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CHRISTOPHERSONs
809 Tule Lake Road S.
Tacoma, WA 98444
Tel. (206)537-3328
February 19, 1992
President George H. W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear President Bush:
We fully concur with the decisions of the 44th, 45th and 46th General Assemblies which agreed
to convene the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), and
urged that representation be at the level of Head of State.
While the present state of our own United States economy is not without difficulties, our own
wealth and resources are still without parallel in today's world. We strongly urge, therefore, that
you, through your own personal involvement and through your instructed delegates and
committees, exercise the strongest possible leadership in building a global agenda at UNCED
that truly addresses the inseparable needs of balanced development for all people and of
safeguarding the future of the planet's ecosystems. This cannot be done, in our opinion, unless a
genuine global partnership is established between developing and industrialized countries which
addresses the following:
a) the fact that there is still a net drain of income and wealth from the developing to the
industrialized countries which leaves the former unable to bear the full cost of setting
aside scarce resources and of developing/purchasing new technologies more protective of
the environment;
b) the ecological reality that changes in lifestyle regarding population numbers and
consumption patterns that are incumbent on all peoples;
c) the moral reality that changes in decision-making in all economic and political
institutions must promote more democratic participation and distributive justice for all
nations.
We thank you for listening to this plea, and urge that you make such leadership an important part
of our nation's election year debate.
Sincerely, Kennath and Phylist Christopherson
Dr. and Mrs. K.E. Christopherson
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Patricia Overmeyer
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DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 02/19/92
SUBJECT: She is writing to urge the President to attend the
Earth Summit (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro
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9201259
Patricia Overmeyer
5112 Parklawn Terr. #102
Rockville, MD 20852
February 19, 1992
President George Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington D.C.
Dear President Bush:
It dismays me that the President of the United States, a man that
has himself said he is the leader of the "greatest nation on
earth," is doing everything possible to make the United States
appear to be the most apathetic and uncaring nation on earth.
This June, a great dream could come true. All the nations of the
world could come together at one summit to recognize the
importance of the world we live in, the world that sustains us.
All the nations of the world could get together and agree to take
steps to save our global environment and meet the needs of all
peoples by assuring that our environment is protected for our
posterity.
In preparation for the United Nations Conference on Environment
and Development (UNCED), other world leaders are negotiating a
global warming treaty to stabilize emissions of carbon dioxide
and other ozone-destroying gases which are believed to contribute
to the greenhouse effect--an environmental phenomena that may
destroy life as we know it. Where are you Mr. Bush? How can you
pronounce that the United States is the greatest nation on earth
and then represent this country to the effect of turning your
back on the earth and its people (and posterity). Do you really
think that any penny you may save the almighty American
industries by turning away from this summit of global importance
will be better spent in perpetuating the destruction of our
earth?
The United States of America should be a world leader on
environmental protection. We should be taking a stand against
the destruction of our wildlife and natural resources. Instead
we are crusaders of destruction. We (you) are turning our back
on life itself.
I urge you to rethink your policy on global warming and on
America's representation at the UNCED summit. Please, provide
President Bush
February 19, 1992
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the world with leadership. The United States must sign a global
warming treaty that sets targets and timetables for reducing the
emissions of greenhouse gases. We must also take a leadership
role in promoting reductions in the use of all toxic
constituents. The United States must show our commitment to the
world by committing to attend UNCED. You must signal to other
nations that environmental protection is a top priority for the
government of the United States.
We need an "environmental President" in the White House. The
world needs a leader for environmental protection. To date, you
are not the man. I believe that it may not be too late to
change.
Sincerely,
Patricia Overmeyer
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Robert L. Raines
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SUBJECT: He is writing to convey his support for President
Bush and his "No Regret's Policy"
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magazine. I thought it might be helpful in dispelling all the misinformation about this subject
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Global warming — an
engineering appraisal
Raphael G. Kazmann
There are a number of data sets that
The predicted warming of the earth's
surface, presently the subject of much
Some scientists think the
can be used to evaluate the likelihood of
debate, controversy and legislation, is
global warming caused by the activities
based on what is termed "the green-
earth's temparture will
of man (anthropomorphic impacts).
house effect." This is the result of the
rise between 2° and 8° F
These include temperature measure-
property of certain atmospheric gases.
ments, including those over and in the
These gases allow the passage of radiant
by the end of the 21st
oceans, carbon dioxide measurements,
energy to the earth's surface and reflect
century. In 1980, it was
observations of glaciers, the northern-
back, to the earth, the infrared radiation
most limits of certain species of trees,
predicted that this would
given out by the heated surface. Physi-
percentage of cloud cover, sea level
cists have computed that if there were
cause the sea level to
changes and precipitation measure-
no greenhouse effect the average tem-
rise 7.6 m (21 ft). By
ments. All of these parameters, and
perature of the earth, now about 15° C
more, should reflect any change in cli-
(60°F would be close to -18° C (0°F).
1985, that prediction
mate, whatever the direction of change.
was revised to 1 m (3 ft).
It is well established that the carbon
Just what gases have produced this
salubrious effect? Water vapor is the
dioxide content of the atmosphere has
most important. Then come carbon
That prediction was re-
risen from about 275 ppmv (parts per
dioxide, methane and a number of mi-
vised again by 1989
million by volume) before 1850 to 345
nor constituents of the atmosphere, both
ppmv in 1985. Over the same period,
to 0.3 m (1 ft).
natural and man-made.
methane went from 0.7 ppmv to 1.7
Climate change, its cause and its
ppmv (US Department of Energy, 1990).
impact on human activities have been
The temperature data is not "clean."
the subject of scientific and historical
will occur due to human activity and
The measurements have been compli-
study for more than a century. Recently,
that all efforts should be made to reduce
cated by the "heat island" effect. Cities
some scientists have concluded that if
the production of carbon dioxide, meth-
are warmer than the surrounding coun-
the man-made increase in the carbon
ane, etc. and regardless of cost, lest a
tryside. So the temperatures recorded at
dioxide and other greenhouse gases
disaster occur. Politicians see the de-
the original weather stations have slowly
continues, by the late 21st century the
bate as a publicity vehicle and an issue
risen as the stations were surrounded by
earth's global average temperature will
on which to obtain political office and
the nearby cities as the suburbs ex-
rise between 2° to 8°F. This tempera-
power. The so-called environmentalists
panded.
ture rise would cause the water in the
see an opportunity to impose all manner
Much effort has been expended to
oceans to expand and the massive polar
of economic changes on society, from
remove the heat island effect and it is
glaciers to melt. In 1980, it was pre-
mandating auto efficiencies to reducing
likely that the effort has improved the
dicted that the sea level would rise 7.6 m
methane production by decreasing meat
quality of the data. A more serious
(25f by the late 21 st century. By 1985,
consumption. A research project to
deficiency is that about 72% of the earth's
the predicted rise was 1 m (3 ft); and by
determine how much methane is pro-
surface is covered by water and meas-
1989, it was 0.3 m (1 ft) (Jastrow, Nier-
duced by individual cows has just been
urements of air and water temperature
enberg and Seitz, 1990). Agricultural
funded by an appropriation of $200,000.
have been both sporadic and not well-
scientists have pointed out that an in-
Third World nations are using the
distributed spatially.
crease in atmospheric carbon dioxide
issue of possible global climate warm-
The records of air temperature in the
would enhance biological growth in-
ing to extract economic assistance from
contiguous 48 states are geographically
cluding the production of foodstuffs.
the developed nations. Presumably this
well distributed and cover more than a
would enable Third World nations to
century. From 1885 through 1984 there
Present debate- Science or politics?
participate in the effort to reduce atmos-
is no discernible trend: the mean tem-
The present public debate takes for
pheric pollution.
perature was 11.4°C (52.5° F). Between
granted that a rise in global temperature
The discussion is no longer a scien-
1895 and 1940, the temperature rose
tific one. It now promises to have direct
about 0.4 of a degree. Between 1940
impact on the politics, economics and
and 1970, it declined. And since 1970
livelihood of all of us. As engineers, we
there has been no clear cut trend (Jas-
are obligated to examine the facts and
trow, Nierenberg and Seitz, 1990).
Raphael G. Kazmann, member SME, is a
consulting engineer, 231 Duplantier Blvd.,
the theories before reaching our conclu-
From 1979 to 1990, satellite measure-
Baton Rouge, LA 70808.
sions and recommendations (if any).
ments of global average temperature,
while variable, have exhibited no trend,
according to a graph prepared by John
Global warming predictions are a scare based on
R. Christy of the NASA Marshall Space
Flight Center. This information is es-
incomplete and far from robust mathematical models,
sentially corroborated (US Department
plus the desire of politicians to spend money without
of Energy, 1990) where global and
hemispheric temperature changes are
computing the costs and benefits. The predictions
shown in graphical form. And a similar
reveal serious deficiencies in data and theory. These
temperature increase is found between
1880 and 1940 and a similar decline
should be corrected before any worldwide agreements
between 1940 and 1970.
are signed to prevent any sort of global disaster.
Changes in climate
Climate has changed drastically dur-
take into account the site-specific con-
800 km (500 miles) in extent at the
ing historical times. For example, in
ditions that might have been ignored in
latitude of the US and Europe. The
986 AD, Eric the Red established a
deriving them. In many instances, the
reason the areas are so large is that
viable settlement in the fjords of Green-
range of applicability was governed by
currently available computers do not
land- the climate was warm. By 1400,
codes of practice. Engineers also have
have the speed or power to describe
with the climate colder and the polar ice
to consider economic viability as well as
conditions in smaller areas and to com-
limit further south, the last of the colo-
such parameters as safety, health and
pute the interrelationships in a reasona-
nists had perished farming was no
the structure's life.
bly short period of time. From an engi-
longer possible. So here we have a
The job of the scientist is, basically, to
neering viewpoint, any index area that
climatic temperature high (similar to the
try to extend the body of knowledge, to
includes Oregon, which is both humid
one that we now enjoy), followed by a
make new correlations, and to create
and semiarid, and Nevada and encom-
period of declining temperatures that
new theories and to test them. If the
seems to have ended in the early part of
passes mountain ranges is too large and
theory proves to be wrong, possibly on
too complex to be represented by a single
the 18th century.
the basis of new observations, so what?
In the United States as late as 1850,
number for any parameter that you can
The only loss is the time and effort of the
name. The results of operating such a
Natchez, MS was the northernmost point
scientist and the funds expended to
model cannot be expected to be reliable,
on the river that oranges could be grown
support him. The gain is that another
when it comes to real-world decision
without protection (Twain, 1896). This
blind-alley has been found and we will
making. What is needed here, for start-
is no longer true. The last commercially
not go that way any more.
ers, is computing power two or three
grown orange groves near the river were
south of New Orleans and these were
Computer models used in forecasting
orders of magnitude faster and more
the greenhouse effect divide the earth's
destroyed in the early 1980s by frost.
powerful than those now available. Then
surface into small areas. The models
the index areas could be reduced in size
Then there is the "Plant Hardiness
Zone Map" periodically produced by
make the assumption that the tempera-
and their homogeneity improved.
ture in the area along with other parame-
Tsonis (1991) discussed the sensitiv-
the US Department of Agriculture. It
ters can each be represented by a single
shows the low temperatures that control
ity of the global climate system models
number. These small areas are about
to initial conditions. As an example, he
plant survival. The 1990 map shows that
the zones shown in the 1965 map are
now from 5° to 10° F colder. There is no
1.0
warming trend. The north line of com-
mercially grown orange trees in Florida
0.8
has been gradually moving south for the
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past two decades.
This brief summary of some of the
available data does not include informa-
TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES (°C)
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tion on cloud cover, precipitation, gla-
cier movements or emissions from vol-
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canoes. Much of this information is
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quite limited chronologically and spa-
tially, although it is pertinent to a com-
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plete evaluation of our knowledge of
global climate change. None of the
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information that the author has seen
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contradicts given observations.
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20
40
60
80
100
The Models - and their limitations
Engineers have long been familiar
TIME (YEARS)
with mathematical models. Those used
before the advent of the digital com-
puter were called "formulas." Students
Fig. 1 - Simulated global mean temperature record for 108 years, based on a model that
simulated the observed mean temperature record quite well. The two records, indicated by thin
were warned that formulas should be
and thick lines, started from very similar initial conditions (1% difference). Note the wide
used cautiously. The formulas should
discrepancy after the first 40 years of record (from Tsonis).
sions about global warming are similar
to former scenarios of nuclear winter,
1.0
cancer-causing cranberries, $100 oil or
0.8
the asbestos-cancer scare.
This is not to say that local communi-
0.6
TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES (°C)
ties that believe that industrial and ve-
0.4
hicular emissions are an immediate threat
to local health should not take action to
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protect themselves. But there is simply
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no justification for nationwide and
worldwide panic about global warming.
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If the climate does warm up, it will be
slow in terms of human lifetimes and
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there will be plenty of time to consider
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what to do and what action to take.
If anything is to be learned from this
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episode, it is that we need faster and
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20
40
60
80
100
more powerful computers and climate
models that are robust. These will be
TIME (YEARS)
developed in due course, probably
sooner than anyone would predict. But
Fig. 2- Same as Fig. 1, but for different initial conditions. Here the two records lose any
the most important deficiency is our
resemblance after about 55 years. Note that no one claims to know the long-term average of any
lack of knowledge of the parameters
of the parameters used, to within 1% of their "true" value (from Tsonis).
and relationships that control global
temperatures. These would include the
made a number of runs on the General
sunlight and decrease the radiation reach-
solar constant (it's not), the causes and
Climate Model (GCM) used by Hansen
ing the surface and thus act to negate any
extents and effects of various types of
of the Goddard Space Center. Each run
temperature rise - a negative feed-
cloud cover, mass balances of carbon
produces a record of temperatures for
back.
dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane,
108 years. The model produces vastly
Similarly, if warming should occur
sulphur, ocean currents, and the response
different predictions of temperature
and the permafrost were to retreat north-
of algae to changes in climate.
starting from 40 to 55 years into the run,
ward, the permafrost peat bogs would
In short, global-warming predictions
depending on the assumed initial condi-
thaw to a greater depth and dry out and
are a scare based on incomplete and far
tions.
oxidize. This would add to the carbon
from robust mathematical models plus
A 1% difference in the initial condi-
dioxide and methane in the atmosphere
the desire of politicians to spend money
tions was enough to create totally differ-
thus adding to the warming - an ex-
without computing the costs and bene-
ent predictions of global temperature
ample of possible positive feedback. At
fits.
over the last half of the period. Figures
the moment, we simply do not know
The predictions reveal serious defi-
1 and 2 show the results of running the
enough about these and similar phe-
ciencies in data and theory. These defi-
model, each pair of runs with initial
nomena, and their geographic extent, to
ciencies should be corrected before any
conditions differing by 1%. In short, the
take them into account.
world-wide agreements are signed to
model is not robust. This is another
prevent one sort of global disaster or
illustration of the engineer's axiom,
An engineering evaluation
another.
"Hell hath no fury like an unjustified
The data show that the average tem-
As engineers, it is fitting that we pro-
assumption!"
perature in the continental US has not
ceed with caution. Let us base our
The uncertainties produced by lack of
changed significantly during the past
actions on theories that have been
computing power and lack of model
100 years. Other information indicates
checked by field measurement rather
robustness pale beside the uncertainties
that the climate may actually be getting
than advocate actions based on faulty
posed by lack of knowledge of the de-
colder, not warmer. So any claim that
computer models and an evident lack of
tails. Such details include, for example,
anthropogenic gases are creating global
understanding of all of the interacting
understanding of cloud production and
warming must be viewed with suspi-
parameters that create local and global
inadequate knowledge of positive and
cion. After all, the models that predict
climate changes.
negative feedbacks.
warming do not agree in detail among
Some gases, such as dimethyl sulfide,
themselves and, moreover, do not ap-
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Boston, P.J., 1989, "Gaia: a New Look at Global Ecology and
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algae and are converted to sulfate aero-
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warming, although the models predict
Jastrow, R.W. Nierenberg and F. Seitz, 1990, Scientific
densation nuclei in the formation of
that by now there should have been
Perspectives on the Greenhouse Problem, Jameson Books,
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increase in greenhouse gases. Conse-
Tsonis. A.A., 1991, Sensitivity of the Global Climate System
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quently, there is no apparent need for
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industrialized nations to make wrench-
Twain. M., 1896, Life on the Mississippi, Harper Bros., ch. 39.
condensation nuclei.
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MINING ENGINEERING
April 7, 1992
Dear Mr. Raines:
On behalf of President Bush, thank you for your very kind comments on US
activities related to the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on
a framework convention on climate change. The President appreciates your
support and has asked that I respond to your letter of February 19, 1992
regarding this issue.
The President strongly believes that US policies in this area must be based
on the most solid scientific and economic information base available. As you
mentioned, the US Global Change Research Program is the world's largest
such program and thus provides much of the scientific foundation for
international agreements on climate change and ozone depletion. In fact, the
Bush Administration has invested $2.6 billion in global change research to
date, with an additional $1.3 billion proposed for fiscal 1993. Research on
the scientific and economic aspects of global climate change will enable policy
makers to make better judgements about potential impacts and policy
actions.
Thank you for taking the time to express your interest on this issue and we
appreciate your support.
With the President's best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Mr. Robert L. Raines
800 Princeton Avenue
P.O. Box 1517
Bluefield, West Virginia 24601
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PRESIDENT BUSH
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SUBJECT: SHE IS WRITING TO URGE THE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND THE
EARTH SUMMIT (UNCED) IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
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9201143
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 2, 1992
Dear Mrs. Smith:
On behalf of President Bush, thank you for your comments and suggestions
about global environmental issues and the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development (UNCED). The President appreciates your
concerns and has asked that I respond to your letter of February 19, 1992
regarding these issues.
The United States, under President Bush's leadership, is aggressively
pursuing international efforts to address problems related to climate change,
ozone depletion, forests, oceans, biological diversity, and technology
cooperation with developing countries. The Administration has put forward
specific proposals in various international fora to address each of these
questions. More important, the United States is already taking specific steps
here at home, through both legislation and administrative action, to begin
tackling these problems.
Specifically regarding climate change, you may be pleased to know that the
United States has already begun taking actions that will have the effect of
reducing net emissions of greenhouse gases. These include:
*
President Bush proposed and signed into law the 1990 Clean
Air Act, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the
utility sector through restrictions on utility air pollutants;
*
The Bush Administration has proposed, both through the
National Energy Strategy and through various regulatory
measures, to improve energy efficiency in power generation and
transmission, buildings, appliances, lighting, and
transportation, which will restrain related carbon dioxide
emissions;
*
The President has proposed, through his tree planting
initiatives, to increase the acreage and to improve the
management of forests, which act as greenhouse gas "sinks";
*
The President has proposed to expand the use of renewable and
low-emission fuel sources;
Page 2 - Mrs. Smith
*
Since President Bush took office, he has doubled funding for
conservation research and development (R&D) and increased
funding for renewable R&D by 69 percent; and
*
The Administration has not only proposed, but the President
has signed into law, the phaseout of ozone-depleting
compounds that are also greenhouse gases.
Additionally, in February 1992, in response to new scientific evidence,
President Bush was the first head of state to commit his country unilaterally
to accelerating the date for the complete phaseout of the production of
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The President's action moves up the phaseout
date of CFCs, which deplete the Earth's ozone layer, to December 31, 1995.
Due to a number of previous Administration actions, U.S. production of
ozone-depleting substances is already more than 40 percent below levels
allowed by the internationally agreed Montreal Protocol. Under the new
schedule, the U.S. will eliminate production four years ahead of the current
international deadline, thus continuing the record of U.S. leadership in this
area extending back to the mid-1970s.
The United States supports a comprehensive approach, addressing all
greenhouse gases, not just carbon dioxide, and "sinks," such as forests.
Focusing exclusively on carbon dioxide emissions, as some have proposed, is
an inadequate response.
The United States has committed $25 million to assist developing countries
in planning to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change. The U.S. has
stepped up its own climate action plan, first outlined in February 1991,
including actions in such areas as energy efficiency, transportation, reduced
emission supply technologies, agriculture, natural resources, and technology
R&D. The United States has also committed $50 million to the core fund of
the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and $150 million in parallel financing
through the U.S. Agency for International Development. In addition to
addressing global climate change, the GEF also funds projects concerning
biodiversity, international waters, and ozone.
The U.S. Global Change Research Program is the world's largest such
program and thus provides much of the scientific foundation for international
agreements on climate change and ozone depletion. The Bush Administration
has invested $2.6 billion in global change research, far more than any other
country, with an additional $1.3 billion proposed for year 1993 -- over six
times the fiscal 1989 level. Research on the scientific and economic aspects
Page 3 - Mrs. Smith
of global climate change will enable policy makers to make better judgments
about potential impacts and policy actions.
Regarding the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
(UNCED), scheduled this June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, President Bush is
committed to achieving international agreement on a framework convention
on climate change. In addition to a global agreement on climate change, the
Bush Administration also hopes UNCED will produce strategies and specific
initiatives to improve conservation of forests, oceans, and biological diversity,
and to increase technology cooperation with developing countries. You can
be sure that the United States will be well represented at the conference.
As we move forwardinto the 1990s, the United States will continue to address
global environmental challenges within a context of expanding economic
opportunities for all the world's people. The United States wants concrete,
practical results from UNCED -- results that will guide future action on the
full range of environmental and developmental issues.
Thank you for taking the time to express your interest on these environmental
issues with President Bush. You can be sure that the President will continue
working with other nations to obtain global solutions to these challenging
issues.
With the President's best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
D.Anan Bramley
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Mrs. Jack C. Smith
3708 Manor Road
Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815
Mrs. Jack unced C. Smith
3708 Manor Rd.
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Feb 19, 1992
President George H.W Bush
1600 Pennsylvania Ar NW
Washington DC 20500
Dear Mr. President,
2 am really concerned about your
decision, as of Thes date, not to attend the
Earth Summit in June in Reode Janeiro. The
United States Goornment stands alone 4 its
lack of commettment to lessening and even
reasising the factors which contribute to the
degradation of the environment.
It doesn't Take a rochet scientest, as they
plotted for earthis temperature and the amount
say, to note the parallel track which has been
of carbon dioxide un the atmosphere over cons
of time. We already can project that our the
next decade, in our frenzy to drur automobiles
and burn non-renewable fossil fuel reserves, we
will push the level of CO2 we the air up by
surral hundred percent, unless there is a turn-
around in our wasteful habits. a careful scientest
would note that with The excessive destruction of
trees and plant life everywhere on this planet,
there is no capacity for reabsorbing (recycling)
This gas which contributes so much to The green-
house effect and thus very probably to global warm-
ing. He would say "Let's not pash our luck, Let's
reverse the Trend of excersive exploitation of resources
The United States is not related from The rest
of the world, yet it stands in apposition to 139
countries who are concerned about elimate and
who wish to formulate a world wide energy policy.
Our policy sume to be "Don't propose anything That
might make the auto industry on the consumery public
mad." Thes is not leaderskip, whech trees to plan
for the future. Thes is pandering to the most
selfish segments of our population. I don't thank
we haer the reght to do this, when our actions may
breap suffering to future generations around the
world.
Sincerely
Charlotte D. Smith
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 2, 1992
Dear Mrs. Walls:
On behalf of President Bush, thank you for your comments and suggestions
about global environmental issues and the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development (UNCED). The President appreciates your
concerns and has asked that I respond to your letter of February 18, 1992
regarding these issues.
The United States, under President Bush's leadership, is aggressively
pursuing international efforts to address problems related to climate change,
ozone depletion, forests, oceans, biological diversity, and technology
cooperation with developing countries. The Administration has put forward
specific proposals in various international fora to address each of these
questions. More important, the United States is already taking specific steps
here at home, through both legislation and administrative action, to begin
tackling these problems.
Specifically regarding climate change, you may be pleased to know that the
United States has already begun taking actions that will have the effect of
reducing net emissions of greenhouse gases. These include:
*
President Bush proposed and signed into law the 1990 Clean
Air Act, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the
utility sector through restrictions on utility air pollutants;
*
The Bush Administration has proposed, both through the
National Energy Strategy and through various regulatory
measures, to improve energy efficiency in power generation and
transmission, buildings, appliances, lighting, and
transportation, which will restrain related carbon dioxide
emissions;
*
The President has proposed, through his tree planting
initiatives, to increase the acreage and to improve the
management of forests, which act as greenhouse gas "sinks";
*
The President has proposed to expand the use of renewable and
low-emission fuel sources;
Page 2 - - Mrs. Walls
*
Since President Bush took office, he has doubled funding for
conservation research and development (R&D) and increased
funding for renewable R&D by 69 percent; and
*
The Administration has not only proposed, but the President
has signed into law, the phaseout of ozone-depleting
compounds that are also greenhouse gases.
Additionally, in February 1992, in response to new scientific evidence,
President Bush was the first head of state to commit his country unilaterally
to accelerating the date for the complete phaseout of the production of
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The President's action moves up the phaseout
date of CFCs, which deplete the Earth's ozone layer, to December 31, 1995.
Due to a number of previous Administration actions, U.S. production of
ozone-depleting substances is already more than 40 percent below levels
allowed by the internationally agreed Montreal Protocol. Under the new
schedule, the U.S. will eliminate production four years ahead of the current
international deadline, thus continuing the record of U.S. leadership in this
area extending back to the mid-1970s.
The United States supports a comprehensive approach, addressing all
greenhouse gases, not just carbon dioxide, and "sinks," such as forests.
Focusing exclusively on carbon dioxide emissions, as some have proposed, is
an inadequate response.
