"Lung Association Faults Commerce Chairman in Ads"

"The American Lung Association has opened a billboard campaign against Fred Upton, the Republican chairman of the House Commerce and Energy Committee, taking him to task for his legislative attacks on the Environmental Protection Agency and clean air regulations.

The billboards, which feature a young girl wearing an oxygen mask, ask the congressman to defend the Clean Air Act and 'protect our kids’ health.' They have gone up across Mr. Upton’s southwest Michigan district, with one billboard situated directly across from his district office.

'We’d like to see Chairman Upton support public health and the Clean Air Act,' said Paul Billings, the group’s vice president of national policy and advocacy. 'What we’re seeing now is riders and legislation to roll back that law, and we find that unacceptable.'"

John Collins Rudolf reports for the New York Times' Green blog March 25, 2011.