Clean Air is becoming the exception instead of the rule on too many days in Texas, and that has a profound effect on children and adults who suffer from asthma and respiratory illnesses. We support the adoption, immediate implementation, and strong enforcement of clean air plans by State officials, including those for the San Antonio, El Paso, Austin, Dallas-Ft. Worth and Houston areas.

We also support:

• new technologies that use clean, Texas-based fuels and reduce costs to consumers;
• stricter vehicle emissions standards comparable to standards required in foreign markets;
• encouraging the large-scale planting of trees to absorb greenhouse gases, improve wildlife habitat, and promote beautification;
• energy efficiency programs that reduce energy needs and as a result also reduce air pollution from power plants; and
• reducing the threat caused by indoor air pollution, including toxic mold, in our schools.