrice Hill 
THE WASHINGTON TIMES 


     Vice President Al Gore appeared yesterday to yield to Republican criticism that the administration is not doing enough to blunt skyrocketing gas prices in the Midwest.
     In a statement mostly blaming "big oil" companies for profiteering from tight gasoline markets, Mr. Gore asked the Environmental Protection Agency to "work with" Midwestern governors who have requested a temporary exemption from clean fuel regulations to ease pump prices soaring over $2 a gallon in Chicago, Milwaukee and other areas.
     The governors of Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan contend that the EPA rules, which were imposed June 1, are behind the record prices. They want a temporary waiver from the rules or an exemption that gives the states credit for burning cleaner, ethanol-blended fuel.
     But while Mr. Gore appeared to soften some in the face of escalating criticism from Republicans, EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner yesterday continued to deny any responsibility for the problem and stepped up her attacks on oil companies, which she says are to blame.
 

-- (mark842@hotmail.com), June 22, 2000