The United States has committed $25 million to assist developing countries
in planning to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change. The U.S. has
stepped up its own climate action plan, first outlined in February 1991,
including actions in such areas as energy efficiency, transportation, reduced
emission supply technologies, agriculture, natural resources, and technology
R&D. The United States has also committed $50 million to the core fund of
the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and $150 million in parallel financing
through the U.S. Agency for International Development. In addition to
addressing global climate change, the GEF also funds projects concerning
biodiversity, international waters, and ozone.
The U.S. Global Change Research Program is the world's largest such
program and thus provides much of the scientific foundation for international
agreements on climate change and ozone depletion. The Bush Administration
has invested $2.6 billion in global change research, far more than any other
country, with an additional $1.3 billion proposed for year 1993 over six
times the fiscal 1989 level. Research on the scientific and economic aspects
Page 3 - - Mrs. Walls
of global climate change will enable policy makers to make better judgments
about potential impacts and policy actions.
Regarding the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
(UNCED), scheduled this June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, President Bush is
committed to achieving international agreement on a framework convention
on climate change. In addition to a global agreement on climate change, the
Bush Administration also hopes UNCED will produce strategies and specific
initiatives to improve conservation of forests, oceans, and biological diversity,
and to increase technology cooperation with developing countries. You can
be sure that the United States will be well represented at the conference.
As we move forwardinto the 1990s, the United States will continue to address
global environmental challenges within a context of expanding economic
opportunities for all the world's people. The United States wants concrete,
practical results from UNCED - results that will guide future action on the
full range of environmental and developmental issues.
Thank you for taking the time to express your interest on these environmental
issues with President Bush. You can be sure that the President will continue
working with other nations to obtain global solutions to these challenging
issues.
With the President's best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
DAnan Bramley
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Mrs. Carol Walls
P.O. Box 163
Laurel, Maryland 20725
FEBRUARY 18, 1992
DEAR ME. BUSH:
I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER ATTENDING OR SENDING A REPRESENTATIVE
TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIORNMENT AND
DEVELOPMENT TAKING PLACE IN JUNE, 1992. I CAN'T STRESS
HOW IMPORTANT WE TAKE STEPS TO SAVE OUR WORLD. IF WE
ALL DO NOT WORK TOGETHER, WE WILL END UP DESTROYING OUR
PLANET.
PLEASE CONSIDER ATTENDING THIS MEETING. THANK YOU.
SINCERELY,
CAROL WALLS
PO BOX 163
LAUREL MD 20725
MRS CAROL A WALLS
PO BOX 163
SOUTHERN PM MD
PARTNERS
LAUREL MD 20725-0163
ENERGY EFFICIEN
SCF 18 FEB 206
TOMORROW USA29
1992
PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON DC 20500
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TO:
PRESIDENT BUSH
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 02/17/92
SUBJECT: SHE IS WRITING TO URGE THE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND THE
EARTH SUMMIT (UNCED) IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
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April 2, 1992
Dear Ms. Julen:
On behalf of President Bush, thank you for your comments and suggestions
about global environmental issues and the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development (UNCED). The President appreciates your
concerns and has asked that I respond to your letter of February 17, 1992
regarding these issues.
The United States, under President Bush's leadership, is aggressively
pursuing international efforts to address problems related to climate change,
ozone depletion, forests, oceans, biological diversity, and technology
cooperation with developing countries. The Administration has put forward
specific proposals in various international fora to address each of these
questions. More important, the United States is already taking specific steps
here at home, through both legislation and administrative action, to begin
tackling these problems.
Specifically regarding climate change, you may be pleased to know that the
United States has already begun taking actions that will have the effect of
reducing net emissions of greenhouse gases. These include:
*
President Bush proposed and signed into law the 1990 Clean
Air Act, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the
utility sector through restrictions on utility air pollutants;
*
The Bush Administration has proposed, both through the
National Energy Strategy and through various regulatory
measures, to improve energy efficiency in power generation and
transmission, buildings, appliances, lighting, and
transportation, which will restrain related carbon dioxide
emissions;
*
The President has proposed, through his tree planting
initiatives, to increase the acreage and to improve the
management of forests, which act as greenhouse gas "sinks";
*
The President has proposed to expand the use of renewable and
low-emission fuel sources;
Page 2 - - Ms. Julen
*
Since President Bush took office, he has doubled funding for
conservation research and development (R&D) and increased
funding for renewable R&D by 69 percent; and
*
The Administration has not only proposed, but the President
has signed into law, the phaseout of ozone-depleting
compounds that are also greenhouse gases.
Additionally, in February 1992, in response to new scientific evidence,
President Bush was the first head of state to commit his country unilaterally
to accelerating the date for the complete phaseout of the production of
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The President's action moves up the phaseout
date of CFCs, which deplete the Earth's ozone layer, to December 31, 1995.
Due to a number of previous Administration actions, U.S. production of
ozone-depleting substances is already more than 40 percent below levels
allowed by the internationally agreed Montreal Protocol. Under the new
schedule, the U.S. will eliminate production four years ahead of the current
international deadline, thus continuing the record of U.S. leadership in this
area extending back to the mid-1970s.
The United States supports a comprehensive approach, addressing all
greenhouse gases, not just carbon dioxide, and "sinks," such as forests.
Focusing exclusively on carbon dioxide emissions, as some have proposed, is
an inadequate response.
The United States has committed $25 million to assist developing countries
in planning to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change. The U.S. has
stepped up its own climate action plan, first outlined in February 1991,
including actions in such areas as energy efficiency, transportation, reduced
emission supply technologies, agriculture, natural resources, and technology
R&D. The United States has also committed $50 million to the core fund of
the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and $150 million in parallel financing
through the U.S. Agency for International Development. In addition to
addressing global climate change, the GEF also funds projects concerning
biodiversity, international waters, and ozone.
The U.S. Global Change Research Program is the world's largest such
program and thus provides much of the scientific foundation for international
agreements on climate change and ozone depletion. The Bush Administration
has invested $2.6 billion in global change research, far more than any other
country, with an additional $1.3 billion proposed for year 1993 over six
times the fiscal 1989 level. Research on the scientific and economic aspects
Page 3 - - Ms. Julen
of global climate change will enable policy makers to make better judgments
about potential impacts and policy actions.
Regarding the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
(UNCED), scheduled this June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, President Bush is
committed to achieving international agreement on a framework convention
on climate change. In addition to a global agreement on climate change, the
Bush Administration also hopes UNCED will produce strategies and specific
initiatives to improve conservation of forests, oceans, and biological diversity,
and to increase technology cooperation with developing countries. You can
be sure that the United States will be well represented at the conference.
As we move forwardinto the 1990s, the United States will continue to address
global environmental challenges within a context of expanding economic
opportunities for all the world's people. The United States wants concrete,
practical results from UNCED - results that will guide future action on the
full range of environmental and developmental issues.
Thank you for taking the time to express your interest on these environmental
issues with President Bush. You can be sure that the President will continue
working with other nations to obtain global solutions to these challenging
issues.
With the President's best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
DAnan Bramley
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Ms. Kimberley K. Julen
10600 Ideal Avenue South
Cottage Grove, Minnesota
UNITED
Dear Sir,
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cans, news paper, and writing paper.
This program has been very
successful with out much promotion.
I feel you have also been very
success ful by banning the use
of aerosol cans several years
earlier than planned. Although
it would be a greater im pact on
the united states if you attended
the Earth summit June I - 12.
Sincerely,
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FROM:
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Munson
TO:
President Bush
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 02/17/92
SUBJECT: They are urging the President to attend the Earth
Summit in Rio de Janeiro
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OFFICERS
President George Bush
The White House
President
Bryan D. Hickman
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
First Vice President
Washington, DC 20500
J. Paul Gocker
Vice Presidents
Dear Mr. President:
Gillian S. Kellogg
Barbara Letvin
Carole Ann Ward
I fully concur with the decisions of the 44th, 45th
and 46th General Assemblies that agreed to convene the
Secretary
Elizabeth L. Webb
United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development (UNCED), and urged that representation be
Treasurer
Kenneth J. Burke
at the level of Head of State. Such a summit is of
the greatest importance for a new world order that
Assistant Treasurer
Scott A. Cameron
provides for our children's children.
Executive Director
Freyda E. Albin
While the present state of our own United States
economy is not without some difficulties, our own
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
wealth and resources are still without parallel in
Board Chairperson
today's world. I strongly urge you, therefore, that
Krestie Utech
through your own personal involvement and through your
Ellen A. Anderson
instructed delegates and committees, to exercise the
George M. Angle
strongest possible leadership in building a global
Lynn S. Bickley
Eleanora Church
agency at UNCED that truly addresses the inseparable
Mark Collins
needs of balanced development for all peoples and of
Michael F. Cook
Elizabeth Boyer Cooney
safeguarding the future of the planet's ecosystems.
Janis T. Dowd
Scott A. Forsyth
Larry Greenfield
This cannot be done, in my opinion, unless a genuine
Robert Kraus
global partnership is established between developing
Sally K. Majors
Eleanor R. Newell
and industrialized countries that addresses the
William R. Nojay
following:
James Y. Oldshue
Hon. Elizabeth Pine
Judith Reynolds
a) the fact that there is still a net drain of
Tamara Sonn
Manuel A. Sosa
income and wealth from the developing to the
Michael Warren Thomas
industrialized countries that leaves them unable
Grace S. Tillinghast
Kay A. Wallace
to bear the full cost of setting aside scarce
Linda Weiner
resources and of developing/purchasing new
Martha W. Weissberger
John Wolfe
technologies more protective of the environment
cont'd, over
Cont'd, President George Bush
UNCED Conference
b) the ecological reality that changes in lifestyle
regarding population numbers and consumption
patterns are incumbent on all peoples
c) the moral reality that changes in decision-
making in all economic and political
institutions must promote more democratic
participation and distributive justice for all
nations.
Thank you for listening to this plea, and I urge that
you make such leadership an important part of our
nation's election year debate.
Sincerely,
Dr. $ Mrs. Stephen Munson
Rochester Association for the United Nations
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FROM:
Judith R. Nourse James C. Nourse, Ph.D.
TO:
President Bush
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE:
SUBJECT: They are writing the president to urge him to attend
the Earth Summit (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro
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28 Finns Point Lane
Hampton, VA 23669
February 17, 1992
President Bush
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
We are writing to urge you to commit the U.S. to cutting carbon
dioxide emissions in the climate treaty negotiations and to
attend the Earth Summit to provide the leadership needed to
address critical global environmental issues.
We are also very concerned about your administration's proposals
to change the policy of "no net loss" of wetlands. We would like
to remind you of your campaign promise to protect our nation's
wetlands, and urge you to support a study by the National Academy
of Sciences before proceeding with proposed changes.
Sincerely,
Ladith R. Nourse
Judith R. Nourse, RN
0000 James C. Nourse, Ph.D.
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PRESIDENT BSUH
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 02/17/92
SUBJECT: SHE IS WRITING TO URGE THE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND THE
EARTH SUMMIT (UNCED) IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
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Dear Sr. Polys:
On behalf of President Bush, thank you for your comments and suggestions
about global environmental issues and the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development (UNCED). The President appreciates your
concerns and has asked that I respond to your letter of February 17, 1992
regarding these issues.
The United States, under President Bush's leadership, is aggressively
pursuing international efforts to address problems related to climate change,
ozone depletion, forests, oceans, biological diversity, and technology
cooperation with developing countries. The Administration has put forward
specific proposals in various international fora to address each of these
questions. More important, the United States is already taking specific steps
here at home, through both legislation and administrative action, to begin
tackling these problems.
Specifically regarding climate change, you may be pleased to know that the
United States has already begun taking actions that will have the effect of
reducing net emissions of greenhouse gases. These include:
*
President Bush proposed and signed into law the 1990 Clean
Air Act, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the
utility sector through restrictions on utility air pollutants;
*
The Bush Administration has proposed, both through the
National Energy Strategy and through various regulatory
measures, to improve energy efficiency in power generation and
transmission, buildings, appliances, lighting, and
transportation, which will restrain related carbon dioxide
emissions;
*
The President has proposed, through his tree planting
initiatives, to increase the acreage and to improve the
management of forests, which act as greenhouse gas "sinks";
*
The President has proposed to expand the use of renewable and
low-emission fuel sources;
Page 2 - Sr. Polys
*
Since President Bush took office, he has doubled funding for
conservation research and development (R&D) and increased
funding for renewable R&D by 69 percent; and
*
The Administration has not only proposed, but the President
has signed into law, the phaseout of ozone-depleting
compounds that are also greenhouse gases.
Additionally, in February 1992, in response to new scientific evidence,
President Bush was the first head of state to commit his country unilaterally
to accelerating the date for the complete phaseout of the production of
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The President's action moves up the phaseout
date of CFCs, which deplete the Earth's ozone layer, to December 31, 1995.
Due to a number of previous Administration actions, U.S. production of
ozone-depleting substances is already more than 40 percent below levels
allowed by the internationally agreed Montreal Protocol. Under the new
schedule, the U.S. will eliminate production four years ahead of the current
international deadline, thus continuing the record of U.S. leadership in this
area extending back to the mid-1970s.
The United States supports a comprehensive approach, addressing all
greenhouse gases, not just carbon dioxide, and "sinks," such as forests.
Focusing exclusively on carbon dioxide emissions, as some have proposed, is
an inadequate response.
The United States has committed $25 million to assist developing countries
in planning to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change. The U.S. has
stepped up its own climate action plan, first outlined in February 1991,
including actions in such areas as energy efficiency, transportation, reduced
emission supply technologies, agriculture, natural resources, and technology
R&D. The United States has also committed $50 million to the core fund of
the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and $150 million in parallel financing
through the U.S. Agency for International Development. In addition to
addressing global climate change, the GEF also funds projects concerning
biodiversity, international waters, and ozone.
The U.S. Global Change Research Program is the world's largest such
program and thus provides much of the scientific foundation for international
agreements on climate change and ozone depletion. The Bush Administration
has invested $2.6 billion in global change research, far more than any other
country, with an additional $1.3 billion proposed for year 1993 -- over six
times the fiscal 1989 level. Research on the scientific and economic aspects
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of global climate change will enable policy makers to make better judgments
about potential impacts and policy actions.
Regarding the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
(UNCED), scheduled this June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, President Bush is
committed to achieving international agreement on a framework convention
on climate change. In addition to a global agreement on climate change, the
Bush Administration also hopes UNCED will produce strategies and specific
initiatives to improve conservation of forests, oceans, and biological diversity,
and to increase technology cooperation with developing countries. You can
be sure that the United States will be well represented at the conference.
As we move forwardinto the 1990s, the United States will continue to address
global environmental challenges within a context of expanding economic
opportunities for all the world's people. The United States wants concrete,
practical results from UNCED - results that will guide future action on the
full range of environmental and developmental issues.
Thank you for taking the time to express your interest on these environmental
issues with President Bush. You can be sure that the President will continue
working with other nations to obtain global solutions to these challenging
issues.
With the President's best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
DAnan Bramley
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Sr. Marge Polys
Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Coordinator of Ministries
610 West Avenue
Monroe, Michigan 48161
unceD
IHM
SISTERS, SERVANTS OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
OFFICES OF CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION
610 West Elm Avenue
Monroe, Michigan 48161
313-241-0092
President Bush
The White House
Pennsylvania Ave.
Dorothy McDaniel, IHM
President
Washington, DC 20500
Patricia Guthrie, IHM
Vice President
February 17, 1992
Marjorie Polys, IHM
Coordinator
of Ministries
Dear Mr. President,
Mary Ann Untener, IHM
Coordinator
I am writing in the name of the Sisters Servants of the
of Human Resources
Immaculate Heart of Mary, a religious community of 870
women educators.
Lois Jackson, IHM
Coordinator
of Material Resources
We are concerned over the lack of convincing and
forceful effort being applied by our government with regard
to participation in the upcoming Earth Summit in Rio.
We would like to encourage your administration to
take a more constructive stance toward this historic world
gathering. We believe it is necessary for you to reflect a
stronger position on environmental protection and to be
more supportive of the objectives of the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development.
We are counting on your leadership in this matter.
Sincerely,
marge Palys, IHM
Sr. Marge Polys, IHM
IHM Coordinator of
Ministries
MP/ee
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ETHAN RUSSELL & ASSOCIATES
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TELEPHONE: (818) 792-9324
FAX: (818) 792-3252
7201215
February 24, 1992
President George Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC
Dear President Bush:
Congratulations for your part in implementing the following:
"President Bush announced last week that production of ozone-
depleting chlorofluorocarbons, used in air conditioning and
cleaning solvents, will be eliminated in the United States by Dec.
31, 1995."
However, the same article stated, regarding the US' stance vis
a vis the "greenhouse effect" and the upcoming Earth Summit: "The
U.S. government argues that each nation should be free to take
whatever steps it considers necessary to reduce emissions of gases
that can trap the sun's heat in the atmosphere, causing the
greenhouse effect. " This nationalist response is offered as the
rationale for why the United States will not come into step with
the other nations on this issue. The United States cannot ask
underdeveloped countries to stop damaging the environment "if 4
percent of the world's population can be responsible for 24
percent of greenhouse gas emissions," said Kazuo Aichi, a Japanese
parliament member and former chief of Japan's environmental agency.
I agree.
Unhappily, our position seems very much to me like a passenger
insisting that he has the right to drill a hole in the hull of a
boat as long as he does so from within his own cabin. Clearly,
these issues are global, we must come into compliance with world
views, and we must insist, as in the CFC area, that others have no
more right to continue to damage the ozone layer simply because the
source originates from within their national boundaries. The
consequences, after all, are clearly global.
These, and other related environmental issues, seem of primary
importance to me: more pressing than the issues on the economy,
since their results are more pervasive and longer lasting. Your,
and the Administration's, attitudes in this respect, will surely
influence my vote in the next elections.
With best wishes,
mammer
Ethan Russell
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FROM:
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DATE OF
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Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro
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OSWALD T. SAAVEDRA, M.D., P.A.
DIPLOMATE AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
1315 S. ORANGE AVENUE, SUITE 3A
ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32806
TELEPHONE (407) 423-4680
February 17, 1991
9201243
The President George Bush
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
I am writing this letter in behalf of our medical society and also
in behalf of my children and their generations after.
Our planet is in great dispair and in need of treatment as soon as
possible. I urge you to reverse your position on global climate
policies and implore you to join all other countries in the world
to stabilize C02 emissions at present level.
Attending the Earth Summit in Rio, in person, will have a tremendous
effect in emphasizing our country's leadership in this matter. Most
of us voted for you just because you were the "environmental candidate".
We all hope you will maintain that promise.
I personally have seen the miseries of environmental pollution with
the subsequent effects on population while I lived and studied in
the ex-USSR. I hope damage in such a degree will never occur anywhere
else in the world.
We all feel that this planet is too precious to loose it!
Respectfully,
Oswald T. Saavedra, M.D.
OTS / jb Jacusens
CC: Chairman Orange County
Medical Society
Environmental committee
CC: Christine Riddiough, Field
Coordinator-Union of Concerned
Scientists, Washington, D.C.
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DATE OF
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Earth
CLAUDIA UTLEY
4433 Colbath Ave. #42 Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 (818) 986-0754
9201256
February 16, 1992
President George Bush
The White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
You had to take a lot of flak in the last few months for your
frequent overseas trips. Nevertheless, I urge you to please
attend the United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development (UNCED), better known as Earth Summit, in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, this coming June. The conference will provide a
crucial framework for worldwide conservation efforts and reforms.
I am dismayed that you as "environmental president of the United
States of America" are not yet acknowledging the importance of
this summit or, better still, planning to attend it. This
indifference sends a troubling sign to Americans and other
nations who wonder how committed U.S. politicians are to their
claims as global leaders and responsible residents of our world.
Please attend Earth Summit either personally or represented by a
high-standing government official from your administration.
Sincerely,
Claudia Claudia Utley Utley
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SUBJECT: HE IS WRITING TO URGE THE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND THE
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 2, 1992
Dear Mr. Forman:
On behalf of President Bush, thank you for your comments and suggestions
about global environmental issues and the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development (UNCED). The President appreciates your
concerns and has asked that I respond to your letter of February 15, 1992
regarding these issues.
The United States, under President Bush's leadership, is aggressively
pursuing international efforts to address problems related to climate change,
ozone depletion, forests, oceans, biological diversity, and technology
cooperation with developing countries. The Administration has put forward
specific proposals in various international fora to address each of these
questions. More important, the United States is already taking specific steps
here at home, through both legislation and administrative action, to begin
tackling these problems.
Specifically regarding climate change, you may be pleased to know that the
United States has already begun taking actions that will have the effect of
reducing net emissions of greenhouse gases. These include:
*
President Bush proposed and signed into law the 1990 Clean
Air Act, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the
utility sector through restrictions on utility air pollutants;
*
The Bush Administration has proposed, both through the
National Energy Strategy and through various regulatory
measures, to improve energy efficiency in power generation and
transmission, buildings, appliances, lighting, and
transportation, which will restrain related carbon dioxide
emissions;
*
The President has proposed, through his tree planting
initiatives, to increase the acreage and to improve the
management of forests, which act as greenhouse gas "sinks";
*
The President has proposed to expand the use of renewable and
low-emission fuel sources;
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*
Since President Bush took office, he has doubled funding for
conservation research and development (R&D) and increased
funding for renewable R&D by 69 percent; and
*
The Administration has not only proposed, but the President
has signed into law, the phaseout of ozone-depleting
compounds that are also greenhouse gases.
Additionally, in February 1992, in response to new scientific evidence,
President Bush was the first head of state to commit his country unilaterally
to accelerating the date for the complete phaseout of the production of
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The President's action moves up the phaseout
date of CFCs, which deplete the Earth's ozone layer, to December 31, 1995.
Due to a number of previous Administration actions, U.S. production of
ozone-depleting substances is already more than 40 percent below levels
allowed by the internationally agreed Montreal Protocol. Under the new
schedule, the U.S. will eliminate production four years ahead of the current
international deadline, thus continuing the record of U.S. leadership in this
area extending back to the mid-1970s.
The United States supports a comprehensive approach, addressing all
greenhouse gases, not just carbon dioxide, and "sinks," such as forests.
Focusing exclusively on carbon dioxide emissions, as some have proposed, is
an inadequate response.
The United States has committed $25 million to assist developing countries
in planning to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change. The U.S. has
stepped up its own climate action plan, first outlined in February 1991,
including actions in such areas as energy efficiency, transportation, reduced
emission supply technologies, agriculture, natural resources, and technology
R&D. The United States has also committed $50 million to the core fund of
the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and $150 million in parallel financing
through the U.S. Agency for International Development. In addition to
addressing global climate change, the GEF also funds projects concerning
biodiversity, international waters, and ozone.
The U.S. Global Change Research Program is the world's largest such
program and thus provides much of the scientific foundation for international
agreements on climate change and ozone depletion. The Bush Administration
has invested $2.6 billion in global change research, far more than any other
country, with an additional $1.3 billion proposed for year 1993 -- over six
times the fiscal 1989 level. Research on the scientific and economic aspects
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of global climate change will enable policy makers to make better judgments
about potential impacts and policy actions.
Regarding the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
(UNCED), scheduled this June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, President Bush is
committed to achieving international agreement on a framework convention
on climate change. In addition to a global agreement on climate change, the
Bush Administration also hopes UNCED will produce strategies and specific
initiatives to improve conservation of forests, oceans, and biological diversity,
and to increase technology cooperation with developing countries. You can
be sure that the United States will be well represented at the conference.
As we move forwardinto the 1990s, the United States will continue to address
global environmental challenges within a context of expanding economic
opportunities for all the world's people. The United States wants concrete,
practical results from UNCED - results that will guide future action on the
full range of environmental and developmental issues.
Thank you for taking the time to express your interest on these environmental
issues with President Bush. You can be sure that the President will continue
working with other nations to obtain global solutions to these challenging
issues.
With the President's best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
D.Anan Bramley
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Mr. Douglas Forman
5404 Wilson lane
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Unced
5404 Wilson Lane
Betherda MO 20814
February 15, 1992
The President
The White House
Washing ton D.C. 20500
Dear mr President:
I have been learning about the
United nations Conference on Environment and
Development to be held in Rio de Janeiro inJume
a lead role in This critical conference and the first
Ir is very important that our country play
step is for you to announce soon that you will
role go. at The Preparatory Commission meetings
The second step is for the us to play a in constructive
New york in march,
your prestige around the world is high will
benefit not only The United States, but The world.
and your leadership on environmental issues which
We need to control our carbon dioxide emissions,
strengthen The international institutions, and fund
adequately the ON essential programs,
I would welcome a reply as to your
decisions on there matters.
Respectfully Douglas Forman
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Earth Summit (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro
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2070 E 27 Ave.
Eugene, OR 97403
February 15, 1992
President George Bush
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Bush,
You have shown that you can lead the world
in waging war, and in the process have saved the oil supply of
the United States.
Please redeem your election campaign pledge to become the
environmental president by leading the world for peaceful deve-
lopment, and save our earth's atmosphere from destruction by
man-made greenhouse gases. Because the United States is the
world's largest emitter of CO₂, we should set an example by
reducing, or at least stabilizing that emission.
Our country must be a leader, not a reluctant obstruction-
me
ist, in the critical talks on the global warming treaty and
other issues which will take place in February and March in
New York City.
I strongly urge you to join the many other world leaders
who are planning to attend the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development in Rio de Janiero June 1-12. At
that conference I hope you will be able to present a proposal
for world cooperation in greenhouse gas reduction, a proposal
of which we can be proud and for which our children and grand-
children will be grateful in the decades to come.
