A f c o u ^ ° ) V y j U f* - i p ffljBg o the National Associa- tion of Manufacturers, Koch Indus- tries is among 700 companies and trade groups that make up the AIR QUALITY STANDARDS COALITION, which opposes the EPA's regulations. Run by NAM, the coalition includes Ford, General Motors, and Exxon, and reportedly boasts a $2 million war chest. O IL S L I C K How to choke off clean air with independent expenditures. AQSC’s spokesman C. BOYDEN GRAY David H. Koch, 56, Wichita, Kan. Party: R and Libertarian. (#87) was Bush's W hite House counsel, When the Environmental Protection Agency announced is chair of Citizens for a Sound last November it would update Clean Air Act standards Economy, and is a lawyer at the to ban dust particle emissions that reportedly cause r law firm Wilmer, Cutler & Picker­ 40,000 p Tiatur - deaths annually big industries sharpened ing, where his clients include their knives. (Final EPA regulations are due by July.) Oil Geneva Steel. companies, automakers, and the nation’s largest manufac­ turers claim it will cost them billions to comply. Among them is , chairman of , whose oil subsidiary is being sued by the government for Clean Water Act violations, for a reported $55 million. Although Koch gave $339,000 to federal campaigns in 1995-96, it’s only one way he sought influence. He also gives through a .7:; - tangled v. eb of think tanks, PR agencies, and trade associa­ I health study linking a tions, all of which want Congress to gut the Clean Air Act. .Geneva plant's pollu-

and Gottwald (#201). HIRED GUN CITIZENS FOR A SOUND ECO'- " -Y, a lobbying group that advocates "economic IN THE TANK SPIN CYCLE / freedom," has mobilized a The ’S CSE broadcast ads in Chicago (to coincide with EPA hearings $5 million fake grassroots, or Michael Gough co-wrote an there in January on the new regulations), and in Washington, “astroturf,” campaign in 10 op-ed piece claiming the EPA D.C. One radio spot claimed (falsely) that the proposals would states to fight the EPA (see relied on mere “statistical ban fireworks: “Stars and Stripes Forever” played in the back­ “Spin Cycle,” at right). Koch’s association.*’ Koch helps fund ground as a narrator said, “Imagine a new government regula­ foundations have given CSE the libertarian think tank. tion that takes away our freedom to...celebrate our freedom.” $8 million since 1984.

In January, Sen. MIKE EN ZI (R- Sen. JOHN WARNED (R-Va.) sits on Rep. DAVID MCINTOSH (R-Ind.), Sen. JAMES INHOEE (R-Okla.) Wyo.) compared the EPA proposal a panel that oversees EPA propos­ chair of a key oversight panel, says chairs the clean air subcommittee. to “death by 10,000 slices, and its als. Weighing in at a February hear­ the EPA has “overreached.” An Echoing Cato, he says the EPA’s victim is the American economy.” ing, he said EPA laws are already ex-CSE staffer, he received $8,500 science relies on “statistical asso­ Enzi took $5,000 from KOCHPAC too strong. He took $5,000 from from KOCHPAC; $2,000 from ciations.” He received $5,000 from and $2,000 from the Koch family. KOCHPAC and $1,000 from Koch. Koch; and $1,000 from Gray. KOCHPAC and $1,000 from Gray.

— Ronu sh Ratnesar ami John Cook Selected ISTEA funded Bicycle Projects in Washington

KING & SNOHOMISH COUNTY Fiscal Year: FY93 PURCHASE BUSES & BICYCLE TRAN.TRAIL Project Total: $10,097,078 County: King Percent on Bike/Ped: 1 0 0 .0 ^

C-TRAN/WA-90-X1 58 Fiscal Year: /''F Y 9 4 BUSES W/LIFTS,BIKE RACKS, LOCKERS Project Total: ,✓ "$2,238,000 County: Clark Percent on Bike/fjed: 1 0 0 .0 %

\ CLARK CO.-NE 78TH STREET Fiscal Yyarf: FY95 X \ WIDEN,C&C,S/W ,BIKE LANES ProjytfTotal: $1,847,115 bajjnty: Clark ^drcent on Bike/Ped: 1 0 0 .0 %

STEILACOQM UNION AVE. DESIGN Fiscal Year: FY96 WIDEN,BIKfh^NE,C&G,UTIL,RELOC.ILLU Project Total: $1,765,000 County: Pierce Percent on Bike/Ped: 1 0 0 .0 %

SNOHOMISH CO.-INTERUR^AN TRAIL Fiscal Year: FY93 PE,ROWA & BIKE/PED PATH Project Total: $1,599,995 County: Snohomish Percent on Bike/Ped: 1 0 0 .0 %

SR90-0.72 TO 1.01 Ml E OTJCT SR5 Fiscal Year: FY92 GR,WALL & BIKE PATJtKc ONSTR. Project Total: $1,579,033 County: King Percent on Bike/Ped: 1 00 .0%

SEATTLE-B^ACON AVENUE S. MEDIAN Tt$cal Year: FY93 PE & PftfESTRIAN/BIKEWAY ProjetS^Total: $1,459,340 CoyAfy: King Percent ohsBike/Ped: 1 0 0 .0 %

MERCER ISLAND-CBD TRANS IMP PHASE 2&3 Fiscal Year: \ FY95 BIKE/PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENTS Project Total: 'X h l 79,000 County: King Percent on Bike/Ped: r'Q0.0%

RICHLAND-KEENE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS Fiscal Year: FY9T PE,WIDEN,CHANNEL,C&C,UTIL,BIKE LNS Project Total: $1,041,965 County: Benton Percent on Bike/Ped: 1 0 0 .0 %

CLARK CO.-NE 78TH STREET Fiscal Year: FY94 ROWA & WIDEN,C&G,S/W ,BIKE LANES Project Total: $1,013,801 County: Clark Percent on Bike/Ped: 1 0 0.0 %

PIERCE CO.-FOOTHILL TRAILS Fiscal Year: FY95