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class=864172702-01032008> 've mentioned before that I belong to Better
World Club instead of AAA. Here is a bulletin I just
received. I thought that those of us (I'd like to think that it's all
of us, but I'm not THAT delusional) that are interested in the environment
or government policy may be interested in this. I hope you all find it
interesting.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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align=left NOSEND="1"><B><FONT face=Arial,sans-serif
color=darkblue size=3>Time Out: We Have a New Record
Holder!<BR><BR>EPA Chief Has Received More <I>Driving
Change</I> Petitions Than Anyone In Government,
Business, Or Organized Crime (Or Any Combination
Thereof)<BR><BR>This Time, He Wants to Drop Requirements
That Factory Farms Report Their Emissions of Toxic
Gas</B></FONT><BR><BR><B><FONT face=Arial,sans-serif
color=darkblue size=-1>Oooh..."Reporting"...Sounds
Dangerous<BR><BR>Congratulations to Administrator
Johnson. (You Haven't Been Doing Steroids, Have
You?)</B></FONT><BR><BR><FONT size=-1>Last month, EPA
vetoed the attempt of California and other states to
regulate pollution generated by automobiles--in this
case, greenhouse gases.<BR><BR>This month, EPA is trying
to drop requirements that factory farms report their
emissions of toxic gas, despite findings by the agency's
own scientists that the gases pose a health threat.
(Makes you look forward to next month, doesn't
it?)<BR><BR>Farms have been required to report large
emissions of hydrogen sulfide and ammonia from animal
manure since the 1980s. The EPA doesn't even set limits
for the emissions. All they require is that farms
disclose emissions over certain levels. Local public
health officials say that knowing who was reporting
large releases of the gases would be invaluable if
people in the area start getting sick from
emissions.<BR><BR>The EPA first proposed dropping the
farm emissions reporting requirement after communities
sued several large farms for damages and stricter
controls of emissions. Apparently protecting business
interests from lawsuits trumps protecting US citizens
from toxic gasses.<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?iV3I4x3zGO4AFkZI/e7086b34e89c1fea/d88cb412c21e2fa7/arlettag@comcast.net"><IMG
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align=right border=0 NOSEND="1"></A>What's most
troubling is that, once again, EPA Chief Stephen L.
Johnson is ignoring the recommendations of the career
EPA scientists on his staff. One agency scientist, Roy
L. Smith, called the ammonia reporting requirements
"appropriately protective, though not overprotective,"
of public health. In tests of the air near factory
farms, he found that ammonia concentrations slightly
over the reportable levels caused respiratory irritation
and that the minimum reportable emissions of hydrogen
sulfide "could cause acute respiratory irritation and
effects to the central nervous system."<BR><BR>We urge
our readers to Drive Change by <A
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EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson</A> and letting him
know that protecting citizens from toxic gasses is more
important than protecting factory farms from
lawsuits.<BR><BR>
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<B><FONT face=Arial,sans-serif color=darkblue size=3>EPA
Chief Stephen L. Johnson Continues to Block States'
Decision to Set Higher Emissions Standards...And To
Refuse to Tell Congress Why</B></FONT><BR><BR><FONT
size=-1>As we've been reporting since <A
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
href="http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?iV3I4x3zGO4AFkZI/1d1d3ca660906558/d88cb412c21e2fa7/arlettag@comcast.net">2002</A>,
California has been trying to strengthen regulations
limiting greenhouse gas emissions from light trucks and
passenger vehicles. The proposed limits would have
phased in gradually, resulting in a 30% cut in new
vehicles' greenhouse gas emissions by 2016. Sixteen
other states joined California and adopted the same
standards.<BR><BR>After five years of stalling, EPA
Administrator Stephan L. Johnson has finally deigned to
respond to the states' waiver request with a "NO" in
December of 2007.<BR><BR>Since then, all hell has broken
loose. The states and several environmental groups are
suing the EPA, and Congress has subpoenaed the agency
demanding documents showing why they denied the waiver
request. <A style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
href="http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?iV3I4x3zGO4AFkZI/a9a70d66f614965e/d88cb412c21e2fa7/arlettag@comcast.net">Complete
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href="http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?iV3I4x3zGO4AFkZI/0d354e093e3d1590/d88cb412c21e2fa7/arlettag@comcast.net">Better
World Club signed up as a supporter</A>, we think you
should too. <A style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
