Bushco is using the horror of Katrina and Rita to run amok and destroy environmental laws. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., National Resources Defense Council Senior Attorney sent an urgent and blistering letter to constituents spelling out what the Administration is up to:
"The next several months will be "do or die" for America's environment.
The Bush White House is quietly putting radical new policies in place that will let its corporate cronies poison our air, foul our water and devastate our wildlands for decades to come."
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"It took thirty years to put these vital protections in place. But by the end of this year, this Administration will be close to wiping them out."
No exaggeration. He continues:
"They're trying to excuse ExxonMobil and other behemoths from a key provision of the Clean Air Act and allow them to spew vastly more pollution into our air--dramatically increasing asthma and heart attacks, hopitalizations, and premature deaths."
"They want to speed up oil and gas drilling in some of America's most sensitive and irreplaceable ecosystems, including Greater Yellowstone and Utah's world-famous redrock canyons."
"They plan to treat mercury pollution from power plants as non-hazardous even though mercury is one of the world's most dangerous substances. Why? So that those plants can keep pumping mercury into our air, where it rains down on lakes and oceans and winds up in the fish we eat."
"They would open all 155 of our national forests to logging without regard for the devastating impacts on the wolves, bears, eagles and other wildlife who depend on thesee sanctuaries for survival"
It just doesn't end. Bush was never an idealogue and neither are his compatriots. They've been trying to gut environmental laws for years and now Katrina became their BIG answer. Be prepared for shortages and HUGE heating bills this winter to get Americans to fall to their knees and BEG for more oil. Please help the NRDC fight these evil-doers in court. They have been very successful in stopping Bushco many times. Help them spread the word to the American people about this stealth attack on our nation.
NRDC.COM. And sign their petition to our politicians. Please recommend this diary.