NU Online News Service, May 27, 3:35 p.m. EDT

A coalition of environmental and conservative groups, backed by a consortium of insurance interests, says it will fight legislation to create a federal catastrophe insurance pool.

An official from the Sierra Club and a member of the conservative public policy think tank Competitive Enterprise Institute as part of their effort launched a new Web site for the coalition Americans for Smart Natural Catastrophe Policy. The new Web site and renamed group is SmarterSafer.org.

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