Yours sincerely,
Edevard B.Masorvey
Edward B. Meservey
Research Physicist (retired)
Princeton University
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SUBJECT: He is writing President Bush to urge him to attend
the Earth Summit (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro
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9201253
February 15, 1992
David J. Rathe Do
309 wall St
Danville PA 17821
President George Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Bush,
I write to you concerning the upcoming United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development in June. I urge
you to attend this conference of grave importance to the
world. Please commit to specific timetables for reducing
Carbon dioxide emissions and air /water pollution. Please call
for programs to curb global deforestation and provide incentives
for sustainable management of production forests.
Please become the environmental president you vowed
to be in this term and show the world and our
environment " the White House effect."
Thank you for your concern and support of our environment.
Sincerely,
Dathe a
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Bill Weir
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DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 02/15/92
SUBJECT: He is writing to urge the President to attend the
Earth Summit (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro
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Earth
Bill Weir
9201249
BILL WEIR ASSOCIATES
6904 RIDGEVIEW DRIVE
February 15, 1992
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
President George Bush
55439-1431 USA
Washington DC 20500
PHONE: (612) 751-0445
VOICE MAIL: (612) 941-5360
Dear Mr. President,
FAX: (612) 941-5360
I respectfully call upon you to live up to your promises to your
constituents regarding protection of our earth's environment for
humankind and other species. To do so, I urge that you take
certain steps promptly that will help fulfill those promises:
1) Strongly support the Renewable Energy Tax Equity Act of 1992
(Summary enclosed).
2) Adopt and proclaim an effective program for our nation's
participation in global leadership to promptly and substantially
reduce the production and emission of carbon dioxide and other
gases that are quite probably leading to a very destructive global
warming. We must shift our electric power production away from
coal, oil and nuclear fission to draw more and more from
windpower, solar-power and when ready, nuclear fusion-power.
3) Direct our federal departments and agencies to amend their
practices for purchase of electric-power and of generating
systems, first to revise specification in Requests For Proposals
so as to make competition truly fair among coal, oil, nuclear,
wind and photovoltaic sources and systems, and also to take into
account the Environmental Cost Differential among these
alternatives in determining which are chosen.
4) Take major steps to ensure much stronger US leadership toward
greater protection of our global environment, including your
personal leadership at the Earth Summit this June in Brazil.
Please respond with assurance that you will follow through on
your promises to become our "Environmental President."
Sincerely, Bill Weir
Trustee, Republican Presidential Task Force, NRSC
Co-Producer, Republican Weekly TV Series "Main Street Minnesota"
Elected Public Servant (Commissioner), Hennepin Parks Board
2/5/92
Bush Library Photocopy
Preservation
THE RENEWABLE ENERGY TAX EQUITY ACT O, 1992
A fundamental requirement for more/rapidly realizing America' tenewable CTA
potential is tax equity. The
Renewable Energy Tax Equity Act of 1992 (RETEA) would provide renewable technol
as with tax incentive options:
(1) A ten percent business energy tax credit on investments in geothermal, solar, or small-scale wind energy; or (2)
a production tax incentive of 2.5 cents per kilowatt-hout of electricity sold, rewarding investors in clean energy products
with tax benefits based solely on the actual production and sale of electricity to 1 U.S. utility. This legislation is the
most significant federal initiative that could be undertaken in support of wind and other renewable technologies.
Each renewable energy source has unique
Providing renewable tax incentives will: (1) ensure
ct
teristics and requires special provisions to more
that the federal tax code treats all energy sources
ra,
enter the marketplace. A production lax
equitably; (2) enhance energy security by reducing
intent visists only those taxpayers who generate and
dependence on foreign supplies; (3) create a more
sell eleculaty to a U.S. utility, preventing potential
reliable domestic energy supply by diversifying fuel
abuses of the tax code. This option is appropriate for
sources; (4) help maintain the balance of trade by
technologies that are close to being cost competitive
supporting U.S. exports of equipment and skills; (5)
withrcotive hnologies, such as geothermal and
create jobs renewable energy sources are more labor
large-scale Thowever, energy sources that are
intensive than conventional fuels; and (6) put the U.S.
currently more expensive or capital intensive, such 21
on record as having taken proactive steps toward
photovoltaics and small-scale residential wind, would
reducing CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions.
benefit more from the business energy TAX credit Solar
thermal, while nearing cost competitiveness, still has
RETEA contains several provisions that are key to
quite high up-front capital costs, and might benefit
the success of the renewable energy industry yet are
from either option. Systems such as lolar hot water
not found in other energy tax equity legislation,
systems generate no kilowatt-hours and thus would be
including: inflation adjustment; extended qualification
entirely excluded by a production credit alone. Specific
periods; and a phase-out of production credit with
provisions have been include in RETEA to ensure
increased market prices.
that both credits cannot be received simultaneously.
Production incentives will protect taxpayers by
Conventional sources of energy coal, oil, gas, and
providing a tax credit only when electricity is generated
nuclear receive special incentives such as fuel
and sold to a utility Regardless of the tire of
expensing, artificial liability limits (through the Price-
investment, if 8 project doesn't generate electricity to
Anderson Act), resource depletion allowances,
the anticipated standards, it does not receive the same
exploration incentives, exemption from the alternative
credit. Structured properly, the option of energy tax
minimum tax, minimum price controls, or intangible
credit or production incentive successfully addresses the
drilling expenses. In comparison, the current
needs of the entire renewable energy field, while
investment tax credit for renewables only applies to
creating greater equity in the energy tax code. If you
solar and geothermal, and rewards investment rather
would like more information on RETEA, contact
than the actual production of energy. Wind energy tax
Michael Marvin at (202) 408-8988.
credits were discontinued in 1985.
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April 2, 1992
Dear Ms. Allman:
On behalf of President Bush, thank you for your comments and suggestions
about global environmental issues and the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development (UNCED). The President appreciates your
concerns and has asked that I respond to your letter of February 14, 1992
regarding these issues.
The United States, under President Bush's leadership, is aggressively
pursuing international efforts to address problems related to climate change,
ozone depletion, forests, oceans, biological diversity, and technology
cooperation with developing countries. The Administration has put forward
specific proposals in various international fora to address each of these
questions. More important, the United States is already taking specific steps
here at home, through both legislation and administrative action, to begin
tackling these problems.
Specifically regarding climate change, you may be pleased to know that the
United States has already begun taking actions that will have the effect of
reducing net emissions of greenhouse gases. These include:
*
President Bush proposed and signed into law the 1990 Clean
Air Act, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the
utility sector through restrictions on utility air pollutants;
*
The Bush Administration has proposed, both through the
National Energy Strategy and through various regulatory
measures, to improve energy efficiency in power generation and
transmission, buildings, appliances, lighting, and
transportation, which will restrain related carbon dioxide
emissions;
*
The President has proposed, through his tree planting
initiatives, to increase the acreage and to improve the
management of forests, which act as greenhouse gas "sinks";
*
The President has proposed to expand the use of renewable and
low-emission fuel sources;
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*
Since President Bush took office, he has doubled funding for
conservation research and development (R&D) and increased
funding for renewable R&D by 69 percent; and
*
The Administration has not only proposed, but the President
has signed into law, the phaseout of ozone-depleting
compounds that are also greenhouse gases.
Additionally, in February 1992, in response to new scientific evidence,
President Bush was the first head of state to commit his country unilaterally
to accelerating the date for the complete phaseout of the production of
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The President's action moves up the phaseout
date of CFCs, which deplete the Earth's ozone layer, to December 31, 1995.
Due to a number of previous Administration actions, U.S. production of
ozone-depleting substances is already more than 40 percent below levels
allowed by the internationally agreed Montreal Protocol. Under the new
schedule, the U.S. will eliminate production four years ahead of the current
international deadline, thus continuing the record of U.S. leadership in this
area extending back to the mid-1970s.
The United States supports a comprehensive approach, addressing all
greenhouse gases, not just carbon dioxide, and "sinks," such as forests.
Focusing exclusively on carbon dioxide emissions, as some have proposed, is
an inadequate response.
The United States has committed $25 million to assist developing countries
in planning to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change. The U.S. has
stepped up its own climate action plan, first outlined in February 1991,
including actions in such areas as energy efficiency, transportation, reduced
emission supply technologies, agriculture, natural resources, and technology
R&D. The United States has also committed $50 million to the core fund of
the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and $150 million in parallel financing
through the U.S. Agency for International Development. In addition to
addressing global climate change, the GEF also funds projects concerning
biodiversity, international waters, and ozone.
The U.S. Global Change Research Program is the world's largest such
program and thus provides much of the scientific foundation for international
agreements on climate change and ozone depletion. The Bush Administration
has invested $2.6 billion in global change research, far more than any other
country, with an additional $1.3 billion proposed for year 1993 -- over six
times the fiscal 1989 level. Research on the scientific and economic aspects
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of global climate change will enable policy makers to make better judgments
about potential impacts and policy actions.
Regarding the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
(UNCED), scheduled this June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, President Bush is
committed to achieving international agreement on a framework convention
on climate change. In addition to a global agreement on climate change, the
Bush Administration also hopes UNCED will produce strategies and specific
initiatives to improve conservation of forests, oceans, and biological diversity,
and to increase technology cooperation with developing countries. You can
be sure that the United States will be well represented at the conference.
As we move forwardi the 1990s, the United States will continue to address
global environmental challenges within a context of expanding economic
opportunities for all the world's people. The United States wants concrete,
practical results from UNCED - results that will guide future action on the
full range of environmental and developmental issues.
Thank you for taking the time to express your interest on these environmental
issues with President Bush. You can be sure that the President will continue
working with other nations to obtain global solutions to these challenging
issues.
With the President's best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
DAnan Bramley
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Ms. Mary A. Allman
17500 Buehler Road
Olney, Maryland 20832
14 February 1992
President George Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington DC 20500-0002
Dear Mr. President:
It is fitting to write you today, the day we celebrate love. If you love the Earth, then lead your people, and the world,
in saving our global environment. Take a strong leadership role in encouraging environmental protection.
Specifically,
(a)
Support a global warming treaty to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other ozone-destroying gases.
From February 18 through 28, the negotiating team of world leaders is meeting in New York City to put
the finishing touches on this treaty. Your administration should have a strong voice there.
(b)
Agree to a ban on the international trafficking of toxic waste, and
(c)
Commit to attending UNCED in June 1992. This UN Conference on Environment and Development could
bring the nations of the world together to stop global warming and achieve a safe home for countless
generations. Let it not be said that the United States, a major consumer of the earth's resources, did not
have the vision nor the commitment to protect our imperiled global environment.
It is disturbing, to say the least, to hear that:
- The U,S, is the only industrialized nation unwilling to sign a global warming treaty which would set
targets and timetables for reducing the emission of greenhouse gases;
- The U.S. is the only country unwilling to consider a ban on trafficking of toxic wastes, allowing richer
industrialized nations to dump their wastes in poorer developing countries;
- You have not yet committed to attend the UNCED meeting in Brazil, signalling to other nations that
environmental protection is not a top priority for the U.S. government. (Yes, the world's citizens are reading
your lips.)
Mr. President, please help make UNCED a success. It may be our last opportunity in this Century to sign a
global warming treaty and make progress towards controlling environmental disasters.
Sincerely yours,
Mary a. Allwan
17500 BUELHER ROAD
OLNEY MD 20832
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President George Bush
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Dear President Bush,
I do not understand why you are not having the U.S.
participate in the final treaty negotiations in preparation
for the "Earth Summit" in Rio de Janeiro this June.
The world looks to the U.S. as a leader let's act like a
leader and set policies for the world to follow.
I strongly urge that you make a commitment to a global
warming treaty that requires a 20% cut in greenhouse gas
emissions by the year 2000.
Sincerely,
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GRINSTEAD III WHO WISHES TO BE SELECTED TO CONSULT
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506
February 20, 1992
Dear Congressman Dickinson:
Mr. Calio referred your February 3 letter regarding Mr. E. Andrews Grinstead to my office
for reply. We are pleased that Mr. Grinstead has indicated his interest in the President's
National Biotechnology Research Initiative. As a highlighted component of the President's
Fiscal Year 1993 Budget, the Biotechnology Research Initiative demonstrates the
Administration's commitment to fostering U.S. leadership in this rapidly growing field, of
which Mr. Grinstead's company, Hybridon, is a part. We will send Mr. Grinstead a copy
of the report, Biotechnology for the 21st Century, with an invitation for him to provide
comments.
Thank you for transmitting Mr. Grinstead's letter.
Sincerely yours,
DANAN D. Allan Bromley Samby
Director
cc: Mr. Grinstead
Mr. Calio
The Honorable William L. Dickinson
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506
February 20, 1992
Dear Mr. Grinstead:
Your note to Congressman Dickinson regarding your interest in the President's National
Biotechnology Research Initiative has been sent to me for response. Your letter indicates
that announcements of the launching of this important effort are having the desired effect.
That is, to send a strong message that the President is committed to maintaining our
current global leadership position in biotechnology. This commitment recognizes the
critical role of biotechnology in our nation's future technological strength, economic growth,
and the health and quality of life of its people. However, the returns on this investment
cannot be realized without the participation of companies such as Hybridon. Therefore, we
are very pleased that you have indicated your willingness to provide your reflections and
comments on the work of the Biotechnology Research Subcommittee of the Committee on
Life Sciences and Health, Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and
Technology.
We have enclosed a copy of the report, Biotechnology for the 21st Century, published as a
part of the President's Fiscal Year 1993 Budget. Any comments that you might wish to
provide would be very much appreciated.
Again, we thank you for your interest and attention.
Sincerely yours,
D. Allan Bromley
Director
Enclosure
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Mr. E. Andrews Grinstead
Chairman of the Board and CEO
Hybridon Inc.
One Innovation Drive
Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
Biotechnology for the 21st Century
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February 1992
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WARREN J. WILLIAMSON, JR
January 29, 1992
FAX 205-382-2625
Attached is an article in the Biotechnology Daily Newspaper,
"Bioworld Today" relating to a biotech initiative by the
Administration.
Attached is a copy of a fax received today from E. Andrews
(Andy) Grinstead, III, the son-in-law of W. Jack Williamson,
Grecnville, Alabama. This fax shows the business name, telephone
and fax number for Mr. Grinstead.
Attached is an article copied from the Boston Sunday Telegram
or October 27, 1991 which gives you the information concerning Andy
Grinstead.
Tell the Congressman that Andy Grinstead is the son Admiral
E. A. Grinstead, who is now retired but at his retirement was Chief
of Supply for the Armed Forces. I am sure the Congressman met him
as he has testified many times before the House Armed Services
Committee.
Andy Crinstead is now the Chairman of the Board and CEO of two
health-care companies. Hybridon Inc. is one and Gensis the other.
Notice that these are put together by venture capital arm of
Harvard Medical School.
Andy Grinstead is 46 years of age, a graduate of Harvard
Undergraduate School and of Harvard Business School. After
graduation from Harvard Business School, he went to work for Eli
Lilly and Company of Indianapolis. In the course of this
employment he served as their director in Iran and their director
in Venezuela. Then later he returned to the home office in
Indianapolis and was placed in charge of all new acquisitions of
medical products companies. Then he went to Wall Street and served
as an investment banker with Kidder, Peabody & Company Inc. and
later with PaineWebber Inc. - all in the medical technology field.
Late in 1991 he was employed through Medical Science Partners
to be Chairman of the Board and CEO of these two companies
specializing in anti-sense technology and other new genetic
discoveries in the health-care field.
He would be a natural to consult with the FCCSET Subcommittee
on biotechnology research.
Anything you can do to get his name before this group would
be appreciated.
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Hybridun, Inc.
One Innovation Drive
Worcester, MA 01605
(508) 752-7000
Fax: (508) 752-7001
Hybridon Fax
TO:
Jack Williamson
FAX #:
205-382-2625
DATE:
January 28, 1992
FROM:
Dana Miller for Andy Grinstead
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MESSAGE:
Do you have any ideas on how I can get involved in this? Please lei me know.
Thanks,
Andy
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Hybridon drug targets AIDS;
investors call in big guns
By Paul P. Heldman
Staff Reporter
Andrews Grinstead III
The company's scientific
The directors decided à change
spent the 1980s searching
founder, Dr. Paul C Zamecnik of
was essendal so the timetables for
for the smartest technolo-
the Slirewsbury-based Worcester
financing and for development of
gies and best-russ compa-
Foundation for Experimental Biol-
pharmaceuticals could be met,
nies and then raising money for
ogy, is a pioneer in anti-sense tech-
Pederson. Hybridon director,
them
nology.
said last week
Hc then embarked on a 10 month
Grlustead, who became Пубгі-
Last June, as the level of dissatis-
hunt for technology that will be
don chairman and chief executive
faction with the Webb team rose,
"critical in drug discovery in the
in August, is 2 former investment
Pederson met with Grinstead and
next century."
banker who helped raise millions
Nelss.
of dollars for financing and merg-
Hic quest landed him in Worces.
At the time. they were in the
ing health care companies. "He
ter.
midst of planning a biotechnology
has an enormous network of peo-
startup that would focus on anti-
The former investment banker
ple in both the financial communi-
sense technology and be based in
and drug company executive is
ty and the research community,"
San Diego. A corporate recruiter
now charged with cpurring the
said Albert A Holman III, a former
Grinstead colleagne and managing
arranged a meeting with Medical
growth of Hybridon Inc., & 19-
Science Partners, the Brookline-
month-old biotechnology company
director at Kidder, Peabody & Co.
Inc
based venture capital arm of Har.
that already has scrapped its first
vard Medical School and HyDri-
management team
And Hybridon's new prest-
don's major investor.
Grinstead, the leader of manage-
dent, Dr. Edward S. Neiss. oversew
Grinstead said he and Neiss resi-
ment team No. 2, now faces the for-
bringing numerous drugs from the
ized Hybridon contained every.
midable task of transforming Шу-
research phase to the market while
bridon into something other than
affiliated with several major
thing they wanted in their startup
just another biotech company
health-care organizations.
- and more: a founding scientist
struggling w raise more money
who is я pioneer in the field; and
This company is at the thresh-
than it burns while working on the
backing from a venture capital firm
miracle cure
old of whether It's going to be good
with worldwide Onancial and sci-
or great," Grinstead said recently
entific contacts "The finest net-
He and his team boast some ad-
from Hybridon's offices in the city's
work I've ever seen," Grinstead
vantages:
biotechnology park
said.
Пybridon was founded to de-
'NO SECRET'
Grinstead and Neiss, in turn,
velop one of the handful of techno.
Its quest for greatness was inter-
give Hybridon 2 potent force of 11-
logies truly considered cutting
rupted last summer with the depar-
nancial prowess and drug develop.
edge- Anti-sense drugs have the w
ture of the company's first chair-
tential to kill the messengers of
ment expertise. Pederson said.
AIDS Alzheimer's and other dis.
wall and chief executive, Nigel L
Webb. It was "no secret" that Hy.
"We couldn't have gone to a
assos. The bio questions are: Can it
1..
bridon's directors had been disap-
drawing board and designed a bei-
with ... AT
attille."
he
sain
acne
the first management Leam. accord.
With the transition W 06" 1880
ing to Thoru Pederson. president
ership completed. Grinstead now
and scientific director of the Wur-
plans to accolerate grouth of the
cester Foundation. which OVERS 12
company the previous management
percent of Hytridon
Dr. Jinyan Teng. senior research colontial at Hybridon, works in Use laboratory.
DAM GULLU
put on the map. Grinstead said the
company hopes to more than triplc
Aboest to such a forest of wealth
its ranks to 60 employees over the
is crucial during the period before
BETTER ooDs
next 12 to 18 months And Hybri.
a company tries to raise moncy
But anti-sense technology has
don will close a private placement
through the stock market
better odds, Grinstead said. He
in November that will raise so mil-
"The most vulnerable time for
says the technology is akin to find-
lion.
these emerging growth companies
ing the right key for 8 lock
The pursuit of worldwide capital
is the time they're dependent on
private capital," Grinstead said.
The genetic code for producing
to fund its research was in progress
proteins that make up a virus is the
on a recent morning in Hybridon's
By June. Hybridon hopes to have
13,000 square feet of office and lab
lock The anti-sense drug is the key
filed an application with the feder
that fits snugly Into the gene's mes.
space. Executives briefed a Japa.
uese investment banker and the
x] government to start testing its
senger and turns off Its ability to
anti-sense AIDS drug in humans
cart the production plans of dis-
president of a Norwegian venture
fund management firm
The company will then be in 8 posi-
ease-causing viruses.
tion to go public, Grinstead said.
Both visitors are connected to
"Anti-sense is constructing keys
WORTHY INVESTMENT
Hybridon through Medical Science
that almost by definition can only
He has spent a lot of time on the
at a specific lock" he said
Partners and boast strong contacts
in the health-care industry - an
other side of such transactions, as-
As scientists crack the genetic
indication of the wide neticast by
sisting companies in convincing
code for each of these viruses and
the Bmokline venture capital com
large investors that a technology is
diseases, companies such as Hybri-
pany.
worthy of their money.
FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE
"Andy's a talker," said James G.
don should be able to capitalize on
Groninger. who worked with Grin-
every new genetic blucprint that
Fredrik C. Schreuder, president
stead at Kidder, Peabody & Co and
emerges from the laboratory.
of an Osla-based medical venture
is now managing director at
He sees it as the opening up of
management company. not only
PaineWebber Inc. in Boston.
provided links to European courc-
the American West, a manifest des.
es of capital, but also put Hybridon
"But he is the most tenacious guy
tiny in a pharmaccutical world
in touch with an Oslo-based cancer
that I've seen in the investment
once restrained by its inability to
banking business and I have been
crack the code.
research center that Hybridon is
now collaborating with. He said he
in it over 20 years. He is absolutely
"Theoretically any good anti-
strength of Hisbridon's
Cotting Usbridon's products to
dozch drugs. he said "If YOU told
tal ffisnsa
me
market is still I distant prospeat
some
group
hour
Grinstead said the investors as.
But Grinstead believes the technol-
jump," hc said, "the only question J
sociated
it), Medical Science
ogy promises 2 long-term payoff.
would ask is which direction did
Partners have the resources to par
"The history of drugs has been a
they head in"
ticipate in morc than one round of
blind search for chemicals that
financing "All our investors last
have some activity." hc said "It's
like huge oak trees with rool: hr
like looking for a needle in a have
Anti-sense drug strategy
New AIDS
Viral RNA
messenger injected
strand
by AIDS virus
creates
AIDS
virit
Recedior X
entryport
ce
Viral ONA
AIDS viral
messenger
DNA strand
sense strand
How it works
DNA is configured as two Inter
creates
twined strands called "sense
and *anti-sense In each 0011
small portions of DNA are copied
and transcribed Into "messenger
RNA, which acts as the memory
AIUS virus
for carrying out the task of making
protcins
protein. the essential material in
living cells.
AIUS enters the numan cell
through 8 receptor. injecting viral
RNA that creates a new AIDS viral
DNA strand. In turn. new AIDS
virus DNA makes messenger
RNA. which carries out the task
01 making proteins associated
with AIDS.
No
protein
Enter Hybridon's anti-sense drug.
which binds 10 the viral RNA, mes-
senger RNA strand and blocks
the transfer of the message for
making proteins associated with
AIDS. The cell remains unharmed.
Source: Hybridon
Nucleus
Anti-sense
drug
ROB WELSMAN
"Document Control"
TYPE:
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DOCUMENT NUMBER: 9201141
ORIGINATOR: 05
STATUS
DIRECTORATE STATUS C
FROM:
Halsey, Dorothy
TO:
President Bush
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 02/12/92
SUBJECT: SHE IS WRITING TO URGE THE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND THE
EARTH SUMMIT (UNCED) IN RIO DE JANEIRO
DIRECTORATE
STAFF
ASSIGNED:
ASSIGNED: Nancy Maynard
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 2, 1992
Dear Ms. Halsey:
On behalf of President Bush, thank you for your comments and suggestions
about global environmental issues and the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development (UNCED). The President appreciates your
concerns and has asked that I respond to your letter of February 12, 1992
regarding these issues.
The United States, under President Bush's leadership, is aggressively
pursuing international efforts to address problems related to climate change,
ozone depletion, forests, oceans, biological diversity, and technology
cooperation with developing countries. The Administration has put forward
specific proposals in various international fora to address each of these
questions. More important, the United States is already taking specific steps
here at home, through both legislation and administrative action, to begin
tackling these problems.
Specifically regarding climate change, you may be pleased to know that the
United States has already begun taking actions that will have the effect of
reducing net emissions of greenhouse gases. These include:
*
President Bush proposed and signed into law the 1990 Clean
Air Act, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the
utility sector through restrictions on utility air pollutants;
*
The Bush Administration has proposed, both through the
National Energy Strategy and through various regulatory
measures, to improve energy efficiency in power generation and
transmission, buildings, appliances, lighting, and
transportation, which will restrain related carbon dioxide
emissions;
*
The President has proposed, through his tree planting
initiatives, to increase the acreage and to improve the
management of forests, which act as greenhouse gas "sinks";
*
The President has proposed to expand the use of renewable and
low-emission fuel sources;
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*
Since President Bush took office, he has doubled funding for
conservation research and development (R&D) and increased
funding for renewable R&D by 69 percent; and
*
The Administration has not only proposed, but the President
has signed into law, the phaseout of ozone-depleting
compounds that are also greenhouse gases.
Additionally, in February 1992, in response to new scientific evidence,
President Bush was the first head of state to commit his country unilaterally
to accelerating the date for the complete phaseout of the production of
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The President's action moves up the phaseout
date of CFCs, which deplete the Earth's ozone layer, to December 31, 1995.
Due to a number of previous Administration actions, U.S. production of
ozone-depleting substances is already more than 40 percent below levels
allowed by the internationally agreed Montreal Protocol. Under the new
schedule, the U.S. will eliminate production four years ahead of the current
international deadline, thus continuing the record of U.S. leadership in this
area extending back to the mid-1970s.
