Bush's Pollution Charter

[Nancy Waterman]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1028090,00.html

The Bush administration plans to open a huge loophole in America's air pollution laws, allowing an estimated 17,000 outdated power stations and factories to increase their carbon emissions with impunity.

Critics of draft regulations due to be unveiled by the US environmental protection agency next week say they amount to a death knell for the Clean Air Act, the centrepiece of US regulation.

The rules could represent the biggest defeat for American environmentalists since the Bush administration abandoned the Kyoto Treaty on global warming two years ago. But the energy industry welcomed them, saying they were essential for maintaining coal-fired power stations.

The regulations are being challenged by 13 states including New York. If adopted, they would represent a multi-million dollar victory for energy corporations, most of whom are significant Republican contributors, and who were consulted in the drafting of the administration's energy plan by vice-president Dick Cheney in 2001.

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1. Kick!

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2. Why does this not surprise me

Here is a list of his trasition team members, find an economist or chemical engineer. Find somebody who is not the CEO of an energy company. Was this energy policy, or a board meeting?

Transition Team Member, energy industry sector and background
Tony Alexander
President
First Energy Corp. Electricity/
Nuclear power/
Oil & gas First Energy is nation's 10th-largest investor-owned electric utility, and owns fossil and nuclear power plants; the company also produces and sells oil and gas; a Bush "pioneer" (raised more than $100,000 in individual contributions to the George W. Bush presidential campaign)

Howard Baker Jr.,
Partner
Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell Law/
Oil & gas/
Former senator (R-TN); White House chief of staff (under Ronald Reagan); board of directors and executive committee, Pennzoil Quaker State Co.; international advisory board, Barrick Gold Corp.

Brian Bennett
Divisional Vice President & Public Affairs Executive
Southern California Edison Electricity/
Nuclear power Former chief of staff for former U.S. Rep. Robert K. Dornan (R-Calif.)

Denise Bode
Commissioner
Oklahoma Corp. Commission State government/
Oil & gas State utility, energy and transportation regulator; president, Independent Petroleum Assn. of America, 1991-97

Robert Card
President
Kaiser-Hill Co. Nuclear cleanup Kaiser-Hill operates the Rocky Flats Superfund cleanup site (a former nuclear weapons production facility) for the Department of Energy; Kaiser-Hill has been fined $700,000 for safety violations at the site since 1996

Red Cavaney
President & CEO
American Petroleum Inst. Oil & gas API is the oil and gas industry's major trade association; former president & CEO, American Plastics Council; former president and CEO, American Paper Institute/American Forest and Paper Association; former Reagan, Ford, and Nixon White House official

Steve Chancellor
CEO
Black Beauty Coal Co. Coal Black Beauty Coal is a subsidiary of Peabody Group, the world's largest coal company

Roy C. Coffee
Attorney
O'Connor & Hannan Oil & gas/
Electricity/
Nuclear power Industry lobbyist

Tom Cole
President
Cole, Hargrave, Snodgrass & Assoc. Political consulting Former chief of staff, Republican National Committee; former Oklahoma secretary of state

Joe Colvin
President
Nuclear Energy Inst. Nuclear power The Nuclear Energy Institute is the major trade association of the nuclear power industry

Leo P. Duffy
Duffy Group Nuclear cleanup Former assistant secretary of energy (1991-93)

Don Duncan
Manager, Government Affairs
Phillips Petroleum Co. Oil & gas

Gary Ellsworth
Vice President, Government Relations
USEC, Inc. Nuclear power USEC is a major supplier of enriched uranium for nuclear power plants; Ellsworth was formerly chief counsel, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Irl Engelhardt
Chairman & CEO
Peabody Group Coal Peabody is the world's largest coal company

Joe Farley
Counsel
Balch & Bingham Electricity/
Nuclear power Principal focus of practice is "atomic energy law with special emphasis on issues important to the nuclear power industry"; former CEO of Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc. (subsidiary of Southern Co.)


