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Nation’s Worst Polluters Contribute to Bush Campaign

HeadlineMay 10, 2004

A new report from Public Citizen has found President Bush and Republican National Committee have received $6.6 million in campaign donations in the past five years from the owners of the dirtiest power plants in the country. In return the companies were given relief from pollution regulations that would have cost them billions of dollars.

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