The United States supports a comprehensive approach, addressing all
greenhouse gases, not just carbon dioxide, and "sinks," such as forests.
Focusing exclusively on carbon dioxide emissions, as some have proposed, is
an inadequate response.
The United States has committed $25 million to assist developing countries
in planning to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change. The U.S. has
stepped up its own climate action plan, first outlined in February 1991,
including actions in such areas as energy efficiency, transportation, reduced
emission supply technologies, agriculture, natural resources, and technology
R&D. The United States has also committed $50 million to the core fund of
the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and $150 million in parallel financing
through the U.S. Agency for International Development. In addition to
addressing global climate change, the GEF also funds projects concerning
biodiversity, international waters, and ozone.
The U.S. Global Change Research Program is the world's largest such
program and thus provides much of the scientific foundation for international
agreements on climate change and ozone depletion. The Bush Administration
has invested $2.6 billion in global change research, far more than any other
country, with an additional $1.3 billion proposed for year 1993 -- over six
times the fiscal 1989 level. Research on the scientific and economic aspects
Page 3 - Ms. Halsey
of global climate change will enable policy makers to make better judgments
about potential impacts and policy actions.
Regarding the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
(UNCED), scheduled this June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, President Bush is
committed to achieving international agreement on a framework convention
on climate change. In addition to a global agreement on climate change, the
Bush Administration also hopes UNCED will produce strategies and specific
initiatives to improve conservation of forests, oceans, and biological diversity,
and to increase technology cooperation with developing countries. You can
be sure that the United States will be well represented at the conference.
As we move forward into the 1990s, the United States will continue to address
global environmental challenges within a context of expanding economic
opportunities for all the world's people. The United States wants concrete,
practical results from UNCED -- results that will guide future action on the
full range of environmental and developmental issues.
Thank you for taking the time to express your interest on these environmental
issues with President Bush. You can be sure that the President will continue
working with other nations to obtain global solutions to these challenging
issues.
With the President's best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
D.Anan Bramley
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Ms. Dorothy K. Halsey
United Nations Association of the United States of America
Cape Cod and Islands Chapter
69 Horizon Drive
Chatham, Massachusetts 02633
UNA-USA
UNCED
UNA
USA
CAPE COD AND ISLANDS CHAPTER
UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
February 12, 1992
President George W. Bush
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear President Bush:
The Board of Directors of the Cape and Islands Chapter of the United Nations
Association has asked me to request your support of the United Nations Conference
on Environment and Development in June 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
We applauded your statement proclaiming United Nations Day 1991 in which you
restated US support for international efforts to protect the environment.
Your personal attendance at the conference in Brazil would be of the greatest
importance in ensuring the success of the conference.
We urge your support for a global warming treaty to cut emissions of carbon
dioxide and other ozone-destroying gases, as well as a ban on the international
trafficking of toxic waste.
Without your strong leadership, we believe that the conference will have
little hope of success.
Sincerely,
Dorothy K. Halsey
69 Horizon Drive
Chatham, Ma. 02633
Governmental Relations Chairman
UNA-USA is a non-partisan, privately-supported research and education organization composed of individual members, chapters and a Council of Member
Organizations. Its Þurpose is to study and promote the fundamental bases of peace with justice and the international organizations necessary for their development.
"Document Control"
TYPE:
Presidential Priority
DOCUMENT NUMBER: 9201255
ORIGINATOR: 05
STATUS
DIRECTORATE STATUS C
FROM:
Mary M. Long
TO:
President Bush
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 02/12/92
SUBJECT: She is writing to urge President Bush to attend the
Earth Summit (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro
DIRECTORATE
STAFF
ASSIGNED:
ASSIGNED: Nancy Maynard
ACTION
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ACTION: Draft for DAB'S signature
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Garyls
UNA-USA
USA
ATLANTA CHAPTER
9201255
UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION
of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
OFFICERS
President
February 12, 1992
Pat Bevis
Vice President,
Program
Mary Long
President George Bush:
Vice President,
Membership
Loretta Garcia
you are doing a fine job as
Treasurer
Bob Sheppard
presedent of all cityens of the United
Secretary
Anne Kurtzahn
states - no small task when we all
Historian
Gerry Crocker
Finance Chair
have multiple ideas of how you should
Newton Long
Liaison
Bernice Smith
he doing it.
Public Relations
Susan Weldon Collins
Nominating
Roberta Cox
personally attend the Earth summit in
One small suggestion: you
Committee Chair
Board of Directors
Jane Branch
Hubert Cobb
Marie Copher
Rio de Janew this spring for us,
John Diehl
Fran Dykes
Pat Evans
Steve Hochman
for your resolution to he the environmental other
Leah Janus
Sam Laird
Elaine La Londe
president, and to give a charge to
Larry Noble
Ted Spetnagel
Bob Stewart
nations that our glote is a precious gift
Sandy Teepen
Immediate
Past President
Rob Townes
Sincerely many M. Long UP
United nations assn- allenta
P.O. Box 941514
Atlanta, GA 30341
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Christopherson\n\"Document Control\"\nTYPE:\nPresidential Priority\nDOCUMENT NUMBER: 9201259\nORIGINATOR: 05\nSTATUS\nDIRECTORATE STATUS C\nFROM:\nPatricia Overmeyer\nTO:\nPresident Bush\nDATE OF\nCORRESPONDENCE: 02/19/92\nSUBJECT: She is writing to urge the President to attend the\nEarth Summit (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro\nDIRECTORATE\nSTAFF\nASSIGNED:\nASSIGNED: Nancy Maynard\nACTION\nSTAFF\nREQUIRED:\nACTION: Draft for DAB's signature\nSENDER'S DUE DATE:\nOSTP DUE DATE:\nSTAFF DUE DATE\nDATE COMPLETED:\nDATE COMPLETED/DEPT: 04/02/92\nCOPIES TO:\nWHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:\nCONTACT PERSON:\nPHONE:\nEXT:\nREMARKS: See response on document number 9201148\nOSTP RECEIVED:\nDEPT RECEIVED: 02/24/92\nFILE: P-EOP-PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nCENTRAL FILES:\n51\nEarth\n9201259\nPatricia Overmeyer\n5112 Parklawn Terr. #102\nRockville, MD 20852\nFebruary 19, 1992\nPresident George Bush\nThe White House\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue\nWashington D.C.\nDear President Bush:\nIt dismays me that the President of the United States, a man that\nhas himself said he is the leader of the \"greatest nation on\nearth,\" is doing everything possible to make the United States\nappear to be the most apathetic and uncaring nation on earth.\nThis June, a great dream could come true. All the nations of the\nworld could come together at one summit to recognize the\nimportance of the world we live in, the world that sustains us.\nAll the nations of the world could get together and agree to take\nsteps to save our global environment and meet the needs of all\npeoples by assuring that our environment is protected for our\nposterity.\nIn preparation for the United Nations Conference on Environment\nand Development (UNCED), other world leaders are negotiating a\nglobal warming treaty to stabilize emissions of carbon dioxide\nand other ozone-destroying gases which are believed to contribute\nto the greenhouse effect--an environmental phenomena that may\ndestroy life as we know it. Where are you Mr. Bush? How can you\npronounce that the United States is the greatest nation on earth\nand then represent this country to the effect of turning your\nback on the earth and its people (and posterity). 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You must signal to other\nnations that environmental protection is a top priority for the\ngovernment of the United States.\nWe need an \"environmental President\" in the White House. The\nworld needs a leader for environmental protection. To date, you\nare not the man. I believe that it may not be too late to\nchange.\nSincerely,\nPatricia Overmeyer\n\"Document Control\"\nTYPE:\nPresidential Priority\nDOCUMENT NUMBER: 9201313\nORIGINATOR: 05\nSTATUS\nDIRECTORATE STATUS C\nFROM:\nRobert L. Raines\nTO:\nPresident Bush\nDATE OF\nCORRESPONDENCE: 02/19/92\nSUBJECT: He is writing to convey his support for President\nBush and his \"No Regret's Policy\"\nDIRECTORATE\nSTAFF\nASSIGNED:\nASSIGNED: Nancy Maynard\nACTION\nSTAFF\nREQUIRED:\nACTION: Draft for DAB's signature\nSENDER'S DUE DATE:\nOSTP DUE DATE:\nSTAFF DUE DATE\nDATE COMPLETED:\nDATE COMPLETED/DEPT: 04/02/92\nCOPIES TO:\nWHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:\nCONTACT PERSON:\nPHONE:\nEXT:\nREMARKS:\nOSTP RECEIVED:\nDEPT RECEIVED: 02/25/92\nFILE: P-EOP-PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nCENTRAL FILES:\nencloses article\non global warning\n9201313\nPQCAHONTAS LAND CORPORATION\nPOCAHONTAS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION\n800 Princeton Avenue\nP.O. Box 1517\nRobert L. Raines\nBluefield, West Virginia 24701\nPresident\n(304) 325-2054 - Telecopier\n(304) 325-7346\nManagrad\nFebruary 19, 1992\nOSTP/\nThe Honorable George Bush\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW\nWashington, DC 20500\nDear Mr. President:\nAttached is an article that appeared in the February issue of Mining Engineering\nmagazine. I thought it might be helpful in dispelling all the misinformation about this subject\nthat seems to pervade the news media in the political circles.\nwe\nSincerely,\nRohut L. Raines\nRobert L. Raines\nPresident\nRLR:cb\nGLOBAL.HES\nNS\nNORFOLK\nThe\nSOUTHERN\nThoroughbred\nTiph\nTiph\nTiphx\n\" FERMS ARY 1902\nTsy\nTsy\nXgd\nTb\nXgd\nFig. 13777 GLOBE\nHILL\nAJAX\nTbr\n5\nXgd\nTiph\nTiph\nXgnb\nTiph\nTsy\nTph\nXgnb\n7\nCRIPPLE\n1A OI 2629060\nMr Robert L Raines\nPOCAHONTAS LAND CORP\nCREEK\nBox 1517\nBluefield, WV 24701\n8°45'\nGlobal warming — an\nengineering appraisal\nRaphael G. Kazmann\nThere are a number of data sets that\nThe predicted warming of the earth's\nsurface, presently the subject of much\nSome scientists think the\ncan be used to evaluate the likelihood of\ndebate, controversy and legislation, is\nglobal warming caused by the activities\nbased on what is termed \"the green-\nearth's temparture will\nof man (anthropomorphic impacts).\nhouse effect.\" This is the result of the\nrise between 2° and 8° F\nThese include temperature measure-\nproperty of certain atmospheric gases.\nments, including those over and in the\nThese gases allow the passage of radiant\nby the end of the 21st\noceans, carbon dioxide measurements,\nenergy to the earth's surface and reflect\ncentury. In 1980, it was\nobservations of glaciers, the northern-\nback, to the earth, the infrared radiation\nmost limits of certain species of trees,\npredicted that this would\ngiven out by the heated surface. Physi-\npercentage of cloud cover, sea level\ncists have computed that if there were\ncause the sea level to\nchanges and precipitation measure-\nno greenhouse effect the average tem-\nrise 7.6 m (21 ft). By\nments. All of these parameters, and\nperature of the earth, now about 15° C\nmore, should reflect any change in cli-\n(60°F would be close to -18° C (0°F).\n1985, that prediction\nmate, whatever the direction of change.\nwas revised to 1 m (3 ft).\nIt is well established that the carbon\nJust what gases have produced this\nsalubrious effect? Water vapor is the\ndioxide content of the atmosphere has\nmost important. Then come carbon\nThat prediction was re-\nrisen from about 275 ppmv (parts per\ndioxide, methane and a number of mi-\nvised again by 1989\nmillion by volume) before 1850 to 345\nnor constituents of the atmosphere, both\nppmv in 1985. Over the same period,\nto 0.3 m (1 ft).\nnatural and man-made.\nmethane went from 0.7 ppmv to 1.7\nClimate change, its cause and its\nppmv (US Department of Energy, 1990).\nimpact on human activities have been\nThe temperature data is not \"clean.\"\nthe subject of scientific and historical\nwill occur due to human activity and\nThe measurements have been compli-\nstudy for more than a century. Recently,\nthat all efforts should be made to reduce\ncated by the \"heat island\" effect. Cities\nsome scientists have concluded that if\nthe production of carbon dioxide, meth-\nare warmer than the surrounding coun-\nthe man-made increase in the carbon\nane, etc. and regardless of cost, lest a\ntryside. So the temperatures recorded at\ndioxide and other greenhouse gases\ndisaster occur. Politicians see the de-\nthe original weather stations have slowly\ncontinues, by the late 21st century the\nbate as a publicity vehicle and an issue\nrisen as the stations were surrounded by\nearth's global average temperature will\non which to obtain political office and\nthe nearby cities as the suburbs ex-\nrise between 2° to 8°F. This tempera-\npower. The so-called environmentalists\npanded.\nture rise would cause the water in the\nsee an opportunity to impose all manner\nMuch effort has been expended to\noceans to expand and the massive polar\nof economic changes on society, from\nremove the heat island effect and it is\nglaciers to melt. In 1980, it was pre-\nmandating auto efficiencies to reducing\nlikely that the effort has improved the\ndicted that the sea level would rise 7.6 m\nmethane production by decreasing meat\nquality of the data. A more serious\n(25f by the late 21 st century. By 1985,\nconsumption. A research project to\ndeficiency is that about 72% of the earth's\nthe predicted rise was 1 m (3 ft); and by\ndetermine how much methane is pro-\nsurface is covered by water and meas-\n1989, it was 0.3 m (1 ft) (Jastrow, Nier-\nduced by individual cows has just been\nurements of air and water temperature\nenberg and Seitz, 1990). Agricultural\nfunded by an appropriation of $200,000.\nhave been both sporadic and not well-\nscientists have pointed out that an in-\nThird World nations are using the\ndistributed spatially.\ncrease in atmospheric carbon dioxide\nissue of possible global climate warm-\nThe records of air temperature in the\nwould enhance biological growth in-\ning to extract economic assistance from\ncontiguous 48 states are geographically\ncluding the production of foodstuffs.\nthe developed nations. Presumably this\nwell distributed and cover more than a\nwould enable Third World nations to\ncentury. From 1885 through 1984 there\nPresent debate- Science or politics?\nparticipate in the effort to reduce atmos-\nis no discernible trend: the mean tem-\nThe present public debate takes for\npheric pollution.\nperature was 11.4°C (52.5° F). Between\ngranted that a rise in global temperature\nThe discussion is no longer a scien-\n1895 and 1940, the temperature rose\ntific one. It now promises to have direct\nabout 0.4 of a degree. Between 1940\nimpact on the politics, economics and\nand 1970, it declined. And since 1970\nlivelihood of all of us. As engineers, we\nthere has been no clear cut trend (Jas-\nare obligated to examine the facts and\ntrow, Nierenberg and Seitz, 1990).\nRaphael G. Kazmann, member SME, is a\nconsulting engineer, 231 Duplantier Blvd.,\nthe theories before reaching our conclu-\nFrom 1979 to 1990, satellite measure-\nBaton Rouge, LA 70808.\nsions and recommendations (if any).\nments of global average temperature,\nwhile variable, have exhibited no trend,\naccording to a graph prepared by John\nGlobal warming predictions are a scare based on\nR. Christy of the NASA Marshall Space\nFlight Center. This information is es-\nincomplete and far from robust mathematical models,\nsentially corroborated (US Department\nplus the desire of politicians to spend money without\nof Energy, 1990) where global and\nhemispheric temperature changes are\ncomputing the costs and benefits. The predictions\nshown in graphical form. And a similar\nreveal serious deficiencies in data and theory. These\ntemperature increase is found between\n1880 and 1940 and a similar decline\nshould be corrected before any worldwide agreements\nbetween 1940 and 1970.\nare signed to prevent any sort of global disaster.\nChanges in climate\nClimate has changed drastically dur-\ntake into account the site-specific con-\n800 km (500 miles) in extent at the\ning historical times. For example, in\nditions that might have been ignored in\nlatitude of the US and Europe. The\n986 AD, Eric the Red established a\nderiving them. In many instances, the\nreason the areas are so large is that\nviable settlement in the fjords of Green-\nrange of applicability was governed by\ncurrently available computers do not\nland- the climate was warm. By 1400,\ncodes of practice. Engineers also have\nhave the speed or power to describe\nwith the climate colder and the polar ice\nto consider economic viability as well as\nconditions in smaller areas and to com-\nlimit further south, the last of the colo-\nsuch parameters as safety, health and\npute the interrelationships in a reasona-\nnists had perished farming was no\nthe structure's life.\nbly short period of time. From an engi-\nlonger possible. So here we have a\nThe job of the scientist is, basically, to\nneering viewpoint, any index area that\nclimatic temperature high (similar to the\ntry to extend the body of knowledge, to\nincludes Oregon, which is both humid\none that we now enjoy), followed by a\nmake new correlations, and to create\nand semiarid, and Nevada and encom-\nperiod of declining temperatures that\nnew theories and to test them. If the\nseems to have ended in the early part of\npasses mountain ranges is too large and\ntheory proves to be wrong, possibly on\ntoo complex to be represented by a single\nthe 18th century.\nthe basis of new observations, so what?\nIn the United States as late as 1850,\nnumber for any parameter that you can\nThe only loss is the time and effort of the\nname. The results of operating such a\nNatchez, MS was the northernmost point\nscientist and the funds expended to\nmodel cannot be expected to be reliable,\non the river that oranges could be grown\nsupport him. The gain is that another\nwhen it comes to real-world decision\nwithout protection (Twain, 1896). This\nblind-alley has been found and we will\nmaking. What is needed here, for start-\nis no longer true. The last commercially\nnot go that way any more.\ners, is computing power two or three\ngrown orange groves near the river were\nsouth of New Orleans and these were\nComputer models used in forecasting\norders of magnitude faster and more\nthe greenhouse effect divide the earth's\ndestroyed in the early 1980s by frost.\npowerful than those now available. Then\nsurface into small areas. The models\nthe index areas could be reduced in size\nThen there is the \"Plant Hardiness\nZone Map\" periodically produced by\nmake the assumption that the tempera-\nand their homogeneity improved.\nture in the area along with other parame-\nTsonis (1991) discussed the sensitiv-\nthe US Department of Agriculture. It\nters can each be represented by a single\nshows the low temperatures that control\nity of the global climate system models\nnumber. These small areas are about\nto initial conditions. As an example, he\nplant survival. The 1990 map shows that\nthe zones shown in the 1965 map are\nnow from 5° to 10° F colder. There is no\n1.0\nwarming trend. The north line of com-\nmercially grown orange trees in Florida\n0.8\nhas been gradually moving south for the\n0.6\npast two decades.\nThis brief summary of some of the\navailable data does not include informa-\nTEMPERATURE DEPARTURES (°C)\n0.4\n0.2\ntion on cloud cover, precipitation, gla-\ncier movements or emissions from vol-\n0.0\ncanoes. Much of this information is\n-0.2\nquite limited chronologically and spa-\ntially, although it is pertinent to a com-\n-0.4\nplete evaluation of our knowledge of\nglobal climate change. None of the\n-0.6\ninformation that the author has seen\n-0.8\ncontradicts given observations.\n-1.0\n0\n20\n40\n60\n80\n100\nThe Models - and their limitations\nEngineers have long been familiar\nTIME (YEARS)\nwith mathematical models. Those used\nbefore the advent of the digital com-\nputer were called \"formulas.\" Students\nFig. 1 - Simulated global mean temperature record for 108 years, based on a model that\nsimulated the observed mean temperature record quite well. The two records, indicated by thin\nwere warned that formulas should be\nand thick lines, started from very similar initial conditions (1% difference). Note the wide\nused cautiously. The formulas should\ndiscrepancy after the first 40 years of record (from Tsonis).\nsions about global warming are similar\nto former scenarios of nuclear winter,\n1.0\ncancer-causing cranberries, $100 oil or\n0.8\nthe asbestos-cancer scare.\nThis is not to say that local communi-\n0.6\nTEMPERATURE DEPARTURES (°C)\nties that believe that industrial and ve-\n0.4\nhicular emissions are an immediate threat\nto local health should not take action to\n0.2\nprotect themselves. But there is simply\n0.0\nno justification for nationwide and\nworldwide panic about global warming.\n-0.2\nIf the climate does warm up, it will be\nslow in terms of human lifetimes and\n-0.4\nthere will be plenty of time to consider\n-0.6\nwhat to do and what action to take.\nIf anything is to be learned from this\n-0.8\nepisode, it is that we need faster and\n-1.0\n0\n20\n40\n60\n80\n100\nmore powerful computers and climate\nmodels that are robust. These will be\nTIME (YEARS)\ndeveloped in due course, probably\nsooner than anyone would predict. But\nFig. 2- Same as Fig. 1, but for different initial conditions. Here the two records lose any\nthe most important deficiency is our\nresemblance after about 55 years. Note that no one claims to know the long-term average of any\nlack of knowledge of the parameters\nof the parameters used, to within 1% of their \"true\" value (from Tsonis).\nand relationships that control global\ntemperatures. These would include the\nmade a number of runs on the General\nsunlight and decrease the radiation reach-\nsolar constant (it's not), the causes and\nClimate Model (GCM) used by Hansen\ning the surface and thus act to negate any\nextents and effects of various types of\nof the Goddard Space Center. Each run\ntemperature rise - a negative feed-\ncloud cover, mass balances of carbon\nproduces a record of temperatures for\nback.\ndioxide, carbon monoxide, methane,\n108 years. The model produces vastly\nSimilarly, if warming should occur\nsulphur, ocean currents, and the response\ndifferent predictions of temperature\nand the permafrost were to retreat north-\nof algae to changes in climate.\nstarting from 40 to 55 years into the run,\nward, the permafrost peat bogs would\nIn short, global-warming predictions\ndepending on the assumed initial condi-\nthaw to a greater depth and dry out and\nare a scare based on incomplete and far\ntions.\noxidize. This would add to the carbon\nfrom robust mathematical models plus\nA 1% difference in the initial condi-\ndioxide and methane in the atmosphere\nthe desire of politicians to spend money\ntions was enough to create totally differ-\nthus adding to the warming - an ex-\nwithout computing the costs and bene-\nent predictions of global temperature\nample of possible positive feedback. At\nfits.\nover the last half of the period. Figures\nthe moment, we simply do not know\nThe predictions reveal serious defi-\n1 and 2 show the results of running the\nenough about these and similar phe-\nciencies in data and theory. These defi-\nmodel, each pair of runs with initial\nnomena, and their geographic extent, to\nciencies should be corrected before any\nconditions differing by 1%. In short, the\ntake them into account.\nworld-wide agreements are signed to\nmodel is not robust. This is another\nprevent one sort of global disaster or\nillustration of the engineer's axiom,\nAn engineering evaluation\nanother.\n\"Hell hath no fury like an unjustified\nThe data show that the average tem-\nAs engineers, it is fitting that we pro-\nassumption!\"\nperature in the continental US has not\nceed with caution. Let us base our\nThe uncertainties produced by lack of\nchanged significantly during the past\nactions on theories that have been\ncomputing power and lack of model\n100 years. Other information indicates\nchecked by field measurement rather\nrobustness pale beside the uncertainties\nthat the climate may actually be getting\nthan advocate actions based on faulty\nposed by lack of knowledge of the de-\ncolder, not warmer. So any claim that\ncomputer models and an evident lack of\ntails. Such details include, for example,\nanthropogenic gases are creating global\nunderstanding of all of the interacting\nunderstanding of cloud production and\nwarming must be viewed with suspi-\nparameters that create local and global\ninadequate knowledge of positive and\ncion. After all, the models that predict\nclimate changes.\nnegative feedbacks.\nwarming do not agree in detail among\nSome gases, such as dimethyl sulfide,\nthemselves and, moreover, do not ap-\nReferences\nare emitted by certain species of marine\npear to be robust.\nBoston, P.J., 1989, \"Gaia: a New Look at Global Ecology and\nEvolution,\" Global Climate Change, F. Singer, ed., Paragon\nalgae and are converted to sulfate aero-\nSo there is no demonstrable global\nHouse, p. 394.\nsols. These are believed to act as con-\nwarming, although the models predict\nJastrow, R.W. Nierenberg and F. Seitz, 1990, Scientific\ndensation nuclei in the formation of\nthat by now there should have been\nPerspectives on the Greenhouse Problem, Jameson Books,\nOttawa, IL, p. 5.1. 38.\nclouds (Boston, 1989). If the sea tem-\nsome measurable effect as a result of the\nperature were to rise slightly, the stock\nincrease in greenhouse gases. Conse-\nTsonis. A.A., 1991, Sensitivity of the Global Climate System\nto Initial Conditions, EOS, n. 30, p. 328.\nof algae might well increase, accompa-\nquently, there is no apparent need for\nnied by an increase in the number of\nindustrialized nations to make wrench-\nTwain. M., 1896, Life on the Mississippi, Harper Bros., ch. 39.\ncondensation nuclei.