April 22, 2003
happy earth day
Dear President Bush,
Since taking office, you have made a series of decisions that will have devastating consequences for our communities, our country and our planet. I am writing to ask you to stop this alarming trend of weakening important environmental protections.
I am especially concerned about your administration's destructive pollution policies. At the behest of corporate polluters, your agencies have taken dramatic steps to weaken fundamental clean air programs by loosening control of power plant pollution that causes acid rain, asthma, and numerous serious respiratory problems. Your administration is also shifting the burden of toxic waste clean up from polluters to taxpayers.
I am alarmed that under your policies endangered species are more threatened than ever, and millions of acres of pristine forests are about to be exposed to destruction. All this even though the vast majority of Americans want our natural heritage protected. And now, the Clean Water Act and the waters it protects is under attack.
Mining and drilling on public land is already a huge give-away to special interests, and is about to get bigger. And on top of all this, your administration is aggressively promoting an energy policy that puts corporate interests ahead of national security and environmental protection.
I urge you to respect the overwhelming consensus for environmental protection in this country and keep our remaining wild forests and precious lands free of destructive logging, mining, and road building. Help find a solution to the problem of global warming and improve our nation's energy security by supporting increased and expanded energy efficiency and clean energy initiatives.
We need to move forward, not back, when it comes to protecting our environment and the health of all Americans.
Sincerely,
Keyur M. Parekh
Posted by Mr. Keyur at April 22, 2003 10:28 AM | TrackBack