Tom Farrell
Executive Vice President
Dominion Resources, Inc. Electricity/
Nuclear power/
Gas Dominion Resources is the parent firm of Virginia Power

Michael Flannigan
Kennecott/Borax Coal/
Mining Former aide to Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska)

Alex Flint
Johnston & Assoc. Oil & gas/ Electricity/
Nuclear power Industry lobbyist

S. Robert Foley
President, Advanced Technology Group
ICF Kaiser Engineering/
Nuclear cleanup Former assistant secretary of energy (1985-87); retired admiral, U.S. Navy

Gay Friedmann
Vice President, Legislative Affairs
Interstate Natural Gas Assn. of America Oil & gas
INGAA is the trade association of the natural gas pipeline industry

Ted Garrish
Univ. of California Nuclear power
Vice president, Nuclear Energy Institute, 1994-2000; assistant secretary of energy, 1985-89

Jack N. Gerard
President and CEO
National Mining Assn. Coal/
Uranium/
Mining Former lobbyist with McClure, Gerard & Neuenschwander; former aide to former Sen. James McClure (R-Idaho); as lobbyist, led the formation of the Mineral Resource Alliance, which fought reform of the 1872 mining law

Jimmy Glotfelty
Manager, Government & Regulatory
Calpine Corp. Electricity/
Gas/
Geothermal power Former director, Governor's Policy Office, state of Texas

James H. "Buck" Harless
Chairman
International Industries
Coal/
Timber A Bush "pioneer" (raised more than $100,000 in individual contributions to the Bush presidential campaign)

John F. Hay Nuclear power/ Nuclear cleanup Recently retired as vice president, government and international affairs, Westinghouse Electric Co.

J. Roger Hirl
President and CEO
Occidental Chemical Co. Chemicals/
Oil & gas Occidental Chemical is a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corp.

Hunter L. Hunt
President
Hunt Power Corp. Electricity/
Oil & gas Hunt Power is a subsidiary of Hunt Consolidated, which also owns Hunt Oil
Sidney J. Jansma, Jr.

President and CEO
Wolverine Gas and Oil Co. Oil & gas Chairman, Environment and Safety Committee, Independent Petroleum Assn. of America; Wolverine is owned by Dominion Resources (see Tom Farrell)

J. Bennett Johnston
Johnston & Assoc. Lobbying/
Electricity/
Nuclear power Former senator (D-LA); lobbyist whose clients include Edison International (parent of Southern California Edison)

Jerry Jordan
Chairman
Independent Petroleum Assn. of America Oil & gas President, Jordan Energy Inc.; board member, Mountain States Legal Foundation

Steve Kadner
Aquila Technology Group Nuclear

Marc Katz
Senior Vice President
National Association of Convenience Stores Oil & gas U.S. convenience stores sold $134 billion in motor fuels in 1999, which amounted to 57 percent of their total sales

Rich Kinder
Chairman & CEO
Kinder Morgan Inc. Oil & gas/
Pipelines/
Electricity Former president and COO, Enron Corp. (1990-96); past chairman of the Interstate Natural Gas Assn. of America; he and his wife were both Bush "pioneers" (each raised more than $100,000 in individual contributions to the Bush presidential campaign)

Buddy Kleemeier
Executive Vice President & COO
Kaiser-Francis Oil Co. Oil & gas Chairman, Natural Gas Committee, Independent Petroleum Assn. of America

Stephanie Kroger
Partner
Mayor, Day, Caldwell & Keeton Electricity
Lobbyist who primarily represents industrial consumers of electricity

Tom Kuhn
President
Edison Electric Inst. Electricity EEI is the U.S. trade association of investor-owned electric utilities: Kuhn was a Bush "pioneer" (raised more than $100,000 in individual contributions to the Bush presidential campaign)

James Langdon, Jr.
Aiken, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld Oil & gas Lobbyist; a Bush "pioneer" (raised more than $100,000 in individual contributions to Bush presidential campaign)