href="http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?iV3I4x3zGO4AFkZI/7ae03ca7e552c87d/d88cb412c21e2fa7/arlettag@comcast.net">Click
here</A> to learn more about Earth Hour 2008.<BR>
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<FONT face=Arial,sans-serif color=darkblue
size=3><B>Haiku Activism!</B></FONT><BR><BR>The true
spirit of <A style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
href="http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?iV3I4x3zGO4AFkZI/e3215bb0fa4fc4b6/d88cb412c21e2fa7/arlettag@comcast.net">Bushido</A>
calls for a balance between the art of war and just
plain old art. Once you've contacted Stephen L. Johnson
about factory farm emissions, why not show your
sensitive, artistic side by <A style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
href="http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?iV3I4x3zGO4AFkZI/e7086b34e89c1fea/d88cb412c21e2fa7/arlettag@comcast.net">sending
him a haiku</A>? It's the honorable thing to do.<BR><BR>
<CENTER>there's nothing quite like<BR>the sweet, sweet
taste of lead paint<BR>Johnson, have a bite!<BR><BR>-
Sean K.<BR>Santa Fe, NM</CENTER><BR><A
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color=#21ad42>Alaskan Fishermen Demand "Punitive"
Damages for Valdez Spill From Blameless
ExxonMobil</FONT><BR><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT
color=#21ad42>What About All the Oil ExxonMobil Lost in
that Spill? Haven't They Suffered Enough?</B></FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT color=black>The US Supreme
Court Wednesday heard a case that should finally decide
whether or not the 33,000 Alaskan residents affected by
the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill would receive the
punitive damages that were awarded to them.<BR><BR>The
famous spill dumped 11 million gallons of oil into
Prince William Sound, fouling 1,200 miles of Alaskan
coastline and leading to the deaths of hundreds of
thousands of seabirds and marine
animals.<BR><BR>Executives at Exxon were obviously
devastated by the catastrophe, but that didn't stop
local ne'er-do-wells from turning this unfortunate
accident to their own advantage: they demanded
<I>punitive</I> damages in addition to compensatory
damages. Talk about kicking a guy when he's down! Just
because it was an Exxon supertanker full of Exxon fuel
that happened to be captained by an Exxon employee (a
known alcoholic) doesn't mean it was Exxon's fault. <A
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Story</A> <BR><BR><FONT color=#21ad42 size=3><B>More
'Washington Watch' in 'Kicking
Asphalt'</B></FONT><BR><BR><FONT color=black><A
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2008 Democratic Presidential Candidates and the
Environment</A></FONT>
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<P align=left><FONT color=#000000><B><FONT
color=darkblue><FONT size=3>Water
Injection:</B></FONT><BR><BR><B><FONT
color=darkblue><FONT size=-1>The Answer to Reducing Auto
Emissions?</B></FONT><BR><BR><FONT color=black><FONT
size=-1>by EcoSpace Conscious Community<BR><BR>A very
simple and very safe older technology that has been
almost completely forgotten, so cheap and easy that it's
truly amazing it has been so neglected over the years:
Water Injection is a simple system to remove carbon (and
coke) from both gasoline and diesel engines; while
increasing fuel mileage.<BR><BR>Any gasoline or diesel
engine can be made cleaner and less polluting with this
system, yet the world seems to have forgotten about it's
existence. In a time when we desperately need to lower
our fuel consumption and clean our emissions, now is the
time to bring back this old system. (In the sixties
many, if not most, big rigs had water injection.) <A
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
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Story</A><BR><BR><B><FONT color=darkblue>Additional Ways
to Get Where You're Going:</FONT></B><BR><BR>Pop Quiz:
Is the story <A style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
href="http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?iV3I4x3zGO4AFkZI/3286938edc920b40/d88cb412c21e2fa7/arlettag@comcast.net">"Rethinking
the Meat-Guzzler"</A> about a.) A young man who ponders
whether that cheeseburger-flavored Slurpee at 7/11 was
such a good idea after all, b.) An adult film star who
wonders if she could have chosen a better stage name, or
c.) The notion that Americans may have to cut way back
on their meat consumption.<BR>
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Inventor Adam Fuller discusses his <A
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tower of wind power.<A> <BR>
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Well, apparently we're screwed no matter what we do: <A
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land for biofuels aids global warming.</A> <BR>
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Ever wonder how many pounds of CO2 different modes of
travel emit per passenger mile? We haven't either.
