Due to skyrocketing costs for energy, raw materials and health care, CTNA cannot continue to operate the Charlotte plant with our current manufacturing cost structure.

Manufacturing costs in our Charlotte facility are higher than any other Continental tire plant worldwide, and we have been very clear from the start that we cannot continue in our current situation.

One of the biggest gaps in health care in Humboldt County is in dental care, and the enhanced premium pays dentists better and almost eliminates co-pays.

The economy is generally slowing for a wide variety of reasons -- energy is one, but also the stimulus is wearing off.

Health is the first of all liberties, and happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.

Clear Skies delivers dramatic health benefits across the nation without raising energy costs and does it with certainty and simplicity, instead of regulation and litigation. Because of our commitment to see this become a reality, EPA went above and beyond to provide the most comprehensive legislative analysis of air ever prepared by the agency, so it does a real disservice to this discussion to have a report that largely ignores and misinterprets our analysis.