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On Earth Day, Bush Plugs Environmental Policies President Bush marks Earth Day with a visit to the Great Smoky Mountains -- America's most-visited national park and one of its most polluted. The president will use the park as a backdrop for promoting policies he says will result in cleaner air and water. Environmentalists say he is actually weakening regulations.
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President Bush marks Earth Day with a visit to the Great Smoky Mountains — America's most-visited national park and one of its most polluted. The president will use the park as a backdrop for promoting policies he says will result in cleaner air and water. Environmentalists say he is actually weakening regulations.

Correction April 23, 2005

President Bush canceled his Earth Day visit to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park because of bad weather.