\ning changes in their industries and the\nUS Department of Energy, 1990, Global Climate Trends and\nGreenhouse Gas\nSuch a change could result in an in-\nlives of their citizens to cap carbon\nData: Federal Activities in Data Collection, Archiving. and\ncrease in cloud cover that would reflect\ndioxide buildup. The current apprehen-\nDissemination. DOE-PE 0094P, p. 73, 85.\nMINING ENGINEERING\nApril 7, 1992\nDear Mr. Raines:\nOn behalf of President Bush, thank you for your very kind comments on US\nactivities related to the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on\na framework convention on climate change. The President appreciates your\nsupport and has asked that I respond to your letter of February 19, 1992\nregarding this issue.\nThe President strongly believes that US policies in this area must be based\non the most solid scientific and economic information base available. As you\nmentioned, the US Global Change Research Program is the world's largest\nsuch program and thus provides much of the scientific foundation for\ninternational agreements on climate change and ozone depletion. In fact, the\nBush Administration has invested $2.6 billion in global change research to\ndate, with an additional $1.3 billion proposed for fiscal 1993. Research on\nthe scientific and economic aspects of global climate change will enable policy\nmakers to make better judgements about potential impacts and policy\nactions.\nThank you for taking the time to express your interest on this issue and we\nappreciate your support.\nWith the President's best wishes,\nSincerely yours,\nD. Allan Bromley\nThe Assistant to the President\nfor\nScience and Technology\nMr. Robert L. Raines\n800 Princeton Avenue\nP.O. Box 1517\nBluefield, West Virginia 24601\n\"Document Control\"\nTYPE:\nPRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nDOCUMENT NUMBER: 9201143\nORIGINATOR: 05\nSTATUS\nDIRECTORATE STATUS C\nFROM:\nSMITH, MRS. JACK, C.\nTO:\nPRESIDENT BUSH\nDATE OF\nCORRESPONDENCE: 02/19/92\nSUBJECT: SHE IS WRITING TO URGE THE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND THE\nEARTH SUMMIT (UNCED) IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL\nDIRECTORATE\nSTAFF\nASSIGNED:\nASSIGNED: Nancy Maynard\nACTION\nSTAFF\nREQUIRED:\nACTION: DRAFT FOR DAB'S SIGNATURE\nSENDER'S DUE DATE:\nOSTP DUE DATE:\nSTAFF DUE DATE\nDATE COMPLETED:\nDATE COMPLETED/DEPT: 04/02/92\nCOPIES TO:\nWHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:\nCONTACT PERSON:\nPHONE:\nEXT:\nREMARKS:\nOSTP RECEIVED:\nDEPT RECEIVED: 03/13/92\nFILE: P-EOP-PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nCENTRAL FILES:\n9201143\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nApril 2, 1992\nDear Mrs. Smith:\nOn behalf of President Bush, thank you for your comments and suggestions\nabout global environmental issues and the United Nations Conference on\nEnvironment and Development (UNCED). The President appreciates your\nconcerns and has asked that I respond to your letter of February 19, 1992\nregarding these issues.\nThe United States, under President Bush's leadership, is aggressively\npursuing international efforts to address problems related to climate change,\nozone depletion, forests, oceans, biological diversity, and technology\ncooperation with developing countries. The Administration has put forward\nspecific proposals in various international fora to address each of these\nquestions. More important, the United States is already taking specific steps\nhere at home, through both legislation and administrative action, to begin\ntackling these problems.\nSpecifically regarding climate change, you may be pleased to know that the\nUnited States has already begun taking actions that will have the effect of\nreducing net emissions of greenhouse gases. These include:\n*\nPresident Bush proposed and signed into law the 1990 Clean\nAir Act, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the\nutility sector through restrictions on utility air pollutants;\n*\nThe Bush Administration has proposed, both through the\nNational Energy Strategy and through various regulatory\nmeasures, to improve energy efficiency in power generation and\ntransmission, buildings, appliances, lighting, and\ntransportation, which will restrain related carbon dioxide\nemissions;\n*\nThe President has proposed, through his tree planting\ninitiatives, to increase the acreage and to improve the\nmanagement of forests, which act as greenhouse gas \"sinks\";\n*\nThe President has proposed to expand the use of renewable and\nlow-emission fuel sources;\nPage 2 - Mrs. Smith\n*\nSince President Bush took office, he has doubled funding for\nconservation research and development (R&D) and increased\nfunding for renewable R&D by 69 percent; and\n*\nThe Administration has not only proposed, but the President\nhas signed into law, the phaseout of ozone-depleting\ncompounds that are also greenhouse gases.\nAdditionally, in February 1992, in response to new scientific evidence,\nPresident Bush was the first head of state to commit his country unilaterally\nto accelerating the date for the complete phaseout of the production of\nchlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The President's action moves up the phaseout\ndate of CFCs, which deplete the Earth's ozone layer, to December 31, 1995.\nDue to a number of previous Administration actions, U.S. production of\nozone-depleting substances is already more than 40 percent below levels\nallowed by the internationally agreed Montreal Protocol. Under the new\nschedule, the U.S. will eliminate production four years ahead of the current\ninternational deadline, thus continuing the record of U.S. leadership in this\narea extending back to the mid-1970s.\nThe United States supports a comprehensive approach, addressing all\ngreenhouse gases, not just carbon dioxide, and \"sinks,\" such as forests.\nFocusing exclusively on carbon dioxide emissions, as some have proposed, is\nan inadequate response.\nThe United States has committed $25 million to assist developing countries\nin planning to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change. The U.S. has\nstepped up its own climate action plan, first outlined in February 1991,\nincluding actions in such areas as energy efficiency, transportation, reduced\nemission supply technologies, agriculture, natural resources, and technology\nR&D. The United States has also committed $50 million to the core fund of\nthe Global Environment Facility (GEF) and $150 million in parallel financing\nthrough the U.S. Agency for International Development. In addition to\naddressing global climate change, the GEF also funds projects concerning\nbiodiversity, international waters, and ozone.\nThe U.S. Global Change Research Program is the world's largest such\nprogram and thus provides much of the scientific foundation for international\nagreements on climate change and ozone depletion. The Bush Administration\nhas invested $2.6 billion in global change research, far more than any other\ncountry, with an additional $1.3 billion proposed for year 1993 -- over six\ntimes the fiscal 1989 level. Research on the scientific and economic aspects\nPage 3 - Mrs. Smith\nof global climate change will enable policy makers to make better judgments\nabout potential impacts and policy actions.\nRegarding the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development\n(UNCED), scheduled this June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, President Bush is\ncommitted to achieving international agreement on a framework convention\non climate change. In addition to a global agreement on climate change, the\nBush Administration also hopes UNCED will produce strategies and specific\ninitiatives to improve conservation of forests, oceans, and biological diversity,\nand to increase technology cooperation with developing countries. You can\nbe sure that the United States will be well represented at the conference.\nAs we move forwardinto the 1990s, the United States will continue to address\nglobal environmental challenges within a context of expanding economic\nopportunities for all the world's people. The United States wants concrete,\npractical results from UNCED -- results that will guide future action on the\nfull range of environmental and developmental issues.\nThank you for taking the time to express your interest on these environmental\nissues with President Bush. You can be sure that the President will continue\nworking with other nations to obtain global solutions to these challenging\nissues.\nWith the President's best wishes,\nSincerely yours,\nD.Anan Bramley\nD. Allan Bromley\nThe Assistant to the President\nfor\nScience and Technology\nMrs. Jack C. Smith\n3708 Manor Road\nChevy Chase, Maryland 20815\nMrs. Jack unced C. Smith\n3708 Manor Rd.\nChevy Chase, MD 20815\nFeb 19, 1992\nPresident George H.W Bush\n1600 Pennsylvania Ar NW\nWashington DC 20500\nDear Mr. President,\n2 am really concerned about your\ndecision, as of Thes date, not to attend the\nEarth Summit in June in Reode Janeiro. The\nUnited States Goornment stands alone 4 its\nlack of commettment to lessening and even\nreasising the factors which contribute to the\ndegradation of the environment.\nIt doesn't Take a rochet scientest, as they\nplotted for earthis temperature and the amount\nsay, to note the parallel track which has been\nof carbon dioxide un the atmosphere over cons\nof time. We already can project that our the\nnext decade, in our frenzy to drur automobiles\nand burn non-renewable fossil fuel reserves, we\nwill push the level of CO2 we the air up by\nsurral hundred percent, unless there is a turn-\naround in our wasteful habits. a careful scientest\nwould note that with The excessive destruction of\ntrees and plant life everywhere on this planet,\nthere is no capacity for reabsorbing (recycling)\nThis gas which contributes so much to The green-\nhouse effect and thus very probably to global warm-\ning. He would say \"Let's not pash our luck, Let's\nreverse the Trend of excersive exploitation of resources\nThe United States is not related from The rest\nof the world, yet it stands in apposition to 139\ncountries who are concerned about elimate and\nwho wish to formulate a world wide energy policy.\nOur policy sume to be \"Don't propose anything That\nmight make the auto industry on the consumery public\nmad.\" Thes is not leaderskip, whech trees to plan\nfor the future. Thes is pandering to the most\nselfish segments of our population. I don't thank\nwe haer the reght to do this, when our actions may\nbreap suffering to future generations around the\nworld.\nSincerely\nCharlotte D. Smith\n\"Document Control\"\nTYPE:\nPRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nDOCUMENT NUMBER: 9201158\nORIGINATOR: 05\nSTATUS\nDIRECTORATE STATUS C\nFROM:\nWALLS, CAROL\nTO:\nPRESIDENT BUSH\nDATE OF\nCORRESPONDENCE: 02/18/92\nSUBJECT: SHE IS WRITING TO URGE THE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND THE\nEARTH SUMMIT (UNCED) IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL\nDIRECTORATE\nSTAFF\nASSIGNED:\nASSIGNED: Nancy Maynard\nACTION\nSTAFF\nREQUIRED:\nACTION: DRAFT FOR DAB'S SIGNATURE\nSENDER'S DUE DATE:\nOSTP DUE DATE:\nSTAFF DUE DATE\nDATE COMPLETED:\nDATE COMPLETED/DEPT: 04/02/92\nCOPIES TO:\nWHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:\nCONTACT PERSON:\nPHONE:\nEXT:\nREMARKS:\nOSTP RECEIVED:\nDEPT RECEIVED: 03/13/92\nFILE: P-EOP-PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nCENTRAL FILES:\n9261158\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nApril 2, 1992\nDear Mrs. Walls:\nOn behalf of President Bush, thank you for your comments and suggestions\nabout global environmental issues and the United Nations Conference on\nEnvironment and Development (UNCED). The President appreciates your\nconcerns and has asked that I respond to your letter of February 18, 1992\nregarding these issues.\nThe United States, under President Bush's leadership, is aggressively\npursuing international efforts to address problems related to climate change,\nozone depletion, forests, oceans, biological diversity, and technology\ncooperation with developing countries. The Administration has put forward\nspecific proposals in various international fora to address each of these\nquestions. More important, the United States is already taking specific steps\nhere at home, through both legislation and administrative action, to begin\ntackling these problems.\nSpecifically regarding climate change, you may be pleased to know that the\nUnited States has already begun taking actions that will have the effect of\nreducing net emissions of greenhouse gases. These include:\n*\nPresident Bush proposed and signed into law the 1990 Clean\nAir Act, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the\nutility sector through restrictions on utility air pollutants;\n*\nThe Bush Administration has proposed, both through the\nNational Energy Strategy and through various regulatory\nmeasures, to improve energy efficiency in power generation and\ntransmission, buildings, appliances, lighting, and\ntransportation, which will restrain related carbon dioxide\nemissions;\n*\nThe President has proposed, through his tree planting\ninitiatives, to increase the acreage and to improve the\nmanagement of forests, which act as greenhouse gas \"sinks\";\n*\nThe President has proposed to expand the use of renewable and\nlow-emission fuel sources;\nPage 2 - - Mrs. Walls\n*\nSince President Bush took office, he has doubled funding for\nconservation research and development (R&D) and increased\nfunding for renewable R&D by 69 percent; and\n*\nThe Administration has not only proposed, but the President\nhas signed into law, the phaseout of ozone-depleting\ncompounds that are also greenhouse gases.\nAdditionally, in February 1992, in response to new scientific evidence,\nPresident Bush was the first head of state to commit his country unilaterally\nto accelerating the date for the complete phaseout of the production of\nchlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The President's action moves up the phaseout\ndate of CFCs, which deplete the Earth's ozone layer, to December 31, 1995.\nDue to a number of previous Administration actions, U.S. production of\nozone-depleting substances is already more than 40 percent below levels\nallowed by the internationally agreed Montreal Protocol. Under the new\nschedule, the U.S. will eliminate production four years ahead of the current\ninternational deadline, thus continuing the record of U.S. leadership in this\narea extending back to the mid-1970s.\nThe United States supports a comprehensive approach, addressing all\ngreenhouse gases, not just carbon dioxide, and \"sinks,\" such as forests.\nFocusing exclusively on carbon dioxide emissions, as some have proposed, is\nan inadequate response.\nThe United States has committed $25 million to assist developing countries\nin planning to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change. The U.S. has\nstepped up its own climate action plan, first outlined in February 1991,\nincluding actions in such areas as energy efficiency, transportation, reduced\nemission supply technologies, agriculture, natural resources, and technology\nR&D. The United States has also committed $50 million to the core fund of\nthe Global Environment Facility (GEF) and $150 million in parallel financing\nthrough the U.S. Agency for International Development. In addition to\naddressing global climate change, the GEF also funds projects concerning\nbiodiversity, international waters, and ozone.\nThe U.S. Global Change Research Program is the world's largest such\nprogram and thus provides much of the scientific foundation for international\nagreements on climate change and ozone depletion. The Bush Administration\nhas invested $2.6 billion in global change research, far more than any other\ncountry, with an additional $1.3 billion proposed for year 1993 over six\ntimes the fiscal 1989 level. Research on the scientific and economic aspects\nPage 3 - - Mrs. Walls\nof global climate change will enable policy makers to make better judgments\nabout potential impacts and policy actions.\nRegarding the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development\n(UNCED), scheduled this June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, President Bush is\ncommitted to achieving international agreement on a framework convention\non climate change. In addition to a global agreement on climate change, the\nBush Administration also hopes UNCED will produce strategies and specific\ninitiatives to improve conservation of forests, oceans, and biological diversity,\nand to increase technology cooperation with developing countries. You can\nbe sure that the United States will be well represented at the conference.\nAs we move forwardinto the 1990s, the United States will continue to address\nglobal environmental challenges within a context of expanding economic\nopportunities for all the world's people. The United States wants concrete,\npractical results from UNCED - results that will guide future action on the\nfull range of environmental and developmental issues.\nThank you for taking the time to express your interest on these environmental\nissues with President Bush. You can be sure that the President will continue\nworking with other nations to obtain global solutions to these challenging\nissues.\nWith the President's best wishes,\nSincerely yours,\nDAnan Bramley\nD. Allan Bromley\nThe Assistant to the President\nfor\nScience and Technology\nMrs. Carol Walls\nP.O. Box 163\nLaurel, Maryland 20725\nFEBRUARY 18, 1992\nDEAR ME. BUSH:\nI URGE YOU TO CONSIDER ATTENDING OR SENDING A REPRESENTATIVE\nTO THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIORNMENT AND\nDEVELOPMENT TAKING PLACE IN JUNE, 1992. I CAN'T STRESS\nHOW IMPORTANT WE TAKE STEPS TO SAVE OUR WORLD. IF WE\nALL DO NOT WORK TOGETHER, WE WILL END UP DESTROYING OUR\nPLANET.\nPLEASE CONSIDER ATTENDING THIS MEETING. THANK YOU.\nSINCERELY,\nCAROL WALLS\nPO BOX 163\nLAUREL MD 20725\nMRS CAROL A WALLS\nPO BOX 163\nSOUTHERN PM MD\nPARTNERS\nLAUREL MD 20725-0163\nENERGY EFFICIEN\nSCF 18 FEB 206\nTOMORROW USA29\n1992\nPRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON DC 20500\n\"Document Control\"\nTYPE:\nPRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nDOCUMENT NUMBER: 9201159\nORIGINATOR: 05\nSTATUS\nDIRECTORATE STATUS C\nFROM:\nJULEN, KIMBERLEY\nTO:\nPRESIDENT BUSH\nDATE OF\nCORRESPONDENCE: 02/17/92\nSUBJECT: SHE IS WRITING TO URGE THE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND THE\nEARTH SUMMIT (UNCED) IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL\nDIRECTORATE\nSTAFF\nASSIGNED:\nASSIGNED: Nancy Maynard\nACTION\nSTAFF\nREQUIRED:\nACTION: DRAFT FOR DAB'S SIGNATURE\nSENDER'S DUE DATE:\nOSTP DUE DATE:\nSTAFF DUE DATE\nDATE COMPLETED:\nDATE COMPLETED/DEPT: 04/02/92\nCOPIES TO:\nWHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:\nCONTACT PERSON:\nPHONE:\nEXT:\nREMARKS:\nOSTP RECEIVED:\nDEPT RECEIVED: 03/13/92\nFILE: P-EOP-PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nCENTRAL FILES:\n9201159\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nApril 2, 1992\nDear Ms. Julen:\nOn behalf of President Bush, thank you for your comments and suggestions\nabout global environmental issues and the United Nations Conference on\nEnvironment and Development (UNCED). The President appreciates your\nconcerns and has asked that I respond to your letter of February 17, 1992\nregarding these issues.\nThe United States, under President Bush's leadership, is aggressively\npursuing international efforts to address problems related to climate change,\nozone depletion, forests, oceans, biological diversity, and technology\ncooperation with developing countries. The Administration has put forward\nspecific proposals in various international fora to address each of these\nquestions. More important, the United States is already taking specific steps\nhere at home, through both legislation and administrative action, to begin\ntackling these problems.\nSpecifically regarding climate change, you may be pleased to know that the\nUnited States has already begun taking actions that will have the effect of\nreducing net emissions of greenhouse gases. These include:\n*\nPresident Bush proposed and signed into law the 1990 Clean\nAir Act, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the\nutility sector through restrictions on utility air pollutants;\n*\nThe Bush Administration has proposed, both through the\nNational Energy Strategy and through various regulatory\nmeasures, to improve energy efficiency in power generation and\ntransmission, buildings, appliances, lighting, and\ntransportation, which will restrain related carbon dioxide\nemissions;\n*\nThe President has proposed, through his tree planting\ninitiatives, to increase the acreage and to improve the\nmanagement of forests, which act as greenhouse gas \"sinks\";\n*\nThe President has proposed to expand the use of renewable and\nlow-emission fuel sources;\nPage 2 - - Ms. Julen\n*\nSince President Bush took office, he has doubled funding for\nconservation research and development (R&D) and increased\nfunding for renewable R&D by 69 percent; and\n*\nThe Administration has not only proposed, but the President\nhas signed into law, the phaseout of ozone-depleting\ncompounds that are also greenhouse gases.\nAdditionally, in February 1992, in response to new scientific evidence,\nPresident Bush was the first head of state to commit his country unilaterally\nto accelerating the date for the complete phaseout of the production of\nchlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The President's action moves up the phaseout\ndate of CFCs, which deplete the Earth's ozone layer, to December 31, 1995.\nDue to a number of previous Administration actions, U.S. production of\nozone-depleting substances is already more than 40 percent below levels\nallowed by the internationally agreed Montreal Protocol. Under the new\nschedule, the U.S. will eliminate production four years ahead of the current\ninternational deadline, thus continuing the record of U.S. leadership in this\narea extending back to the mid-1970s.\nThe United States supports a comprehensive approach, addressing all\ngreenhouse gases, not just carbon dioxide, and \"sinks,\" such as forests.\nFocusing exclusively on carbon dioxide emissions, as some have proposed, is\nan inadequate response.\nThe United States has committed $25 million to assist developing countries\nin planning to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change. The U.S. has\nstepped up its own climate action plan, first outlined in February 1991,\nincluding actions in such areas as energy efficiency, transportation, reduced\nemission supply technologies, agriculture, natural resources, and technology\nR&D. The United States has also committed $50 million to the core fund of\nthe Global Environment Facility (GEF) and $150 million in parallel financing\nthrough the U.S. Agency for International Development. In addition to\naddressing global climate change, the GEF also funds projects concerning\nbiodiversity, international waters, and ozone.\nThe U.S. Global Change Research Program is the world's largest such\nprogram and thus provides much of the scientific foundation for international\nagreements on climate change and ozone depletion. The Bush Administration\nhas invested $2.6 billion in global change research, far more than any other\ncountry, with an additional $1.3 billion proposed for year 1993 over six\ntimes the fiscal 1989 level. Research on the scientific and economic aspects\nPage 3 - - Ms. Julen\nof global climate change will enable policy makers to make better judgments\nabout potential impacts and policy actions.\nRegarding the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development\n(UNCED), scheduled this June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, President Bush is\ncommitted to achieving international agreement on a framework convention\non climate change. In addition to a global agreement on climate change, the\nBush Administration also hopes UNCED will produce strategies and specific\ninitiatives to improve conservation of forests, oceans, and biological diversity,\nand to increase technology cooperation with developing countries. You can\nbe sure that the United States will be well represented at the conference.\nAs we move forwardinto the 1990s, the United States will continue to address\nglobal environmental challenges within a context of expanding economic\nopportunities for all the world's people. The United States wants concrete,\npractical results from UNCED - results that will guide future action on the\nfull range of environmental and developmental issues.\nThank you for taking the time to express your interest on these environmental\nissues with President Bush. You can be sure that the President will continue\nworking with other nations to obtain global solutions to these challenging\nissues.\nWith the President's best wishes,\nSincerely yours,\nDAnan Bramley\nD. Allan Bromley\nThe Assistant to the President\nfor\nScience and Technology\nMs. Kimberley K. Julen\n10600 Ideal Avenue South\nCottage Grove, Minnesota\nUNITED\nDear Sir,\nMy name is Kimberley\nKaye Julen and I am currently\nattending university &Wiscosin\nRiver Falls. At the college we\nhave a recycling program for\nnumber 1 and 2 plastics, Aluminum\ncans, news paper, and writing paper.\nThis program has been very\nsuccessful with out much promotion.\nI feel you have also been very\nsuccess ful by banning the use\nof aerosol cans several years\nearlier than planned. Although\nit would be a greater im pact on\nthe united states if you attended\nthe Earth summit June I - 12.\nSincerely,\nKimberley K. Julin\nKimberley K. Julen\n90000$\n190SE\nany 1957 9 220.99\nMY 01992 Odn sand way Jogy\nHind\n060 P1 GOLD,\ndivertiff 100% 21/20\n20 Dr broow ocu\nSFOR\nCtu 00\nX\n40\n\"Document Control\"\nTYPE:\nPresidential Priority\nDOCUMENT NUMBER: 9201281\nORIGINATOR: 05\nSTATUS\nDIRECTORATE STATUS C\nFROM:\nDr. and Mrs. Stephen Munson\nTO:\nPresident Bush\nDATE OF\nCORRESPONDENCE: 02/17/92\nSUBJECT: They are urging the President to attend the Earth\nSummit in Rio de Janeiro\nDIRECTORATE\nSTAFF\nASSIGNED:\nASSIGNED: Nancy Maynard\nACTION\nSTAFF\nREQUIRED:\nACTION: Draft for DAB's signature\nSENDER'S DUE DATE:\nOSTP DUE DATE:\nSTAFF DUE DATE\nDATE COMPLETED:\nDATE COMPLETED/DEPT: 04/02/92\nCOPIES TO:\nWHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:\nCONTACT PERSON:\nPHONE:\nEXT:\nREMARKS: See response on document #9201148\nOSTP RECEIVED:\nDEPT RECEIVED: 02/25/92\nFILE: P-EOP-PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nCENTRAL FILES:\n51\nearth\nRAUN\n9201281\n55 St. Paul Street, Rochester, New York 14604-1391\n716-232-1080\nRochester Association\nfor the\nUnited Nations\nFebruary, 1992\nAffiliated with the\nUnited Nations\nAssociation of the\nUnited States\nof America, Inc.\nOFFICERS\nPresident George Bush\nThe White House\nPresident\nBryan D. Hickman\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.