However, if you change your mind, you can check out <A
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href="http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?iV3I4x3zGO4AFkZI/ef1299d5059c4d44/d88cb412c21e2fa7/arlettag@comcast.net">emissions
by transportation type</A> here.<BR><BR><FONT
size=-1><B>If you would like to contribute your opinion
to Driving Change's </I>Giving Directions please email
it to us at <A style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
href="http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?iV3I4x3zGO4AFkZI/828017bdea103154/d88cb412c21e2fa7/arlettag@comcast.net">info@betterworldclub.com</A>.</B></FONT></FONT></FONT>
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<P align=left><FONT color=#000000><A name=money1><IMG
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face=Arial,sans-serif><B><FONT color=#21ad42 size=3>Bob
Lutz of GM Calls Global Warming a "Crock of S--T"<FONT
size=+0></B></FONT><BR><BR><FONT
face=Arial,sans-serif><B><FONT color=#21ad42
size=-1>Then Adds: "I'm A Skeptic, Not A Denier."
<BR><BR>Boy, That's <I>Really</I> Skeptical.<FONT
size=+0></B></FONT><BR><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT
color=black>Bob Lutz, GM's Vice Chairman of Global
Product Development, is not exactly what you'd call a
shy type of guy. Not one to self-censor, Bob has put his
foot in his mouth so many times he's running out of feet
- but definitely not running out of mouth.<BR><BR>His
latest outburst came during a closed-door session with
reporters when he asserted that global warming is a
"total crock of s--t." Then he added: "I'm a skeptic,
not a denier." <BR><BR>We've reported on Bob's antics
several times over the years, starting with his
short-sighted contention in 2005 that <A
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href="http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?iV3I4x3zGO4AFkZI/11e38831226d96a4/d88cb412c21e2fa7/arlettag@comcast.net">"Right
now the drive for more and more power in cars is way
larger than the drive for more and more hybrids"</A>.
With visionaries like this leading the US' largest
automaker, is it any wonder they're losing market share
to Toyota?<BR><BR>Bob redeemed himself somewhat with his
championing of the <A style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
href="http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?iV3I4x3zGO4AFkZI/448157d5b87e1e02/d88cb412c21e2fa7/arlettag@comcast.net">plug-in
hybrid Chevy Volt</A>, but this latest bout of
anti-environmental blather should be generating all
kinds of red flags within GM. <BR><BR>Millions of
American consumers are concerned about the national
security consequences, economic consequences, and yes,
<I>environmental</I> consequences of our addiction to
oil. When it comes time to buy a new car, are they going
to buy from a company that promotes fuel economy and
environmental responsibility, or from the folks who
think global warming is a crock of you-know-what?
<BR><BR><FONT face=Arial,sans-serif><B><FONT
color=#21ad42 size=-1>Bob Thinks a Partner of the Better
World Club - The Union of Concerned Scientists - Is Also
Full of S--T. Check It Out:<FONT
size=+0></B></FONT><BR><BR><A style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
href="http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?iV3I4x3zGO4AFkZI/ff62dfd825c30350/d88cb412c21e2fa7/arlettag@comcast.net">Wired.com</A><BR><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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