I sent the following letter to the editor of Time Magazine yesterday and would appreciate the name and/or dept and e-mail address of someone in the national office of Sierra Club who is likely to be familiar with the Bush energy and climate-change plan and who could comment on my letter hopefully write another one. Christy Todd Whitman's editorial was in my opinion a shameless and deceptive lowpoint in what was otherwise a relatively good issue of the magazine. I hope readers of this listserve will also write to Time. Thank You , Jim Fleming Dear Editor, The August 26th issue featured some excellent examples of solutions to severe environmental problems. George Bush's "climate-change program" as trumpeted by EPA Director Christine Todd Whitman was clearly not one of them however. Her use of various statistics blatantly obscured the fact that the President's plan provides huge subsidies for non-renewable, greenhouse-gas emitting energy production in comparison to funding for renewable, clean energy. She also raised fears about the Kyoto protocol putting "millions out of work" apparently ignoring the economic (including job) opportunities that an emphasis on renewable energy production would create. She mentioned that the Bush plan would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 18% over the next ten years "relative to our economy"; in other words as the economy continues to grow, as it is expected to do, the plan would still allow emissions to grow. The vast majority of U.S. and international experts have been warning us for years that even the CURRENT level of greenhouse gas production is likely to have irreversible and possibly devastating economic, environmental and human health consequences. The spector of such a legacy, which could begin to rear its ugly head within the next 1-2 decades, is not one that either the President or his the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency should be promoting. It certainly is nothing to be proud of as Director Whitman seems to be. Sincerely, James L. Fleming, M.D. 51 E. Broadway, Suite 203 Fairfield, IA 52556 641-469-5604 __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For SC email list T-and-C, send: GET TERMS-AND-CONDITIONS.CURRENT to [log in to unmask]