Survival Guide Main Cousin Mervin's Questions Environmentalists have already won. Let government do its job. It's about partnerships. Why go after Cheney? You sound like a conspiracy theorist. You can't have it both ways. I want a Hummer! I need a Hummer!   Printer-friendly cheat-sheet   Yep, sometimes we're funny! Subscribe to the Sierra Club Insider for more stuff like this.

Cousin Mervin said: Ahh, now you sound like one of those conspiracy theorists, obsessed with backroom dealings and secret cabals. So you say: This administration's disdain for environmental protection is no secret. And you don't need a conspiracy theory to understand that Cheney was doing the energy industry a favor when he instructed the EPA to ease up on New Source Review. Here's a law that required old, dirty power plants to upgrade pollution controls if and when they ramped up production. It's easy to see how industry would oppose a rule like that. It's harder to see how it benefits the public health to do away with it. Up to Top HOME | Email Signup | About Us | Contact Us | Terms of Use | © 2008 Sierra Club