\nFirst Vice President\nWashington, DC 20500\nJ. Paul Gocker\nVice Presidents\nDear Mr. President:\nGillian S. Kellogg\nBarbara Letvin\nCarole Ann Ward\nI fully concur with the decisions of the 44th, 45th\nand 46th General Assemblies that agreed to convene the\nSecretary\nElizabeth L. Webb\nUnited Nations Conference on Environment and\nDevelopment (UNCED), and urged that representation be\nTreasurer\nKenneth J. Burke\nat the level of Head of State. Such a summit is of\nthe greatest importance for a new world order that\nAssistant Treasurer\nScott A. Cameron\nprovides for our children's children.\nExecutive Director\nFreyda E. Albin\nWhile the present state of our own United States\neconomy is not without some difficulties, our own\nBOARD OF DIRECTORS\nwealth and resources are still without parallel in\nBoard Chairperson\ntoday's world. I strongly urge you, therefore, that\nKrestie Utech\nthrough your own personal involvement and through your\nEllen A. Anderson\ninstructed delegates and committees, to exercise the\nGeorge M. Angle\nstrongest possible leadership in building a global\nLynn S. Bickley\nEleanora Church\nagency at UNCED that truly addresses the inseparable\nMark Collins\nneeds of balanced development for all peoples and of\nMichael F. Cook\nElizabeth Boyer Cooney\nsafeguarding the future of the planet's ecosystems.\nJanis T. Dowd\nScott A. Forsyth\nLarry Greenfield\nThis cannot be done, in my opinion, unless a genuine\nRobert Kraus\nglobal partnership is established between developing\nSally K. Majors\nEleanor R. Newell\nand industrialized countries that addresses the\nWilliam R. Nojay\nfollowing:\nJames Y. Oldshue\nHon. Elizabeth Pine\nJudith Reynolds\na) the fact that there is still a net drain of\nTamara Sonn\nManuel A. Sosa\nincome and wealth from the developing to the\nMichael Warren Thomas\nindustrialized countries that leaves them unable\nGrace S. Tillinghast\nKay A. Wallace\nto bear the full cost of setting aside scarce\nLinda Weiner\nresources and of developing/purchasing new\nMartha W. Weissberger\nJohn Wolfe\ntechnologies more protective of the environment\ncont'd, over\nCont'd, President George Bush\nUNCED Conference\nb) the ecological reality that changes in lifestyle\nregarding population numbers and consumption\npatterns are incumbent on all peoples\nc) the moral reality that changes in decision-\nmaking in all economic and political\ninstitutions must promote more democratic\nparticipation and distributive justice for all\nnations.\nThank you for listening to this plea, and I urge that\nyou make such leadership an important part of our\nnation's election year debate.\nSincerely,\nDr. $ Mrs. Stephen Munson\nRochester Association for the United Nations\n\"Document Control\"\nTYPE:\nPresidential Priority\nDOCUMENT NUMBER: 9201216\nORIGINATOR: 05\nSTATUS\nDIRECTORATE STATUS C\nFROM:\nJudith R. Nourse James C. Nourse, Ph.D.\nTO:\nPresident Bush\nDATE OF\nCORRESPONDENCE:\nSUBJECT: They are writing the president to urge him to attend\nthe Earth Summit (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro\nDIRECTORATE\nSTAFF\nASSIGNED:\nASSIGNED: Nancy Maynard\nACTION\nSTAFF\nREQUIRED:\nACTION: Draft for DAB's signature\nSENDER'S DUE DATE:\nOSTP DUE DATE:\nSTAFF DUE DATE\nDATE COMPLETED:\nDATE COMPLETED/DEPT: 04/02/92\nCOPIES TO:\nWHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:\nCONTACT PERSON:\nPHONE:\nEXT:\nREMARKS: See response on document numbe 9201148\nOSTP RECEIVED:\nDEPT RECEIVED: 02/17/92\nFILE: P-EOP-PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nCENTRAL FILES:\nUnced\n9201216\n28 Finns Point Lane\nHampton, VA 23669\nFebruary 17, 1992\nPresident Bush\nThe White House\nWashington, DC 20500\nDear Mr. President:\nWe are writing to urge you to commit the U.S. to cutting carbon\ndioxide emissions in the climate treaty negotiations and to\nattend the Earth Summit to provide the leadership needed to\naddress critical global environmental issues.\nWe are also very concerned about your administration's proposals\nto change the policy of \"no net loss\" of wetlands. We would like\nto remind you of your campaign promise to protect our nation's\nwetlands, and urge you to support a study by the National Academy\nof Sciences before proceeding with proposed changes.\nSincerely,\nLadith R. Nourse\nJudith R. Nourse, RN\n0000 James C. Nourse, Ph.D.\n\"Document Control\"\nTYPE:\nPRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nDOCUMENT NUMBER: 9201156\nORIGINATOR: 05\nSTATUS\nDIRECTORATE STATUS C\nFROM:\nPOLYS, MARGE (SISTER)\nTO:\nPRESIDENT BSUH\nDATE OF\nCORRESPONDENCE: 02/17/92\nSUBJECT: SHE IS WRITING TO URGE THE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND THE\nEARTH SUMMIT (UNCED) IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL\nDIRECTORATE\nSTAFF\nASSIGNED:\nASSIGNED: Nancy Maynard\nACTION\nSTAFF\nREQUIRED:\nACTION:\nDRAFT FOR DAB'S SIGNATURE\nSENDER'S DUE DATE:\nOSTP DUE DATE:\nSTAFF DUE DATE\nDATE COMPLETED:\nDATE COMPLETED/DEPT: 04/02/92\nCOPIES TO:\nWHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:\nCONTACT PERSON:\nPHONE:\nEXT:\nREMARKS:\nOSTP RECEIVED:\nDEPT RECEIVED: 03/13/92\nFILE: P-EOP-PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nCENTRAL FILES:\n9201156\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nApril 2, 1992\nDear Sr. Polys:\nOn behalf of President Bush, thank you for your comments and suggestions\nabout global environmental issues and the United Nations Conference on\nEnvironment and Development (UNCED). The President appreciates your\nconcerns and has asked that I respond to your letter of February 17, 1992\nregarding these issues.\nThe United States, under President Bush's leadership, is aggressively\npursuing international efforts to address problems related to climate change,\nozone depletion, forests, oceans, biological diversity, and technology\ncooperation with developing countries. The Administration has put forward\nspecific proposals in various international fora to address each of these\nquestions. More important, the United States is already taking specific steps\nhere at home, through both legislation and administrative action, to begin\ntackling these problems.\nSpecifically regarding climate change, you may be pleased to know that the\nUnited States has already begun taking actions that will have the effect of\nreducing net emissions of greenhouse gases. These include:\n*\nPresident Bush proposed and signed into law the 1990 Clean\nAir Act, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the\nutility sector through restrictions on utility air pollutants;\n*\nThe Bush Administration has proposed, both through the\nNational Energy Strategy and through various regulatory\nmeasures, to improve energy efficiency in power generation and\ntransmission, buildings, appliances, lighting, and\ntransportation, which will restrain related carbon dioxide\nemissions;\n*\nThe President has proposed, through his tree planting\ninitiatives, to increase the acreage and to improve the\nmanagement of forests, which act as greenhouse gas \"sinks\";\n*\nThe President has proposed to expand the use of renewable and\nlow-emission fuel sources;\nPage 2 - Sr. Polys\n*\nSince President Bush took office, he has doubled funding for\nconservation research and development (R&D) and increased\nfunding for renewable R&D by 69 percent; and\n*\nThe Administration has not only proposed, but the President\nhas signed into law, the phaseout of ozone-depleting\ncompounds that are also greenhouse gases.\nAdditionally, in February 1992, in response to new scientific evidence,\nPresident Bush was the first head of state to commit his country unilaterally\nto accelerating the date for the complete phaseout of the production of\nchlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The President's action moves up the phaseout\ndate of CFCs, which deplete the Earth's ozone layer, to December 31, 1995.\nDue to a number of previous Administration actions, U.S. production of\nozone-depleting substances is already more than 40 percent below levels\nallowed by the internationally agreed Montreal Protocol. Under the new\nschedule, the U.S. will eliminate production four years ahead of the current\ninternational deadline, thus continuing the record of U.S. leadership in this\narea extending back to the mid-1970s.\nThe United States supports a comprehensive approach, addressing all\ngreenhouse gases, not just carbon dioxide, and \"sinks,\" such as forests.\nFocusing exclusively on carbon dioxide emissions, as some have proposed, is\nan inadequate response.\nThe United States has committed $25 million to assist developing countries\nin planning to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change. The U.S. has\nstepped up its own climate action plan, first outlined in February 1991,\nincluding actions in such areas as energy efficiency, transportation, reduced\nemission supply technologies, agriculture, natural resources, and technology\nR&D. The United States has also committed $50 million to the core fund of\nthe Global Environment Facility (GEF) and $150 million in parallel financing\nthrough the U.S. Agency for International Development. In addition to\naddressing global climate change, the GEF also funds projects concerning\nbiodiversity, international waters, and ozone.\nThe U.S. Global Change Research Program is the world's largest such\nprogram and thus provides much of the scientific foundation for international\nagreements on climate change and ozone depletion. The Bush Administration\nhas invested $2.6 billion in global change research, far more than any other\ncountry, with an additional $1.3 billion proposed for year 1993 -- over six\ntimes the fiscal 1989 level. Research on the scientific and economic aspects\nPage 3 - - Sr. Polys\nof global climate change will enable policy makers to make better judgments\nabout potential impacts and policy actions.\nRegarding the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development\n(UNCED), scheduled this June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, President Bush is\ncommitted to achieving international agreement on a framework convention\non climate change. In addition to a global agreement on climate change, the\nBush Administration also hopes UNCED will produce strategies and specific\ninitiatives to improve conservation of forests, oceans, and biological diversity,\nand to increase technology cooperation with developing countries. You can\nbe sure that the United States will be well represented at the conference.\nAs we move forwardinto the 1990s, the United States will continue to address\nglobal environmental challenges within a context of expanding economic\nopportunities for all the world's people. The United States wants concrete,\npractical results from UNCED - results that will guide future action on the\nfull range of environmental and developmental issues.\nThank you for taking the time to express your interest on these environmental\nissues with President Bush. You can be sure that the President will continue\nworking with other nations to obtain global solutions to these challenging\nissues.\nWith the President's best wishes,\nSincerely yours,\nDAnan Bramley\nD. Allan Bromley\nThe Assistant to the President\nfor\nScience and Technology\nSr. Marge Polys\nSisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary\nCoordinator of Ministries\n610 West Avenue\nMonroe, Michigan 48161\nunceD\nIHM\nSISTERS, SERVANTS OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY\nOFFICES OF CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION\n610 West Elm Avenue\nMonroe, Michigan 48161\n313-241-0092\nPresident Bush\nThe White House\nPennsylvania Ave.\nDorothy McDaniel, IHM\nPresident\nWashington, DC 20500\nPatricia Guthrie, IHM\nVice President\nFebruary 17, 1992\nMarjorie Polys, IHM\nCoordinator\nof Ministries\nDear Mr. President,\nMary Ann Untener, IHM\nCoordinator\nI am writing in the name of the Sisters Servants of the\nof Human Resources\nImmaculate Heart of Mary, a religious community of 870\nwomen educators.\nLois Jackson, IHM\nCoordinator\nof Material Resources\nWe are concerned over the lack of convincing and\nforceful effort being applied by our government with regard\nto participation in the upcoming Earth Summit in Rio.\nWe would like to encourage your administration to\ntake a more constructive stance toward this historic world\ngathering. We believe it is necessary for you to reflect a\nstronger position on environmental protection and to be\nmore supportive of the objectives of the United Nations\nConference on Environment and Development.\nWe are counting on your leadership in this matter.\nSincerely,\nmarge Palys, IHM\nSr. Marge Polys, IHM\nIHM Coordinator of\nMinistries\nMP/ee\n\"Document Control\"\nTYPE:\nPresidential Priority\nDOCUMENT NUMBER: 9201215\nORIGINATOR: 05\nSTATUS\nDIRECTORATE STATUS C\nFROM:\nEthan Russell\nTO:\nPresident Bush\nDATE OF\nCORRESPONDENCE:\nSUBJECT: He is writing to urge the President to attend the\nEarth Summit (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro\nDIRECTORATE\nSTAFF\nASSIGNED:\nASSIGNED: Nancy Maynard\nACTION\nSTAFF\nREQUIRED:\nACTION: Draft for DAB's signature\nSENDER'S DUE DATE:\nOSTP DUE DATE:\nSTAFF DUE DATE\nDATE COMPLETED:\nDATE COMPLETED/DEPT: 04/02/92\nCOPIES TO:\nWHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:\nCONTACT PERSON:\nPHONE:\nEXT:\nREMARKS: See reponse on document number 9201148\nOSTP RECEIVED:\nDEPT RECEIVED: 02/17/92\nFILE: P-EOP-PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nCENTRAL FILES:\nUneed\nETHAN RUSSELL & ASSOCIATES\n1205 ARDEN ROAD\nPASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91106\nTELEPHONE: (818) 792-9324\nFAX: (818) 792-3252\n7201215\nFebruary 24, 1992\nPresident George Bush\nThe White House\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue\nWashington, DC\nDear President Bush:\nCongratulations for your part in implementing the following:\n\"President Bush announced last week that production of ozone-\ndepleting chlorofluorocarbons, used in air conditioning and\ncleaning solvents, will be eliminated in the United States by Dec.\n31, 1995.\"\nHowever, the same article stated, regarding the US' stance vis\na vis the \"greenhouse effect\" and the upcoming Earth Summit: \"The\nU.S. government argues that each nation should be free to take\nwhatever steps it considers necessary to reduce emissions of gases\nthat can trap the sun's heat in the atmosphere, causing the\ngreenhouse effect. \" This nationalist response is offered as the\nrationale for why the United States will not come into step with\nthe other nations on this issue. The United States cannot ask\nunderdeveloped countries to stop damaging the environment \"if 4\npercent of the world's population can be responsible for 24\npercent of greenhouse gas emissions,\" said Kazuo Aichi, a Japanese\nparliament member and former chief of Japan's environmental agency.\nI agree.\nUnhappily, our position seems very much to me like a passenger\ninsisting that he has the right to drill a hole in the hull of a\nboat as long as he does so from within his own cabin. Clearly,\nthese issues are global, we must come into compliance with world\nviews, and we must insist, as in the CFC area, that others have no\nmore right to continue to damage the ozone layer simply because the\nsource originates from within their national boundaries. The\nconsequences, after all, are clearly global.\nThese, and other related environmental issues, seem of primary\nimportance to me: more pressing than the issues on the economy,\nsince their results are more pervasive and longer lasting. Your,\nand the Administration's, attitudes in this respect, will surely\ninfluence my vote in the next elections.\nWith best wishes,\nmammer\nEthan Russell\n\"Document Control\"\nTYPE:\nPresidential Priority\nDOCUMENT NUMBER: 9201243\nORIGINATOR: 05\nSTATUS\nDIRECTORATE STATUS C\nFROM:\nDr. Oswald T. Saavedra\nTO:\nPresident Bush\nDATE OF\nCORRESPONDENCE: 02/17/92\nSUBJECT: He is writing to urge the President to attend the\nEarth Summit in Rio de Janeiro\nDIRECTORATE\nSTAFF\nASSIGNED:\nASSIGNED: Nancy Maynard\nACTION\nSTAFF\nREQUIRED:\nACTION: Draft for DAB's signature\nSENDER'S DUE DATE:\nOSTP DUE DATE:\nSTAFF DUE DATE\nDATE COMPLETED:\nDATE COMPLETED/DEPT: 04/02/92\nCOPIES TO:\nWHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:\nCONTACT PERSON:\nPHONE:\nEXT:\nREMARKS: See response on document #9201148\nOSTP RECEIVED:\nDEPT RECEIVED: 02/25/92\nFILE: P-EOP-PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nCENTRAL FILES:\nis\nOSWALD T. SAAVEDRA, M.D., P.A.\nDIPLOMATE AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE\n1315 S. ORANGE AVENUE, SUITE 3A\nORLANDO, FLORIDA 32806\nTELEPHONE (407) 423-4680\nFebruary 17, 1991\n9201243\nThe President George Bush\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue\nWashington, D.C. 20500\nDear Mr. President:\nI am writing this letter in behalf of our medical society and also\nin behalf of my children and their generations after.\nOur planet is in great dispair and in need of treatment as soon as\npossible. I urge you to reverse your position on global climate\npolicies and implore you to join all other countries in the world\nto stabilize C02 emissions at present level.\nAttending the Earth Summit in Rio, in person, will have a tremendous\neffect in emphasizing our country's leadership in this matter. Most\nof us voted for you just because you were the \"environmental candidate\".\nWe all hope you will maintain that promise.\nI personally have seen the miseries of environmental pollution with\nthe subsequent effects on population while I lived and studied in\nthe ex-USSR. I hope damage in such a degree will never occur anywhere\nelse in the world.\nWe all feel that this planet is too precious to loose it!\nRespectfully,\nOswald T. Saavedra, M.D.\nOTS / jb Jacusens\nCC: Chairman Orange County\nMedical Society\nEnvironmental committee\nCC: Christine Riddiough, Field\nCoordinator-Union of Concerned\nScientists, Washington, D.C.\n\"Document Control\"\nTYPE:\nPresidential Priority\nDOCUMENT NUMBER: 9201256\nORIGINATOR: 05\nSTATUS\nDIRECTORATE STATUS c\nFROM:\nClaudia Utley\nTO:\nPresident Bush\nDATE OF\nCORRESPONDENCE: 02/16/92\nSUBJECT: She is writing to urge the President to attend the\nEarth Summit (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro\nDIRECTORATE\nSTAFF\nASSIGNED:\nASSIGNED: Nancy Maynard\nACTION\nSTAFF\nREQUIRED:\nACTION: Draft for DAB's signature\nSENDER'S DUE DATE:\nOSTP DUE DATE:\nSTAFF DUE DATE\nDATE COMPLETED:\nDATE COMPLETED/DEPT: 04/02/92\nCOPIES TO:\nWHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:\nCONTACT PERSON:\nPHONE:\nEXT:\nREMARKS: See response on document number 9201148\nOSTP RECEIVED:\nDEPT RECEIVED: 02/20/92\nFILE: P-EOP-PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nCENTRAL FILES:\n51\nEarth\nCLAUDIA UTLEY\n4433 Colbath Ave. #42 Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 (818) 986-0754\n9201256\nFebruary 16, 1992\nPresident George Bush\nThe White House\nPennsylvania Avenue\nWashington, D.C. 20500\nDear Mr. President:\nYou had to take a lot of flak in the last few months for your\nfrequent overseas trips. Nevertheless, I urge you to please\nattend the United Nations Conference on Environment and\nDevelopment (UNCED), better known as Earth Summit, in Rio de\nJaneiro, Brazil, this coming June. The conference will provide a\ncrucial framework for worldwide conservation efforts and reforms.\nI am dismayed that you as \"environmental president of the United\nStates of America\" are not yet acknowledging the importance of\nthis summit or, better still, planning to attend it. This\nindifference sends a troubling sign to Americans and other\nnations who wonder how committed U.S. politicians are to their\nclaims as global leaders and responsible residents of our world.\nPlease attend Earth Summit either personally or represented by a\nhigh-standing government official from your administration.\nSincerely,\nClaudia Claudia Utley Utley\n\"Document Control\"\nTYPE:\nPRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nDOCUMENT NUMBER: 9201154\nORIGINATOR: 05\nSTATUS\nDIRECTORATE STATUS C\nFROM:\nFORMAN, DOUGLAS\nTO:\nPRESIDENT BUSH\nDATE OF\nCORRESPONDENCE: 02/15/92\nSUBJECT: HE IS WRITING TO URGE THE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND THE\nEARTH SIMMIT (UNCED) IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL\nDIRECTORATE\nSTAFF\nASSIGNED:\nASSIGNED: Nancy Maynard\nACTION\nSTAFF\nREQUIRED:\nACTION:\nDRAFT FOR DAB'S SIGNATURE\nSENDER'S DUE DATE:\nOSTP DUE DATE:\nSTAFF DUE DATE\nDATE COMPLETED:\nDATE COMPLETED/DEPT: 04/02/92\nCOPIES TO:\nWHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:\nCONTACT PERSON:\nPHONE:\nEXT:\nREMARKS:\nOSTP RECEIVED:\nDEPT RECEIVED: 03/13/92\nFILE: P-EOP-PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nCENTRAL FILES:\n920 9201154 1154\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nApril 2, 1992\nDear Mr. Forman:\nOn behalf of President Bush, thank you for your comments and suggestions\nabout global environmental issues and the United Nations Conference on\nEnvironment and Development (UNCED). The President appreciates your\nconcerns and has asked that I respond to your letter of February 15, 1992\nregarding these issues.\nThe United States, under President Bush's leadership, is aggressively\npursuing international efforts to address problems related to climate change,\nozone depletion, forests, oceans, biological diversity, and technology\ncooperation with developing countries. The Administration has put forward\nspecific proposals in various international fora to address each of these\nquestions. More important, the United States is already taking specific steps\nhere at home, through both legislation and administrative action, to begin\ntackling these problems.\nSpecifically regarding climate change, you may be pleased to know that the\nUnited States has already begun taking actions that will have the effect of\nreducing net emissions of greenhouse gases. These include:\n*\nPresident Bush proposed and signed into law the 1990 Clean\nAir Act, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the\nutility sector through restrictions on utility air pollutants;\n*\nThe Bush Administration has proposed, both through the\nNational Energy Strategy and through various regulatory\nmeasures, to improve energy efficiency in power generation and\ntransmission, buildings, appliances, lighting, and\ntransportation, which will restrain related carbon dioxide\nemissions;\n*\nThe President has proposed, through his tree planting\ninitiatives, to increase the acreage and to improve the\nmanagement of forests, which act as greenhouse gas \"sinks\";\n*\nThe President has proposed to expand the use of renewable and\nlow-emission fuel sources;\nPage 2 - - Mr. Forman\n*\nSince President Bush took office, he has doubled funding for\nconservation research and development (R&D) and increased\nfunding for renewable R&D by 69 percent; and\n*\nThe Administration has not only proposed, but the President\nhas signed into law, the phaseout of ozone-depleting\ncompounds that are also greenhouse gases.\nAdditionally, in February 1992, in response to new scientific evidence,\nPresident Bush was the first head of state to commit his country unilaterally\nto accelerating the date for the complete phaseout of the production of\nchlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The President's action moves up the phaseout\ndate of CFCs, which deplete the Earth's ozone layer, to December 31, 1995.\nDue to a number of previous Administration actions, U.S. production of\nozone-depleting substances is already more than 40 percent below levels\nallowed by the internationally agreed Montreal Protocol. Under the new\nschedule, the U.S. will eliminate production four years ahead of the current\ninternational deadline, thus continuing the record of U.S. leadership in this\narea extending back to the mid-1970s.\nThe United States supports a comprehensive approach, addressing all\ngreenhouse gases, not just carbon dioxide, and \"sinks,\" such as forests.\nFocusing exclusively on carbon dioxide emissions, as some have proposed, is\nan inadequate response.\nThe United States has committed $25 million to assist developing countries\nin planning to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change. The U.S. has\nstepped up its own climate action plan, first outlined in February 1991,\nincluding actions in such areas as energy efficiency, transportation, reduced\nemission supply technologies, agriculture, natural resources, and technology\nR&D. The United States has also committed $50 million to the core fund of\nthe Global Environment Facility (GEF) and $150 million in parallel financing\nthrough the U.S. Agency for International Development. In addition to\naddressing global climate change, the GEF also funds projects concerning\nbiodiversity, international waters, and ozone.\nThe U.S. Global Change Research Program is the world's largest such\nprogram and thus provides much of the scientific foundation for international\nagreements on climate change and ozone depletion. The Bush Administration\nhas invested $2.6 billion in global change research, far more than any other\ncountry, with an additional $1.3 billion proposed for year 1993 -- over six\ntimes the fiscal 1989 level. Research on the scientific and economic aspects\nPage 3 - Mr. Forman\nof global climate change will enable policy makers to make better judgments\nabout potential impacts and policy actions.\nRegarding the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development\n(UNCED), scheduled this June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, President Bush is\ncommitted to achieving international agreement on a framework convention\non climate change. In addition to a global agreement on climate change, the\nBush Administration also hopes UNCED will produce strategies and specific\ninitiatives to improve conservation of forests, oceans, and biological diversity,\nand to increase technology cooperation with developing countries. You can\nbe sure that the United States will be well represented at the conference.\nAs we move forwardinto the 1990s, the United States will continue to address\nglobal environmental challenges within a context of expanding economic\nopportunities for all the world's people. The United States wants concrete,\npractical results from UNCED - results that will guide future action on the\nfull range of environmental and developmental issues.\nThank you for taking the time to express your interest on these environmental\nissues with President Bush. You can be sure that the President will continue\nworking with other nations to obtain global solutions to these challenging\nissues.