Richard L. Lawson Coal/
Mining Retired at the end of 2000 as president, National Mining Association

Kenneth Lay
Chairman and CEO
Enron Corp. Oil & gas/
Pipelines/
Electricity/
Energy services A Bush "pioneer" (raised more than $100,000 in individual contributions to the Bush presidential campaign)

Robert R. Loux
Executive Director
Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects State government The Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects, which is an arm of the Nevada Governor's Office, was established to monitor and review, and respond to federal high-level radioactive waste disposal projects within the state

William Martin
Principal
Washington Policy and Analysis Foreign utilities Lobbyist for international utility companies whose businesses are affected by U.S. energy policies

Thomas Merritt
Merritt Tool Co. Manufacturing/Oil & gas Merritt Tool makes oil and gas equipment and other machinery for automotive, aerospace, and defense industries

Albert Modiano
Vice President
U.S. Oil and Gas Association Oil & gas Former deputy director, Minerals Mgmt. Service (1989-93); former deputy director, Office of Oil Policy, Department of Energy (1987-89)

W. Henson Moore
President & CEO
American Forest & Paper Association Timber/
Paper/
Former deputy secretary of energy (1989-92); former White House deputy chief of staff (1992-93); former U.S. representative (R-La., 1975-87)

Erle Nye
Chairman & CEO
TXU Corp. Electricity/ Nuclear power/
Energy services Chairman, board of directors, Nuclear Energy Institute; a Bush "pioneer" (raised more than $100,000 in individual contributions to Bush presidential campaign)

David N. Parker
President and CEO
American Gas Assn. Oil & gas

Gregg Renkes
Renkes Group Lobbying/
Oil & gas/
Mining/
Nuclear power Former staff director, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

John Sharp
Vice President and Counsel
Natural Gas Supply Assn. Oil & gas

C.J. Silas Oil & gas Retired chairman & CEO, Phillips Petroleum Corp.

Dick Silverman
General Manager
Salt River Project Electricity/
Nuclear power SRP is a state-owned public utility with a privately held affiliate company

Matt Simmons
President
Simmons & Co. International
Investment banking/
Oil & gas Simmons & Co. is an investment banking firm that specializes in oil and gas and related businesses; Simmons is a board member of Kerr-McGee Corp., a major oil and gas producer

Linda Stuntz
Partner
Stuntz, Davis & Staffier Lobbying/
Oil & gas/
Electricity Former deputy secretary of energy

Diemer True
True Companies Oil & gas Vice chairman, Independent Petroleum Assn. of America; board member and secretary, Mountain States Legal Foundation

John Tuck
Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell Industry lobbyist; former undersecretary of energy (1989-92); former White House aide (1986-89);

Jack C. Vaughn, Jr.
Vice President
Vaughn Petroleum, Inc. Oil & gas A Bush "pioneer" (raised more than $100,000 in individual contributions to the Bush presidential campaign)

Malcolm Verdict
Energy Efficiency Financing Director
Alliance to Save Energy Energy efficiency

Troy Wade
Wade Assoc. Nuclear weapons testing Chairman, Nevada Alliance for Defense, Energy, and Business

Stephen A. Wakefield
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Southern Co. Electricity/
Nuclear power Southern is the largest producer of electricity in the United States

Judy Walsh
Texas Public Utilities Commission State government Public utility commissioner; former lawyer, Baker Botts

Marshall Whitenton
Vice President, Environment and Regulation Policy
National Assn. of Manufacturers Manufacturing

Pat Wood
Texas Public Utilities Commission State government Public utility commissioner

John Wooten
Vice President,
Peabody Group Coal Specialty is technology and environment

Daniel Yergin
Cambridge Research Association Energy research Consultant

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4. Please cite your source for this.

This is amazing! I had no idea and I don't think most Americans do either. I'd love to publish list this on our web site, but will need to know the source to verify it.

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3. I guess SUV's are the PC target

This is more serious and gets no attention. I do not understand the world I live in.