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

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (5757)	8/7/2001 5:02:49 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93284

US and the Climate Change Conference Although sunscreen and life rafts were mentioned, the serious risk of illness was not. Just heard on tv news last night that there is serious problem with allergies in Seattle because of the drought. I have them and was in bed sick for five days, the first time. I'm just getting my strength back from a second attack.. Now, my husband is on antihistamines for the first time in his life. About three weeks ago he got an appointment with a specialist for early September! The doctors are booked solid. I send my allergies post haste to Mr. Bush's Texas home just so he'll get a taste of what the rest of us suffer and will suffer if these drastic climate changes continue.! However, Hope you are well, Ken!

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (5757)	8/7/2001 5:10:51 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 93284

In 1992, Bush appointees at the Texas Natural Resource Council changed state regulations to allow "fossil-fuel fired steam generators located in Milam County which began operation prior to 1955" to exceed sulfur dioxide emission standards. Only one industrial plant fit that description: Alcoa's Rockdale aluminum smelter. Environmentalists cite this as an example of customizing regulations to benefit a special interest. The affected smelter is the largest in America, and Alcoa is Texas' largest grandfathered polluter. Alcoa chairman Paul H. O'Neill will serve as Bush's Treasury secretary.. For more information: U.S. Public Interest Research Group Clean Air Network American Lung Association ems.org

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (5757)	8/7/2001 5:15:17 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

In 1995, Bush signed legislation killing a tailpipe-emissions testing program designed to bring four regions into attainment with the Clean Air Act. The legislation cost the state $160 million in damages and legal fees when the company that was to conduct the testing sued for breach of contract. Most of the $140 settlement paid to the testing firm came from an environmental clean-up fund. Five years later, Texas has one of the nations' worst smog problems, and the state now has plans to institute a tailpipe testing program similar to the one Bush helped kill in 1995. [Austin Chronicle, 9/8/2000; New York Times, 7/16/2000] U.S. Public Interest Research Group Clean Air Network American Lung Association ems.org