\nWith the President's best wishes,\nSincerely yours,\nD.Anan Bramley\nD. Allan Bromley\nThe Assistant to the President\nfor\nScience and Technology\nMr. Douglas Forman\n5404 Wilson lane\nBethesda, Maryland 20814\nUnced\n5404 Wilson Lane\nBetherda MO 20814\nFebruary 15, 1992\nThe President\nThe White House\nWashing ton D.C. 20500\nDear mr President:\nI have been learning about the\nUnited nations Conference on Environment and\nDevelopment to be held in Rio de Janeiro inJume\na lead role in This critical conference and the first\nIr is very important that our country play\nstep is for you to announce soon that you will\nrole go. at The Preparatory Commission meetings\nThe second step is for the us to play a in constructive\nNew york in march,\nyour prestige around the world is high will\nbenefit not only The United States, but The world.\nand your leadership on environmental issues which\nWe need to control our carbon dioxide emissions,\nstrengthen The international institutions, and fund\nadequately the ON essential programs,\nI would welcome a reply as to your\ndecisions on there matters.\nRespectfully Douglas Forman\n\"Document Control\"\nTYPE:\nPresidential Priority\nDOCUMENT NUMBER: 9201219\nORIGINATOR: 05\nSTATUS\nDIRECTORATE STATUS C\nFROM:\nEdward B. Meservey\nTO:\nPresident Bush\nDATE OF\nCORRESPONDENCE: 02/15/23\nSUBJECT: He is writing to urge the president to attend the\nEarth Summit (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro\nDIRECTORATE\nSTAFF\nASSIGNED:\nASSIGNED: Nancy Maynard\nACTION\nSTAFF\nREQUIRED:\nACTION: Draft for DAB'S signature\nSENDER'S DUE DATE:\nOSTP DUE DATE:\nSTAFF DUE DATE\nDATE COMPLETED:\nDATE COMPLETED/DEPT: 04/02/92\nCOPIES TO:\nWHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:\nCONTACT PERSON:\nPHONE:\nEXT:\nREMARKS: See response on document number 9201148\nOSTP RECEIVED:\nDEPT RECEIVED: 02/24/92\nFILE: P-EOP-PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nCENTRAL FILES:\n9201219\n2070 E 27 Ave.\nEugene, OR 97403\nFebruary 15, 1992\nPresident George Bush\nThe White House\nWashington, DC 20500\nDear President Bush,\nYou have shown that you can lead the world\nin waging war, and in the process have saved the oil supply of\nthe United States.\nPlease redeem your election campaign pledge to become the\nenvironmental president by leading the world for peaceful deve-\nlopment, and save our earth's atmosphere from destruction by\nman-made greenhouse gases. Because the United States is the\nworld's largest emitter of CO₂, we should set an example by\nreducing, or at least stabilizing that emission.\nOur country must be a leader, not a reluctant obstruction-\nme\nist, in the critical talks on the global warming treaty and\nother issues which will take place in February and March in\nNew York City.\nI strongly urge you to join the many other world leaders\nwho are planning to attend the United Nations Conference on\nEnvironment and Development in Rio de Janiero June 1-12. At\nthat conference I hope you will be able to present a proposal\nfor world cooperation in greenhouse gas reduction, a proposal\nof which we can be proud and for which our children and grand-\nchildren will be grateful in the decades to come.\nYours sincerely,\nEdevard B.Masorvey\nEdward B. Meservey\nResearch Physicist (retired)\nPrinceton University\n\"Document Control\"\nTYPE:\nPresidential Priority\nDOCUMENT NUMBER: 9201253\nORIGINATOR: 05\nSTATUS\nDIRECTORATE STATUS C\nFROM:\nDavid J. Rathe\nTO:\nPresident Bush\nDATE OF\nCORRESPONDENCE: 02/15/92\nSUBJECT: He is writing President Bush to urge him to attend\nthe Earth Summit (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro\nDIRECTORATE\nSTAFF\nASSIGNED:\nASSIGNED: Nancy Maynard\nACTION\nSTAFF\nREQUIRED:\nACTION: Draft for DAB'S signature\nSENDER'S DUE DATE:\nOSTP DUE DATE:\nSTAFF DUE DATE\nDATE COMPLETED:\nDATE COMPLETED/DEPT: 04/02/92\nCOPIES TO:\nWHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:\nCONTACT PERSON:\nPHONE:\nEXT:\nREMARKS: See response on document number 9201148\nOSTP RECEIVED:\nDEPT RECEIVED: 02/20/92\nFILE: P-EOP-PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nCENTRAL FILES:\n5/\nfarther\n9201253\nFebruary 15, 1992\nDavid J. Rathe Do\n309 wall St\nDanville PA 17821\nPresident George Bush\nThe White House\n1600 Pennsylvania Ave.\nWashington, DC 20500\nDear President Bush,\nI write to you concerning the upcoming United Nations\nConference on Environment and Development in June. I urge\nyou to attend this conference of grave importance to the\nworld. Please commit to specific timetables for reducing\nCarbon dioxide emissions and air /water pollution. Please call\nfor programs to curb global deforestation and provide incentives\nfor sustainable management of production forests.\nPlease become the environmental president you vowed\nto be in this term and show the world and our\nenvironment \" the White House effect.\"\nThank you for your concern and support of our environment.\nSincerely,\nDathe a\n\"Document Control\"\nTYPE:\nPresidential Priority\nDOCUMENT NUMBER: 9201249\nORIGINATOR: 05\nSTATUS\nDIRECTORATE STATUS C\nFROM:\nBill Weir\nTO:\nPresident Bush\nDATE OF\nCORRESPONDENCE: 02/15/92\nSUBJECT: He is writing to urge the President to attend the\nEarth Summit (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro\nDIRECTORATE\nSTAFF\nASSIGNED:\nASSIGNED: Nancy Maynard\nACTION\nSTAFF\nREQUIRED:\nACTION: Draft for DAB'S signature\nSENDER'S DUE DATE:\nOSTP DUE DATE:\nSTAFF DUE DATE\nDATE COMPLETED:\nDATE COMPLETED/DEPT: 04/02/92\nCOPIES TO:\nWHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:\nCONTACT PERSON:\nPHONE:\nEXT:\nREMARKS: See response on document #9201148\nOSTP RECEIVED:\nDEPT RECEIVED: 02/20/92\nFILE: P-EOP-PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nCENTRAL FILES:\n51.\nEarth\nBill Weir\n9201249\nBILL WEIR ASSOCIATES\n6904 RIDGEVIEW DRIVE\nFebruary 15, 1992\nMINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA\nPresident George Bush\n55439-1431 USA\nWashington DC 20500\nPHONE: (612) 751-0445\nVOICE MAIL: (612) 941-5360\nDear Mr. President,\nFAX: (612) 941-5360\nI respectfully call upon you to live up to your promises to your\nconstituents regarding protection of our earth's environment for\nhumankind and other species. To do so, I urge that you take\ncertain steps promptly that will help fulfill those promises:\n1) Strongly support the Renewable Energy Tax Equity Act of 1992\n(Summary enclosed).\n2) Adopt and proclaim an effective program for our nation's\nparticipation in global leadership to promptly and substantially\nreduce the production and emission of carbon dioxide and other\ngases that are quite probably leading to a very destructive global\nwarming. We must shift our electric power production away from\ncoal, oil and nuclear fission to draw more and more from\nwindpower, solar-power and when ready, nuclear fusion-power.\n3) Direct our federal departments and agencies to amend their\npractices for purchase of electric-power and of generating\nsystems, first to revise specification in Requests For Proposals\nso as to make competition truly fair among coal, oil, nuclear,\nwind and photovoltaic sources and systems, and also to take into\naccount the Environmental Cost Differential among these\nalternatives in determining which are chosen.\n4) Take major steps to ensure much stronger US leadership toward\ngreater protection of our global environment, including your\npersonal leadership at the Earth Summit this June in Brazil.\nPlease respond with assurance that you will follow through on\nyour promises to become our \"Environmental President.\"\nSincerely, Bill Weir\nTrustee, Republican Presidential Task Force, NRSC\nCo-Producer, Republican Weekly TV Series \"Main Street Minnesota\"\nElected Public Servant (Commissioner), Hennepin Parks Board\n2/5/92\nBush Library Photocopy\nPreservation\nTHE RENEWABLE ENERGY TAX EQUITY ACT O, 1992\nA fundamental requirement for more/rapidly realizing America' tenewable CTA\npotential is tax equity. The\nRenewable Energy Tax Equity Act of 1992 (RETEA) would provide renewable technol\nas with tax incentive options:\n(1) A ten percent business energy tax credit on investments in geothermal, solar, or small-scale wind energy; or (2)\na production tax incentive of 2.5 cents per kilowatt-hout of electricity sold, rewarding investors in clean energy products\nwith tax benefits based solely on the actual production and sale of electricity to 1 U.S. utility. This legislation is the\nmost significant federal initiative that could be undertaken in support of wind and other renewable technologies.\nEach renewable energy source has unique\nProviding renewable tax incentives will: (1) ensure\nct\nteristics and requires special provisions to more\nthat the federal tax code treats all energy sources\nra,\nenter the marketplace. A production lax\nequitably; (2) enhance energy security by reducing\nintent visists only those taxpayers who generate and\ndependence on foreign supplies; (3) create a more\nsell eleculaty to a U.S. utility, preventing potential\nreliable domestic energy supply by diversifying fuel\nabuses of the tax code. This option is appropriate for\nsources; (4) help maintain the balance of trade by\ntechnologies that are close to being cost competitive\nsupporting U.S. exports of equipment and skills; (5)\nwithrcotive hnologies, such as geothermal and\ncreate jobs renewable energy sources are more labor\nlarge-scale Thowever, energy sources that are\nintensive than conventional fuels; and (6) put the U.S.\ncurrently more expensive or capital intensive, such 21\non record as having taken proactive steps toward\nphotovoltaics and small-scale residential wind, would\nreducing CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions.\nbenefit more from the business energy TAX credit Solar\nthermal, while nearing cost competitiveness, still has\nRETEA contains several provisions that are key to\nquite high up-front capital costs, and might benefit\nthe success of the renewable energy industry yet are\nfrom either option. Systems such as lolar hot water\nnot found in other energy tax equity legislation,\nsystems generate no kilowatt-hours and thus would be\nincluding: inflation adjustment; extended qualification\nentirely excluded by a production credit alone. Specific\nperiods; and a phase-out of production credit with\nprovisions have been include in RETEA to ensure\nincreased market prices.\nthat both credits cannot be received simultaneously.\nProduction incentives will protect taxpayers by\nConventional sources of energy coal, oil, gas, and\nproviding a tax credit only when electricity is generated\nnuclear receive special incentives such as fuel\nand sold to a utility Regardless of the tire of\nexpensing, artificial liability limits (through the Price-\ninvestment, if 8 project doesn't generate electricity to\nAnderson Act), resource depletion allowances,\nthe anticipated standards, it does not receive the same\nexploration incentives, exemption from the alternative\ncredit. Structured properly, the option of energy tax\nminimum tax, minimum price controls, or intangible\ncredit or production incentive successfully addresses the\ndrilling expenses. In comparison, the current\nneeds of the entire renewable energy field, while\ninvestment tax credit for renewables only applies to\ncreating greater equity in the energy tax code. If you\nsolar and geothermal, and rewards investment rather\nwould like more information on RETEA, contact\nthan the actual production of energy. Wind energy tax\nMichael Marvin at (202) 408-8988.\ncredits were discontinued in 1985.\n\"Document Control\"\nTYPE:\nPRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nDOCUMENT NUMBER: 9201155\nORIGINATOR: 05\nSTATUS\nDIRECTORATE STATUS C\nFROM:\nALLMAN, MARY\nTO:\nPRESIDENT BUSH\nDATE OF\nCORRESPONDENCE: 02/14/92\nSUBJECT: HE IS WRITING TO URGE THE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND THE\nEARTH SUMMIT (UNCED) IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL\nDIRECTORATE\nSTAFF\nASSIGNED:\nASSIGNED: Nancy Maynard\nACTION\nSTAFF\nREQUIRED:\nACTION: DRAFT FOR DAB'S SIGNATURE\nSENDER'S DUE DATE:\nOSTP DUE DATE:\nSTAFF DUE DATE\nDATE COMPLETED:\nDATE COMPLETED/DEPT: 04/02/92\nCOPIES TO:\nWHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:\nCONTACT PERSON:\nPHONE:\nEXT:\nREMARKS:\nOSTP RECEIVED:\nDEPT RECEIVED: 03/13/92\nFILE: P-EOP-PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nCENTRAL FILES:\n9201155\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nApril 2, 1992\nDear Ms. Allman:\nOn behalf of President Bush, thank you for your comments and suggestions\nabout global environmental issues and the United Nations Conference on\nEnvironment and Development (UNCED). The President appreciates your\nconcerns and has asked that I respond to your letter of February 14, 1992\nregarding these issues.\nThe United States, under President Bush's leadership, is aggressively\npursuing international efforts to address problems related to climate change,\nozone depletion, forests, oceans, biological diversity, and technology\ncooperation with developing countries. The Administration has put forward\nspecific proposals in various international fora to address each of these\nquestions. More important, the United States is already taking specific steps\nhere at home, through both legislation and administrative action, to begin\ntackling these problems.\nSpecifically regarding climate change, you may be pleased to know that the\nUnited States has already begun taking actions that will have the effect of\nreducing net emissions of greenhouse gases. These include:\n*\nPresident Bush proposed and signed into law the 1990 Clean\nAir Act, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the\nutility sector through restrictions on utility air pollutants;\n*\nThe Bush Administration has proposed, both through the\nNational Energy Strategy and through various regulatory\nmeasures, to improve energy efficiency in power generation and\ntransmission, buildings, appliances, lighting, and\ntransportation, which will restrain related carbon dioxide\nemissions;\n*\nThe President has proposed, through his tree planting\ninitiatives, to increase the acreage and to improve the\nmanagement of forests, which act as greenhouse gas \"sinks\";\n*\nThe President has proposed to expand the use of renewable and\nlow-emission fuel sources;\nPage 2 - Ms. Allman\n*\nSince President Bush took office, he has doubled funding for\nconservation research and development (R&D) and increased\nfunding for renewable R&D by 69 percent; and\n*\nThe Administration has not only proposed, but the President\nhas signed into law, the phaseout of ozone-depleting\ncompounds that are also greenhouse gases.\nAdditionally, in February 1992, in response to new scientific evidence,\nPresident Bush was the first head of state to commit his country unilaterally\nto accelerating the date for the complete phaseout of the production of\nchlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The President's action moves up the phaseout\ndate of CFCs, which deplete the Earth's ozone layer, to December 31, 1995.\nDue to a number of previous Administration actions, U.S. production of\nozone-depleting substances is already more than 40 percent below levels\nallowed by the internationally agreed Montreal Protocol. Under the new\nschedule, the U.S. will eliminate production four years ahead of the current\ninternational deadline, thus continuing the record of U.S. leadership in this\narea extending back to the mid-1970s.\nThe United States supports a comprehensive approach, addressing all\ngreenhouse gases, not just carbon dioxide, and \"sinks,\" such as forests.\nFocusing exclusively on carbon dioxide emissions, as some have proposed, is\nan inadequate response.\nThe United States has committed $25 million to assist developing countries\nin planning to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change. The U.S. has\nstepped up its own climate action plan, first outlined in February 1991,\nincluding actions in such areas as energy efficiency, transportation, reduced\nemission supply technologies, agriculture, natural resources, and technology\nR&D. The United States has also committed $50 million to the core fund of\nthe Global Environment Facility (GEF) and $150 million in parallel financing\nthrough the U.S. Agency for International Development. In addition to\naddressing global climate change, the GEF also funds projects concerning\nbiodiversity, international waters, and ozone.\nThe U.S. Global Change Research Program is the world's largest such\nprogram and thus provides much of the scientific foundation for international\nagreements on climate change and ozone depletion. The Bush Administration\nhas invested $2.6 billion in global change research, far more than any other\ncountry, with an additional $1.3 billion proposed for year 1993 -- over six\ntimes the fiscal 1989 level. Research on the scientific and economic aspects\nPage 3 - - Ms. Allman\nof global climate change will enable policy makers to make better judgments\nabout potential impacts and policy actions.\nRegarding the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development\n(UNCED), scheduled this June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, President Bush is\ncommitted to achieving international agreement on a framework convention\non climate change. In addition to a global agreement on climate change, the\nBush Administration also hopes UNCED will produce strategies and specific\ninitiatives to improve conservation of forests, oceans, and biological diversity,\nand to increase technology cooperation with developing countries. You can\nbe sure that the United States will be well represented at the conference.\nAs we move forwardi the 1990s, the United States will continue to address\nglobal environmental challenges within a context of expanding economic\nopportunities for all the world's people. The United States wants concrete,\npractical results from UNCED - results that will guide future action on the\nfull range of environmental and developmental issues.\nThank you for taking the time to express your interest on these environmental\nissues with President Bush. You can be sure that the President will continue\nworking with other nations to obtain global solutions to these challenging\nissues.\nWith the President's best wishes,\nSincerely yours,\nDAnan Bramley\nD. Allan Bromley\nThe Assistant to the President\nfor\nScience and Technology\nMs. Mary A. Allman\n17500 Buehler Road\nOlney, Maryland 20832\n14 February 1992\nPresident George Bush\nThe White House\n1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW\nWashington DC 20500-0002\nDear Mr. President:\nIt is fitting to write you today, the day we celebrate love. If you love the Earth, then lead your people, and the world,\nin saving our global environment. Take a strong leadership role in encouraging environmental protection.\nSpecifically,\n(a)\nSupport a global warming treaty to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other ozone-destroying gases.\nFrom February 18 through 28, the negotiating team of world leaders is meeting in New York City to put\nthe finishing touches on this treaty. Your administration should have a strong voice there.\n(b)\nAgree to a ban on the international trafficking of toxic waste, and\n(c)\nCommit to attending UNCED in June 1992. This UN Conference on Environment and Development could\nbring the nations of the world together to stop global warming and achieve a safe home for countless\ngenerations. Let it not be said that the United States, a major consumer of the earth's resources, did not\nhave the vision nor the commitment to protect our imperiled global environment.\nIt is disturbing, to say the least, to hear that:\n- The U,S, is the only industrialized nation unwilling to sign a global warming treaty which would set\ntargets and timetables for reducing the emission of greenhouse gases;\n- The U.S. is the only country unwilling to consider a ban on trafficking of toxic wastes, allowing richer\nindustrialized nations to dump their wastes in poorer developing countries;\n- You have not yet committed to attend the UNCED meeting in Brazil, signalling to other nations that\nenvironmental protection is not a top priority for the U.S. government. (Yes, the world's citizens are reading\nyour lips.)\nMr. President, please help make UNCED a success. It may be our last opportunity in this Century to sign a\nglobal warming treaty and make progress towards controlling environmental disasters.\nSincerely yours,\nMary a. Allwan\n17500 BUELHER ROAD\nOLNEY MD 20832\n\"Document Control\"\nTYPE:\nPresidential Priority\nDOCUMENT NUMBER: 9201238\nORIGINATOR: 05\nSTATUS\nDIRECTORATE STATUS C\nFROM:\nJohn A. Satterwhite D.D.S.\nTO:\nPresident Bush\nDATE OF\nCORRESPONDENCE: 02/14/92\nSUBJECT: He is writing to urge the President to attend the\nEarth Summit (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro\nDIRECTORATE\nSTAFF\nASSIGNED:\nASSIGNED: Nancy Maynard\nACTION\nSTAFF\nREQUIRED:\nACTION: Draft for DAB'S signature\nSENDER'S DUE DATE:\nOSTP DUE DATE:\nSTAFF DUE DATE\nDATE COMPLETED:\nDATE COMPLETED/DEPT: 04/02/92\nCOPIES TO:\nWHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:\nCONTACT PERSON:\nPHONE:\nEXT:\nREMARKS: See response on document #9201148\nOSTP RECEIVED:\nDEPT RECEIVED: 02/19/92\nFILE: P-EOP-PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nCENTRAL FILES:\n9201238\nJohn A. Satterwhite D.D.S.\n605 Peterson Dr.\nPhillips, Wi. 54555\n715-339-3021\nFebruary 14, 1992\nPresident George Bush\nThe White House\nWashington, D.C. 20500\nDear President Bush,\nI do not understand why you are not having the U.S.\nparticipate in the final treaty negotiations in preparation\nfor the \"Earth Summit\" in Rio de Janeiro this June.\nThe world looks to the U.S. as a leader let's act like a\nleader and set policies for the world to follow.\nI strongly urge that you make a commitment to a global\nwarming treaty that requires a 20% cut in greenhouse gas\nemissions by the year 2000.\nSincerely,\nJohn a. John A. Satterwhite D.D.S Sattindale was\nJAS/as\n\"Document Control for Division of Life Sciences\"\nTYPE:\nPRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nDOCUMENT NUMBER: 9200451\nORIGINATOR: 02\nSTATUS I\nDIRECTORATE STATUS C\nFROM:\nDICKINSON, William L.: U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\nTO:\nDR. D.A. BROMLEY\nDATE OF\nCORRESPONDENCE: 02/13/92\nSUBJECT: HE IS FORWARDING INFORMATION REGARDING MR. ANDREW\nGRINSTEAD III WHO WISHES TO BE SELECTED TO CONSULT\nWITH THE FCCSET SUBCOMMITTEE ON BIOTECHNOLOGY\nRESEARCH.\nDIRECTORATE\nSTAFF\nASSIGNED: LIFE SCIENCES\nASSIGNED: Rachel E. Levinson\nACTION\nSTAFF\nREQUIRED: FOR DAB'S SIGNATURE/\nACTION: Bromley Sign/Necessary Acti\nAS NECESSARY\nSENDER'S DUE DATE:\nOSTP DUE DATE:\n02/19/92\nSTAFF DUE DATE\n02/19/92\nDATE COMPLETED:\nDATE COMPLETED/DEPT: 02/20/92\nCOPIES TO: D. Allan Bromley\nCarl Bretscher\nDamar Hawkins\nWHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:\nCONTACT PERSON:\nPHONE:\nEXT:\nhay\nREMARKS:\nOSTP RECEIVED: 02/13/92\nDEPT RECEIVED: 02/14/92\nFILE: P-EOP-PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nCENTRAL FILES:\nEXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT\nOFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20506\nFebruary 20, 1992\nDear Congressman Dickinson:\nMr. Calio referred your February 3 letter regarding Mr. E. Andrews Grinstead to my office\nfor reply. We are pleased that Mr. Grinstead has indicated his interest in the President's\nNational Biotechnology Research Initiative. As a highlighted component of the President's\nFiscal Year 1993 Budget, the Biotechnology Research Initiative demonstrates the\nAdministration's commitment to fostering U.S. leadership in this rapidly growing field, of\nwhich Mr. Grinstead's company, Hybridon, is a part. We will send Mr. Grinstead a copy\nof the report, Biotechnology for the 21st Century, with an invitation for him to provide\ncomments.\nThank you for transmitting Mr. Grinstead's letter.\nSincerely yours,\nDANAN D. Allan Bromley Samby\nDirector\ncc: Mr. Grinstead\nMr. Calio\nThe Honorable William L. Dickinson\nHouse of Representatives\nWashington, D.C. 20515\nEXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT\nOFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20506\nFebruary 20, 1992\nDear Mr. Grinstead:\nYour note to Congressman Dickinson regarding your interest in the President's National\nBiotechnology Research Initiative has been sent to me for response. Your letter indicates\nthat announcements of the launching of this important effort are having the desired effect.\nThat is, to send a strong message that the President is committed to maintaining our\ncurrent global leadership position in biotechnology. This commitment recognizes the\ncritical role of biotechnology in our nation's future technological strength, economic growth,\nand the health and quality of life of its people. However, the returns on this investment\ncannot be realized without the participation of companies such as Hybridon. Therefore, we\nare very pleased that you have indicated your willingness to provide your reflections and\ncomments on the work of the Biotechnology Research Subcommittee of the Committee on\nLife Sciences and Health, Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and\nTechnology.\nWe have enclosed a copy of the report, Biotechnology for the 21st Century, published as a\npart of the President's Fiscal Year 1993 Budget. Any comments that you might wish to\nprovide would be very much appreciated.\nAgain, we thank you for your interest and attention.\nSincerely yours,\nD. Allan Bromley\nDirector\nEnclosure\ncc: The Honorable William L. Dickinson\nMr. E. Andrews Grinstead\nChairman of the Board and CEO\nHybridon Inc.\nOne Innovation Drive\nWorcester, Massachusetts 01605\nBiotechnology for the 21st Century\nA Report by the\nFCCSET Committee\non Life Sciences\nand Health\nFebruary 1992\nFY 1993\n0451 A\nTHE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE\nREFERRAL\nRECEIVED\n13,2 1992 9\nTO: OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY\nOSTP\nMAIL ROOM\nACTION REQUESTED:\nAPPROPRIATE ACTION\nDESCRIPTION OF INCOMING:\nID:\n305077\nMEDIA: LETTER, DATED FEBRUARY 3, 1992\nTO:\nNICK CALIO\nFROM:\nTHE HONORABLE WILLIAM L. DICKINSON\nU.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\nWASHINGTON DC 20515\nSUBJECT: FORWARDS INFORMATION REGARDING MR. ANDREW\nGRINSTEAD III WHO WISHES TO BE SELECTED\nTO CONSULT WITH THE FCCSET SUBCOMMITTEE ON\nBIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH\nPROMPT ACTION IS ESSENTIAL - IF REQUIRED ACTION HAS NOT BEEN\nTAKEN WITHIN 9 WORKING DAYS OF RECEIPT, PLEASE TELEPHONE THE\nUNDERSIGNED AT 456-7486.\nRETURN CORRESPONDENCE, WORKSHEET AND COPY OF RESPONSE\n(OR DRAFT) TO:\nAGENCY LIAISON, ROOM 91, THE WHITE HOUSE, 20500\nSALLY KELLEY\nDIRECTOR OF AGENCY LIAISON\nPRESIDENTIAL CORRESPONDENCE\n5H.