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Winds of Change
March 2004

Contents

The PEOPLE Speak Out About MTR Impact Statement

Rule Change May Alter Strip-Mine Fight

Close Encounters of the COAL Kind

Note to President Bush from the Appalachian Coalfields: Buzz Off the Buffer Zone!

Federal Official Worries About Valley Fill Stability

Bush and Coal Money - LOTS of It

Global Warming, Bush, Alternative Energy Jobs and - Men on Mars?

Clean Elections in WV: Time to Celebrate Some Victories!

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial - A Time to Honor His Legacy

"Carbon Sequestration" Just Pseudo-Science Doublespeak

MTR Flyover

Catholic Leaders Take Firsthand Look at MTR

Don’t Agonize! ORGANIZE!

BUFFALO CREEK: Two Stories

Groups kick off coal sludge impoundment safety campaign

Keep Up the Good Work to Bring Back Jack!

Getting the Vote Out in 2004 - Forums Scheduled

Taking the TRUTH About MTR on the Road "Up North" to New York

WV Environmental Council’s 15th Annual E-Day!

Quick, Someone - Hide the Enviros!

Thanks

Feds Urge Closer Look at Selenium

Miscellany

Web Extra Articles Below
(not in printed newsletter)

Valleys Damned

Your Donations Add Up To Big Help 

Dear Editor:

Love doesn't love us
Deem doesn't deem us fit
But just really where are the jobs?

Tidbits 


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Global Warming, Bush, Alternative
Energy Jobs and - Men on Mars?

by Vivian Stockman

Is it Mars, or a MTR site? Only
Bush knows for sure!*

The Pentagon just released a report on the potential for sudden, catastrophic climate change soon, which could push the world into nuclear skirmishes and anarchy. Another study say one-third to one-fourth of all land species could be extinct by 2050 due to climate change caused by burning fossil fuels. Some are saying global climate change is a far greater threat than terrorism. 20,000 people in Europe died last year from a climate-change heat-wave. An insurance firm said, "The human race can lead itself into this climatic catastrophe – or it can avert it," by embracing cleaner energy technologies.

What does Bush, slayer of Evil-Doers, do? He pooh-poohs studies about the real and present dangers of climate change. He trashes an international treaty on global warming. He ignores the Apollo Plan, which would drastically cut greenhouse gases while creating millions of jobs in cleaner energy production. He plans, instead, to send Americans to Mars for the very first time.

Problem. It looks like Bush and Friends have already been to Mars.

The little rover on the big red planet right now is proving there used to be water there. It also turns out that Bush was Emperor of Mars. The Mars Mega-Mining Co. waved Martian currency under Bush’s nose and whined to him about environmental laws getting in the way of Maximum Profit. So Bush gutted the Mars Clean Water Act and then he buried the Mars Buffer Zone Rule. Unleashed, Mars Mega-Mining blew up all Mars’ mountains and buried all Mars’ streams. With satisfaction, Bush and his buddies looked around the devastated planet. Then they smacked their lips as they rocketed towards Earth.

 

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