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To: tejek who wrote (134542)	3/13/2001 10:45:09 PM
From: stribe30	Respond to of 1573211

Ted: This is what the BBC had to say on the topic.. personally.. it doesnt surprise me 1 bit.. and I just love his using the technicality that CO2 isnt considered a pollutant.. therefore he doesnt need to regulate it.. silly.. thats the major contributor to the greenhouse effect!!. Bush's claim he is an environmentalist after the ANWR stance and now this can only be laughed at.. now its extending to Europe as well. "Bush May Be A Dog-Walker, But Is He An Environmentalist?" In an apparent reversal of a campaign pledge, US President George W Bush has indicated that his administration will not be seeking to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, one of the so-called greenhouse gases, from power stations. In a letter to Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, Mr Bush says that the administration's decision was prompted by concerns that such action would aggravate the energy crisis faced in particular by the far West of the United States. Mr Bush seeks justification on technical grounds, noting that the Clean Air Act does not class carbon dioxide as a pollutant. The letter says that three other substances, nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide and mercury will be controlled as part of a balanced policy. During the campaign, Mr Bush had indicated that carbon dioxide would be included in restrictions as well. Policy review The change of position has resulted from a review of policy being led by the Vice President Dick Cheney who has told congressional leaders that the campaign pledge was in error because it had assumed that carbon dioxide was a pollutant. Mr Cheney described Christie Whitman, the head of the Environemtal Protection Agency, as a good soldier for recently saying that regulations on the gas were being considered. This is now not so. The letter was released on the same day that the Department of Energy announced its participation in a new institute in the state of Washington to study global warming. news.bbc.co.uk

To: tejek who wrote (134542)	3/14/2001 6:41:43 AM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573211

Ted, Bush is doing exactly what I said he would. He is mismanaging the budget and the environment, in order to make money for his rich friends. What slime we have in Washington. Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 500 employees and has the following statistics: 29 have been accused of spousal abuse 7 have been arrested for fraud 19 have been accused of writing bad checks 117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least two businesses 3 have done time for assault 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit 14 have been arrested on drug-related charges 8 have been arrested for shoplifting 21 are currently defendants in lawsuits 84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year Can you guess which organization this is? Give up yet? Its the 535 members of the United States Congress. The same group of idiots that crank out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line. joke-of-the-day.com Scumbria

To: tejek who wrote (134542)	3/14/2001 10:02:48 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573211

Re pollution emissions from power plants, as reported by CNN, our president feels Canada's pain; however energy has become just too dang expensive, and so, he could never approve the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from our power plants. I am sure Canada understands. The only possible negative effect of these carbon dioxide emissions is global warming. Even assuming that these emissions are causing global warming and that global warming is a big problem (I don't make these assumptions but we have all ready had this discussion), it might actually benefit Canada. Tim