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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (4356)	7/8/2001 5:36:37 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93284

Nice story. I suggest you copy at least a select paragraph with your links. gasandoil.com This, the scientists say, will mean runaway global warming of as much as 10.5 degrees centigrade this century as carbon dioxide and methane escape from melting permafrost and sediments on continental shelves; the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets disintegrate; and ocean circulation slows down, which paradoxically will cool Europe as the warm Gulf Stream is diverted while accelerating warming in much of the rest of the globe. The "top 700" warn that there will be widespread coastal flooding, the collapse of many ecosystems, declining crop yields, worsening droughts and spreading mosquito-borne diseases unless "adaption strategies" are prepared now. Of course, the cynics, intellectual sceptics and assorted pesto-buying liberals, green activists and pinkos might have George Bush Jr badly wrong. He really might have an alternative plan for saving the planet from environmental disaster, as his spokesmen assert. Who knows, he might be right to have urged the opening up of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of the world's finest pristine wildernesses, to drilling by oil and gas companies. I'm sure Bush reads, or is told, about possible projections like this. I'll make a wager that his response goes something along the lines of: But the real question is, will I George W. Bush be President, if, or when, that happens? The answer is no! Let's drill! Put out the press release that it's not sound science; say we need to study it more..oh, don't forget to cut the NASA funding to study global climate changes. Where's my baseball cap? jttmab

To: American Spirit who wrote (4356)	7/8/2001 8:55:45 AM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 93284

Sierra Club or Club Sierra? sacbee.com JLA

To: American Spirit who wrote (4356)	7/17/2001 4:28:56 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Whitman doesn't seem to be following the lead of Cheney the environmentalist washingtonpost.com EPA Seeks Clean Water Rule Delay Revision Planned to Make Pollution Control 'Workable' The Bush administration yesterday sought a lengthy delay in adopting a new rule for cleaning up thousands of the country's polluted lakes, rivers and streams while it attempts to rewrite the measure. The rule, drafted by the Clinton administration, has been sharply criticized by conservative Republicans in Congress and challenged in court by utilities, manufacturers and farm groups that say it could force them to spend tens of billions of dollars more annually on water cleanup. Yesterday the Environmental Protection Agency and the Justice Department asked the District of Columbia Circuit Court to postpone action on the legal challenge for 18 months, while the administration reviews the rule and attempts to make it more "workable" and acceptable to critics. "In order to ensure that this nation's bodies of water are cleaned up, we need an effective national program that involves the active participation and support of all levels of government and local communities," EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman said. "Unfortunately, many have said the rule designed to implement the . . . program falls short of achieving the goals.".... **************************** Wow! 18 months to rewrite the measure. If it needs to be acceptable to the critics [the polluters], it shouldn't take more than 1/2 hour to rewrite the measure. Delete, delete.....delete. Print. jttmab