More examples of incestuous government/NGO relationships: The EPA and the American Lung Association

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Not that either organization hasn't done some good, but having this type of relationship is not a positive long term dynamic.

Hat tip: www.junkscience.com

http://www.lungusa.org/press-room/pr...-air-poll.html

Washington, D.C. (February 16, 2011)—
Justone day before the U.S. House of Representatives votes on a bill that would severely impact the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ability to protect public health from air pollution, the American Lung Association has released a new bipartisan survey examining public views of EPA’s updating and enforcing clean air standards. The bipartisan survey, which was conducted by Democratic polling firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, and Republican firm Ayres, McHenry & Associates, finds that likely voters support the Clean Air Act and have sharply different opinions than the Members of Congress who are working to limit EPA’s authority to update and enforce air pollution standards, including on carbon dioxide.
Three out of four voters support the EPA setting tougher standards on specific air pollutants, including mercury, smog and carbon dioxide, as well as setting higher fuel efficiency standards for heavy duty trucks. Exposure to air pollution causes thousands of premature deaths and asthma attacks and millions of dollars in healthcare costs.

http://yosemite.epa.gov/oarm/igms_eg...rants?OpenView

1	American Lung Asso of Florida Inc.						$11,500
1	American Lung Asso of S. FL Inc.						$20,255
2	American Lung Assoc of PA						$32,500
6	American Lung Assoc of San Diego & Imperial CO's						$93,495
4	American Lung Association						$7,710,210
1	American Lung Association of Arizona						$72,000
1	American Lung Association of Arizona - Phoenix						$13,100
1	American Lung Association of Arizona - Tucson						$15,000
8	American Lung Association of CA						$234,120
1	American Lung Association of Central CA						$30,000
6	American Lung Association of Colorado						$143,915
1	American Lung Association of Connecticut						$25,000
1	American Lung Association of DC						$12,500
2	American Lung Association of Florida/Big Bend Region						$30,000
4	American Lung Association of Georgia						$114,000
1	American Lung Association of HI						$135,000
1	American Lung Association of Illinois-Iowa						$26,837
1	American Lung Association of Indiana						$50,000
7	American Lung Association of Kansas						$200,861
1	American Lung Association of Kansas City						$9,200
1	American Lung Association of Kentucky						$20,000
5	American Lung Association of Maine						$105,000
1	American Lung Association of MD						$56,195
3	American Lung Association of Michigan						$78,000
3	American Lung Association of Minnesota						$481,554
2	American Lung Association of Missouri						$142,770
1	American Lung Association of MS						$44,600
7	American Lung Association of NE						$553,260
1	American Lung Association of New England Inc.						$10,789
5	American Lung Association of New Jersey						$395,400
1	American Lung Association of New Mexico						$5,346
3	American Lung Association of New York Inc.						$110,000
1	American Lung Association of North Carolina						$16,275
7	American Lung Association of North Dakota						$74,254
8	American Lung Association of Northern Rockies						$106,500
1	American Lung Association of Ohio						$524,000
2	American Lung Association of Oklahoma Inc.						$58,045
2	American Lung Association of Orange County						$38,290
1	American Lung Association of Sacramento						$10,000
2	American Lung Association of Santa Clara-San Benito Co's						$17,500
1	American Lung Association of SC						$12,750
2	American Lung Association of South Dakota						$29,984
2	American Lung Association of S.E. Florida						$24,760
1	American Lung Association of Tennessee						$25,000
1	American Lung Association of Texas						$99,500
1	American Lung Association of the Atlantic Coast						$142,980
1	American Lung Association of the Central Coast						$20,000
5	American Lung Association of the Central States						$178,073
2	American Lung Association of the East Bay						$61,500
3	American Lung Association of the Mid-Atlantic						$429,000
1	American Lung Association of the Mountain Pacific						$74,000
1	American Lung Association of the Northwest						$29,476
1	American Lung Association of the Southwest						$42,000
8	American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest						$6,530,030
4	American Lung Association of Utah						$70,000
2	American Lung Association of Vermont						$26,978
7	American Lung Association of Washington						$151,799
1	American Lung Association SF						$20,000
5	American Lung Assoc. of Eastern MO						$240,178
4	American Lung Assoc. of L.A. Cnty						$255,500
3	American Lung Assoc. of Metro Chicago						$114,876

http://junkscience.com/2011/03/15/ep...g-association/

EPA owns the American Lung Association

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Steve Milloy| 7 Comments
At today’s House Energy and Commerce Committee mark-up of the Upton-Inhofe bill to strip EPA of its authority to regulate greenhouse gases, Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.) tried to defend the EPA by offering a recent American Lung Association poll that purports to show public opinion favoring the EPA.

What Congress needs to know, however, is that the American Lung Association is bought-and-paid-for by the EPA. In the last 10 years, the EPA has given the ALA $20,405,655, according to EPA records.

The master-servant relationship between the EPA and ALA extends back to at least the early 1990s. As John Merline reported in Investors Business Daily (Jan. 28, 1997), between 1990 and 1995, the EPA gave the American Lung Association $5 million — even though the ALA was suing the EPA at the time. Although not many grantors give grants to organizations that sue them, at least in the regular world, the EPA likes to be sued by its buddies because such lawsuits invariably expand the agency’s powers.

So it’s not really surprising (or meaningful) that the ALA issued a poll supporting the EPA.