\nID# 305077\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nCORRESPONDENCE TRACKING WORKSHEET\nINCOMING\nPE\nDATE RECEIVED: FEBRUARY 04, 1992\nNAME OF CORRESPONDENT: THE HONORABLE WILLIAM L. DICKINSON\nSUBJECT: FORWARDS INFORMATION REGARDING MR. ANDREW\nGRINSTEAD III WHO WISHES TO BE SELECTED\nTO CONSULT WITH THE FCCSET SUBCOMMITTEE ON\nBIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH\nACTION\nDISPOSITION\nROUTE TO:\nACT\nDATE\nTYPE C COMPLETED\nOFFICE/AGENCY\n(STAFF NAME)\nCODE YY/MM/DD\nRESP\nD YY/MM/DD\nNICK CALIO\nORG 92/02/04 NCA 9210205\n1990STP\nREFERRAL NOTE:\nCA 92/02/102\n/ /\nREFERRAL NOTE:\nPPBULL\nREFERRAL NOTE:\nI 920219\n/ /\n€J\n/ /\n/ /\nREFERRAL NOTE:\n/ /\n/ /\nREFERRAL NOTE:\nCOMMENTS:\nADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENTS:\nMEDIA:L INDIVIDUAL CODES: 1240\nMAIL\nUSER CODES: (A)\n(B)\n(C)\n*ACTION CODES:\n*DISPOSITION\n*OUTGOING\n*\n*\n*\n*CORRESPONDENCE:\n*\n*A-APPROPRIATE ACTION\n*A-ANSWERED\n*TYPE RESP=INITIALS\n*\n*C-COMMENT/RECOM\n*B-NON-SPEC-REFERRAL\n*\nOF SIGNER *\n*D-DRAFT RESPONSE\n*C-COMPLETED\n*\nCODE = A\n*\n*F-FURNISH FACT SHEET *S-SUSPENDED\n*COMPLETED = DATE OF *\n*I-INFO COPY/NO ACT NEC*\n*\nOUTGOING *\n*R-DIRECT REPLY W/COPY *\n*\n*\n*S-FOR-SIGNATURE\n*\n*\n*\n*X-INTERIM REPLY\n*\n*\n*\nREFER QUESTIONS AND ROUTING UPDATES TO CENTRAL REFERENCE\n(ROOM 75, OEOB) EXT-2590\nKEEP THIS WORKSHEET ATTACHED TO THE ORIGINAL INCOMING\nLETTER AT ALL TIMES AND SEND COMPLETED RECORD TO RECORDS\nMANAGEMENT.\nFebruary 5, 1992\nDear Bill:\nThank you for your recent letter regarding Mr. Andrew\nGrinstead's interest in consulting with the White House\nOffice of Science and Technology Policy on\nbiotechnology research.\nWe appreciate being advised of Mr. Grinstead's interest\nin this regard. In an effort to be of assistance, I have\nshared your correspondence with the appropriate\nPresidential advisors for their review and consideration.\nThank you again for your interest in writing.\nWith best regards,\nSincerely,\nNicholas E. Calio\nAssistant to the President\nfor Legislative Affairs\nThe Honorable William L. Dickinson\nHouse of Representatives\nWashington, D.C. 20515\nNEC:JHH:\nbcc: w/ copy of inc to Office of Science and\nTechnology Policy - for appropriate action\nbcc: w/ copy of inc to Office of Presidential\nPersonnel - FYI\nWILLIAM L. DICKINSON\nDISTRICT OFFICES:\n2D DISTRICT, ALABAMA\nROOM 301 FEDERAL COURT BUILDING\n15 LEE STREET\nWASHINGTON OFFICE:\nPHONE: AREA CODE (205) 223-7292\n2406 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING\nMONTGOMERY, AL 36104\nPHONE: AREA CODE (202) 225-2901\nCongress of the United States\nFEDERAL BUILDING\nWASHINGTON, DC 20515-0102\n100 WEST TROY STREET\nhouse of Representatives\nPHONE: AREA CODE (205) 794-9680\nDOTHAN, AL 36303\n2D DISTRICT COUNTIES:\nBARBOUR\nCRENSHAW\nMashington, DC 20515-0102\nCITY HALL BUILDING\nBULLOCK\nDALE\nMAIN STREET\nBUTLER\nGENEVA\nPHONE: AREA CODE (205) 493-9253\nCOFFEE\nHENRY\nOPP, AL 36467\nCONECUH\nHOUSTON\nCOVINGTON\nFebruary 3, 1992\nMONTGOMERY\nCOMMITTEES:\nPIKE\nARMED SERVICES\nMalis\nHOUSE ADMINISTRATION\nMr. Nick Calio\nAssistant to the President for Legislative Affairs\nThe White House\nWashington, DC 20500\nDear Mr. Calio:\nEnclosed please find information concerning Mr. Andrew Grinstead,\nIII, who wishes to consult with the FCCSET subcommittee on\nbiotechnology research.\nPlease bring Mr. Grinstead's request to the attention of the\nbiotechnology research subcommittee of the Federal Coordinating\nCouncil on Science, Engineering & Technology at the White House\nOffice on Science and Technology Policy.\nThank you for your efforts on Mr. Grinstead's behalf.\nSincerely yours,\nBill\nWM. L. DICKINSON\nWLD/Ip\nWILLIAMSON AND WILLIAMSON\nATTORNEYS AT LAW\nGREENVILLE. ALABAMA 36037-0467\nW. J. WILLUMSON\nP.O. Box 467\nJ. MEOOWAY WILLIAMSON\nTelephone Are 205-382-2635\nWARREN J. WILLIAMSON, JR\nJanuary 29, 1992\nFAX 205-382-2625\nAttached is an article in the Biotechnology Daily Newspaper,\n\"Bioworld Today\" relating to a biotech initiative by the\nAdministration.\nAttached is a copy of a fax received today from E. Andrews\n(Andy) Grinstead, III, the son-in-law of W. Jack Williamson,\nGrecnville, Alabama. This fax shows the business name, telephone\nand fax number for Mr. Grinstead.\nAttached is an article copied from the Boston Sunday Telegram\nor October 27, 1991 which gives you the information concerning Andy\nGrinstead.\nTell the Congressman that Andy Grinstead is the son Admiral\nE. A. Grinstead, who is now retired but at his retirement was Chief\nof Supply for the Armed Forces. I am sure the Congressman met him\nas he has testified many times before the House Armed Services\nCommittee.\nAndy Crinstead is now the Chairman of the Board and CEO of two\nhealth-care companies. Hybridon Inc. is one and Gensis the other.\nNotice that these are put together by venture capital arm of\nHarvard Medical School.\nAndy Grinstead is 46 years of age, a graduate of Harvard\nUndergraduate School and of Harvard Business School. After\ngraduation from Harvard Business School, he went to work for Eli\nLilly and Company of Indianapolis. In the course of this\nemployment he served as their director in Iran and their director\nin Venezuela. Then later he returned to the home office in\nIndianapolis and was placed in charge of all new acquisitions of\nmedical products companies. Then he went to Wall Street and served\nas an investment banker with Kidder, Peabody & Company Inc. and\nlater with PaineWebber Inc. - all in the medical technology field.\nLate in 1991 he was employed through Medical Science Partners\nto be Chairman of the Board and CEO of these two companies\nspecializing in anti-sense technology and other new genetic\ndiscoveries in the health-care field.\nHe would be a natural to consult with the FCCSET Subcommittee\non biotechnology research.\nAnything you can do to get his name before this group would\nbe appreciated.\n01/28/08\n09:41\nBIT 277 0113\nMEDICAL SCI PTRS NEISS\n001/003\nB1/27/02 28120114 *** DELIVER TO\n017\nET\n8115\nDomie\nihorps\nPage\n1\nBIOWO TODAY\nTURROAY\nLive 11. 1881\nTHE MILY BIOTHOM\nLOGY\nNEWSPART\nVou 1 No.\nPAMILY\nAmylin Receives\nBush To Discuss Blotech Initiative\nWASHINGTON - The White House announced on\nFirst Patent Noti\nMonday that President Bush will unvell a blotechnol.\nagy research Initiative and four other federal R&D\nAmylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. has (scelved notice of\nInitiatives in the State of the Union Address tonight.\nallowance on Its Arst patent, covering composition of\nThe blosech Initiative was crafted by the blotech-:\nthe company's flagship hormone amylin, the San\nnology research subcommittes of the Federal Coordi-\ncompany announced Monday.\nnating Council on Science, Engineering and Technol-\nThe company (NASDAQ:AMLN), which\nogv. FCCSET is part of the White House Office on\nloping\ntherapeutics for diaberes based on\nScience and Technology Policy.\nmore. said\nthe patent will also cover formula 13 of amylin th\nThe White llouse did not provide any Information\nInclude Insulin,\nabout the contents of the Initiative. FCCSET spokes.\nThe claims will cover use of amviin replace\nman also declined to provide details.\n11\ntherapy for reducing the risk of low blo\nIn addition to the biotech initiative. Bush will an.\ncase,\nwhich is associated with the diabates\nbegins In\nhounce initiatives In advanced materials and processing:\nchildhood. Amylin, which is In\nperiod, also\nhigh performance computing and communications: sio-\nannounced that 11 has been cleared tart elinical trial\nbal change research; and meth and science education.\nof & synthetic amylin preparation.\n- Stave Usdin\nAmylin balievas an excess of the pancreati\nmone leads to obesity, deposits of amylou\nthe\npancreas and the Insulin rasistance that chi\ntion\nudias\nhave\n1\nwn\nthat\norizes\naleve\nd lavals of In\nadult-onset or type II diabetes. It Is also\nPeloping\nbloo protein fibrin an can predict\nart attacks and\namylin and amylin agonists for use\nstro\n1.\n&\nI&T TYPE I\ninsulin-dependent diabetes.\nS shares fell tents to $12.25\nMonday.\nB\nThe company has an agreement with Claxe Inc. 10\nrington orts Profital\nYear\nco-develop amylin blockers us potential therapies.\nAmylin, which has filed or acquired more than 30\nEarrington profitable Laboral las Inc. on Monday ported its\nU.S. patent applications, last week completed Its Initial\npublic offering and saw its shares Jump nearly 50\nnet income of 31. billien, or 14 cents sin hare, 1983, on\nyear\nthe company went\nparcent above 122 IPO price of $14. The stock closed up\nvanues of $15.4 milli for the waar ended N 30.\n$1.63 to 523 on Monday,\nIn 1990, the Inving, las, company (AMEX. CRN) lost\n16.1 million, or or cents par share, on ravanues of\nYamanouohl To Bell ABS Test Kits\n811.6 million.\nAmerican Biogenetic Sciences Inc. on Monday said It\nCarrington share: desed 21 $19.58, UP 13 cants.\nhas signed an exclusive 15 year agreement under which\nThe launch of three new products and continued\nramanouchi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. will market rest\ngrowth in the wound. and skin-care line Increased Pav.\ncontaining ARS' moneslenal antibody. is Abringgen,\nanuas, according to the company, whose products are\nThe Japaness sumpany will limks Issitial person of\nbased on s naturally occurring carbohydrate molecule.\n$1 million. The Notre Dame, Ind., company\nReduction 111 the LUST of goods SLAU, KD well UI subsider\n(NASDAQ:MABXA) also will retain all manufacturing\ntially reduced operating expenses, boosted net income.\nrights and receive royalties on sule of kitx containing\nFor the fourth quarter, Carrington had net income of\nthe antibody. 45% In Japan and Taiwan.\n$423,000, or 5 cants per share, on revenues of $4.3\n45% which Is Abrinogen specific, 11 Intended for was\nmillion. For the 1980 quarter. net loss was $3 million.\nor 48 cants per share, on revenwes of 53.3 million. .\nFar BloWorld Customer Senice, of 1-800-879-8790, in Japan al COMUNE International Carp. 03-3770-5501.\ntrademarks Maise a M401. Telephone (410) in (11/12) mun; washington sureau can 642.7431. and Lowers South I\nSan Todayois published every business day by le Publishing Inc. President and Publisher, Savid Bunnet. Mikerbi and business effices: 217\nTHE WRITTEN CONSENT of D. To subscribe or is aboin photocopying rights. please as Subscripdors X 800-879-8750.\nof to Publishing Inc. Copyright c 189030 Publishing Inc N lights NO PART OF THE RELICATION MAY и INSTRUCED Today WITHOUT are\n2.d\n2001 252 803 DNI WaDE:E0 26, 62 NYI\nXXXX\nHYBRIDON\nFAX\nHybridun, Inc.\nOne Innovation Drive\nWorcester, MA 01605\n(508) 752-7000\nFax: (508) 752-7001\nHybridon Fax\nTO:\nJack Williamson\nFAX #:\n205-382-2625\nDATE:\nJanuary 28, 1992\nFROM:\nDana Miller for Andy Grinstead\n# OF PAGES:\n1\n(to follow)\nMESSAGE:\nDo you have any ideas on how I can get involved in this? Please lei me know.\nThanks,\nAndy\nIf this transmission is not legible, please call Hybridon at (508) 752-7000. Our FAX\nnumber is (508) 752-7001. Thank you\n1\nI'd\n1022 252 B2S DNI W852:E0 26. 82 NSI\nSUNDAY TELEGRAM. OCTOBER 27. 1991 E1\nKilling\nthe\nMessenger\nHybridon drug targets AIDS;\ninvestors call in big guns\nBy Paul P. Heldman\nStaff Reporter\nAndrews Grinstead III\nThe company's scientific\nThe directors decided à change\nspent the 1980s searching\nfounder, Dr. Paul C Zamecnik of\nwas essendal so the timetables for\nfor the smartest technolo-\nthe Slirewsbury-based Worcester\nfinancing and for development of\ngies and best-russ compa-\nFoundation for Experimental Biol-\npharmaceuticals could be met,\nnies and then raising money for\nogy, is a pioneer in anti-sense tech-\nPederson. Hybridon director,\nthem\nnology.\nsaid last week\nHc then embarked on a 10 month\nGrlustead, who became Пубгі-\nLast June, as the level of dissatis-\nhunt for technology that will be\ndon chairman and chief executive\nfaction with the Webb team rose,\n\"critical in drug discovery in the\nin August, is 2 former investment\nPederson met with Grinstead and\nnext century.\"\nbanker who helped raise millions\nNelss.\nof dollars for financing and merg-\nHic quest landed him in Worces.\nAt the time. they were in the\ning health care companies. \"He\nter.\nmidst of planning a biotechnology\nhas an enormous network of peo-\nstartup that would focus on anti-\nThe former investment banker\nple in both the financial communi-\nsense technology and be based in\nand drug company executive is\nty and the research community,\"\nSan Diego. A corporate recruiter\nnow charged with cpurring the\nsaid Albert A Holman III, a former\nGrinstead colleagne and managing\narranged a meeting with Medical\ngrowth of Hybridon Inc., & 19-\nScience Partners, the Brookline-\nmonth-old biotechnology company\ndirector at Kidder, Peabody & Co.\nInc\nbased venture capital arm of Har.\nthat already has scrapped its first\nvard Medical School and HyDri-\nmanagement team\nAnd Hybridon's new prest-\ndon's major investor.\nGrinstead, the leader of manage-\ndent, Dr. Edward S. Neiss. oversew\nGrinstead said he and Neiss resi-\nment team No. 2, now faces the for-\nbringing numerous drugs from the\nized Hybridon contained every.\nmidable task of transforming Шу-\nresearch phase to the market while\nbridon into something other than\naffiliated with several major\nthing they wanted in their startup\njust another biotech company\nhealth-care organizations.\n- and more: a founding scientist\nstruggling w raise more money\nwho is я pioneer in the field; and\nThis company is at the thresh-\nthan it burns while working on the\nbacking from a venture capital firm\nmiracle cure\nold of whether It's going to be good\nwith worldwide Onancial and sci-\nor great,\" Grinstead said recently\nentific contacts \"The finest net-\nHe and his team boast some ad-\nfrom Hybridon's offices in the city's\nwork I've ever seen,\" Grinstead\nvantages:\nbiotechnology park\nsaid.\nПybridon was founded to de-\n'NO SECRET'\nGrinstead and Neiss, in turn,\nvelop one of the handful of techno.\nIts quest for greatness was inter-\ngive Hybridon 2 potent force of 11-\nlogies truly considered cutting\nrupted last summer with the depar-\nnancial prowess and drug develop.\nedge- Anti-sense drugs have the w\nture of the company's first chair-\ntential to kill the messengers of\nment expertise. Pederson said.\nAIDS Alzheimer's and other dis.\nwall and chief executive, Nigel L\nWebb. It was \"no secret\" that Hy.\n\"We couldn't have gone to a\nassos. The bio questions are: Can it\n1..\nbridon's directors had been disap-\ndrawing board and designed a bei-\nwith ... AT\nattille.\"\nhe\nsain\nacne\nthe first management Leam. accord.\nWith the transition W 06\" 1880\ning to Thoru Pederson. president\nership completed. Grinstead now\nand scientific director of the Wur-\nplans to accolerate grouth of the\ncester Foundation. which OVERS 12\ncompany the previous management\npercent of Hytridon\nDr. Jinyan Teng. senior research colontial at Hybridon, works in Use laboratory.\nDAM GULLU\nput on the map. Grinstead said the\ncompany hopes to more than triplc\nAboest to such a forest of wealth\nits ranks to 60 employees over the\nis crucial during the period before\nBETTER ooDs\nnext 12 to 18 months And Hybri.\na company tries to raise moncy\nBut anti-sense technology has\ndon will close a private placement\nthrough the stock market\nbetter odds, Grinstead said. He\nin November that will raise so mil-\n\"The most vulnerable time for\nsays the technology is akin to find-\nlion.\nthese emerging growth companies\ning the right key for 8 lock\nThe pursuit of worldwide capital\nis the time they're dependent on\nprivate capital,\" Grinstead said.\nThe genetic code for producing\nto fund its research was in progress\nproteins that make up a virus is the\non a recent morning in Hybridon's\nBy June. Hybridon hopes to have\n13,000 square feet of office and lab\nlock The anti-sense drug is the key\nfiled an application with the feder\nthat fits snugly Into the gene's mes.\nspace. Executives briefed a Japa.\nuese investment banker and the\nx] government to start testing its\nsenger and turns off Its ability to\nanti-sense AIDS drug in humans\ncart the production plans of dis-\npresident of a Norwegian venture\nfund management firm\nThe company will then be in 8 posi-\nease-causing viruses.\ntion to go public, Grinstead said.\nBoth visitors are connected to\n\"Anti-sense is constructing keys\nWORTHY INVESTMENT\nHybridon through Medical Science\nthat almost by definition can only\nHe has spent a lot of time on the\nat a specific lock\" he said\nPartners and boast strong contacts\nin the health-care industry - an\nother side of such transactions, as-\nAs scientists crack the genetic\nindication of the wide neticast by\nsisting companies in convincing\ncode for each of these viruses and\nthe Bmokline venture capital com\nlarge investors that a technology is\ndiseases, companies such as Hybri-\npany.\nworthy of their money.\nFUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE\n\"Andy's a talker,\" said James G.\ndon should be able to capitalize on\nGroninger. who worked with Grin-\nevery new genetic blucprint that\nFredrik C. Schreuder, president\nstead at Kidder, Peabody & Co and\nemerges from the laboratory.\nof an Osla-based medical venture\nis now managing director at\nHe sees it as the opening up of\nmanagement company. not only\nPaineWebber Inc. in Boston.\nprovided links to European courc-\nthe American West, a manifest des.\nes of capital, but also put Hybridon\n\"But he is the most tenacious guy\ntiny in a pharmaccutical world\nin touch with an Oslo-based cancer\nthat I've seen in the investment\nonce restrained by its inability to\nbanking business and I have been\ncrack the code.\nresearch center that Hybridon is\nnow collaborating with. He said he\nin it over 20 years. He is absolutely\n\"Theoretically any good anti-\nstrength of Hisbridon's\nCotting Usbridon's products to\ndozch drugs. he said \"If YOU told\ntal ffisnsa\nme\nmarket is still I distant prospeat\nsome\ngroup\nhour\nGrinstead said the investors as.\nBut Grinstead believes the technol-\njump,\" hc said, \"the only question J\nsociated\nit), Medical Science\nogy promises 2 long-term payoff.\nwould ask is which direction did\nPartners have the resources to par\n\"The history of drugs has been a\nthey head in\"\nticipate in morc than one round of\nblind search for chemicals that\nfinancing \"All our investors last\nhave some activity.\" hc said \"It's\nlike huge oak trees with rool: hr\nlike looking for a needle in a have\nAnti-sense drug strategy\nNew AIDS\nViral RNA\nmessenger injected\nstrand\nby AIDS virus\ncreates\nAIDS\nvirit\nRecedior X\nentryport\nce\nViral ONA\nAIDS viral\nmessenger\nDNA strand\nsense strand\nHow it works\nDNA is configured as two Inter\ncreates\ntwined strands called \"sense\nand *anti-sense In each 0011\nsmall portions of DNA are copied\nand transcribed Into \"messenger\nRNA, which acts as the memory\nAIUS virus\nfor carrying out the task of making\nprotcins\nprotein. the essential material in\nliving cells.\nAIUS enters the numan cell\nthrough 8 receptor. injecting viral\nRNA that creates a new AIDS viral\nDNA strand. In turn. new AIDS\nvirus DNA makes messenger\nRNA. which carries out the task\n01 making proteins associated\nwith AIDS.\nNo\nprotein\nEnter Hybridon's anti-sense drug.\nwhich binds 10 the viral RNA, mes-\nsenger RNA strand and blocks\nthe transfer of the message for\nmaking proteins associated with\nAIDS. The cell remains unharmed.\nSource: Hybridon\nNucleus\nAnti-sense\ndrug\nROB WELSMAN\n\"Document Control\"\nTYPE:\nPRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nDOCUMENT NUMBER: 9201141\nORIGINATOR: 05\nSTATUS\nDIRECTORATE STATUS C\nFROM:\nHalsey, Dorothy\nTO:\nPresident Bush\nDATE OF\nCORRESPONDENCE: 02/12/92\nSUBJECT: SHE IS WRITING TO URGE THE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND THE\nEARTH SUMMIT (UNCED) IN RIO DE JANEIRO\nDIRECTORATE\nSTAFF\nASSIGNED:\nASSIGNED: Nancy Maynard\nACTION\nSTAFF\nREQUIRED:\nACTION: DRAFT FOR DAB'S SIGNATURE\nSENDER'S DUE DATE:\nOSTP DUE DATE:\nSTAFF DUE DATE\nDATE COMPLETED:\nDATE COMPLETED/DEPT: 04/02/92\nCOPIES TO:\nWHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:\nCONTACT PERSON:\nPHONE:\nEXT:\nREMARKS: DAB SIGNED LETTER\nOSTP RECEIVED:\nDEPT RECEIVED: 03/13/92\nFILE: P-EOP-PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY\nCENTRAL FILES:\n9261141\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nApril 2, 1992\nDear Ms. Halsey:\nOn behalf of President Bush, thank you for your comments and suggestions\nabout global environmental issues and the United Nations Conference on\nEnvironment and Development (UNCED). The President appreciates your\nconcerns and has asked that I respond to your letter of February 12, 1992\nregarding these issues.\nThe United States, under President Bush's leadership, is aggressively\npursuing international efforts to address problems related to climate change,\nozone depletion, forests, oceans, biological diversity, and technology\ncooperation with developing countries. The Administration has put forward\nspecific proposals in various international fora to address each of these\nquestions. More important, the United States is already taking specific steps\nhere at home, through both legislation and administrative action, to begin\ntackling these problems.\nSpecifically regarding climate change, you may be pleased to know that the\nUnited States has already begun taking actions that will have the effect of\nreducing net emissions of greenhouse gases. These include:\n*\nPresident Bush proposed and signed into law the 1990 Clean\nAir Act, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the\nutility sector through restrictions on utility air pollutants;\n*\nThe Bush Administration has proposed, both through the\nNational Energy Strategy and through various regulatory\nmeasures, to improve energy efficiency in power generation and\ntransmission, buildings, appliances, lighting, and\ntransportation, which will restrain related carbon dioxide\nemissions;\n*\nThe President has proposed, through his tree planting\ninitiatives, to increase the acreage and to improve the\nmanagement of forests, which act as greenhouse gas \"sinks\";\n*\nThe President has proposed to expand the use of renewable and\nlow-emission fuel sources;\nPage 2 - Ms. Halsey\n*\nSince President Bush took office, he has doubled funding for\nconservation research and development (R&D) and increased\nfunding for renewable R&D by 69 percent; and\n*\nThe Administration has not only proposed, but the President\nhas signed into law, the phaseout of ozone-depleting\ncompounds that are also greenhouse gases.\nAdditionally, in February 1992, in response to new scientific evidence,\nPresident Bush was the first head of state to commit his country unilaterally\nto accelerating the date for the complete phaseout of the production of\nchlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The President's action moves up the phaseout\ndate of CFCs, which deplete the Earth's ozone layer, to December 31, 1995.\nDue to a number of previous Administration actions, U.S. production of\nozone-depleting substances is already more than 40 percent below levels\nallowed by the internationally agreed Montreal Protocol. Under the new\nschedule, the U.S. will eliminate production four years ahead of the current\ninternational deadline, thus continuing the record of U.S. leadership in this\narea extending back to the mid-1970s.\nThe United States supports a comprehensive approach, addressing all\ngreenhouse gases, not just carbon dioxide, and \"sinks,\" such as forests.\nFocusing exclusively on carbon dioxide emissions, as some have proposed, is\nan inadequate response.\nThe United States has committed $25 million to assist developing countries\nin planning to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change. The U.S. has\nstepped up its own climate action plan, first outlined in February 1991,\nincluding actions in such areas as energy efficiency, transportation, reduced\nemission supply technologies, agriculture, natural resources, and technology\nR&D. The United States has also committed $50 million to the core fund of\nthe Global Environment Facility (GEF) and $150 million in parallel financing\nthrough the U.S. Agency for International Development. In addition to\naddressing global climate change, the GEF also funds projects concerning\nbiodiversity, international waters, and ozone.\nThe U.S. Global Change Research Program is the world's largest such\nprogram and thus provides much of the scientific foundation for international\nagreements on climate change and ozone depletion. The Bush Administration\nhas invested $2.6 billion in global change research, far more than any other\ncountry, with an additional $1.3 billion proposed for year 1993 -- over six\ntimes the fiscal 1989 level. Research on the scientific and economic aspects\nPage 3 - Ms. Halsey\nof global climate change will enable policy makers to make better judgments\nabout potential impacts and policy actions.\nRegarding the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development\n(UNCED), scheduled this June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, President Bush is\ncommitted to achieving international agreement on a framework convention\non climate change. In addition to a global agreement on climate change, the\nBush Administration also hopes UNCED will produce strategies and specific\ninitiatives to improve conservation of forests, oceans, and biological diversity,\nand to increase technology cooperation with developing countries. You can\nbe sure that the United States will be well represented at the conference.\nAs we move forward into the 1990s, the United States will continue to address\nglobal environmental challenges within a context of expanding economic\nopportunities for all the world's people. The United States wants concrete,\npractical results from UNCED -- results that will guide future action on the\nfull range of environmental and developmental issues.\nThank you for taking the time to express your interest on these environmental\nissues with President Bush. You can be sure that the President will continue\nworking with other nations to obtain global solutions to these challenging\nissues.\nWith the President's best wishes,\nSincerely yours,\nD.Anan Bramley\nD. Allan Bromley\nThe Assistant to the President\nfor\nScience and Technology\nMs. Dorothy K. Halsey\nUnited Nations Association of the United States of America\nCape Cod and Islands Chapter\n69 Horizon Drive\nChatham, Massachusetts 02633\nUNA-USA\nUNCED\nUNA\nUSA\nCAPE COD AND ISLANDS CHAPTER\nUNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nFebruary 12, 1992\nPresident George W. Bush\nThe White House\nWashington, D.C. 20500\nDear President Bush:\nThe Board of Directors of the Cape and Islands Chapter of the United Nations\nAssociation has asked me to request your support of the United Nations Conference\non Environment and Development in June 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.\nWe applauded your statement proclaiming United Nations Day 1991 in which you\nrestated US support for international efforts to protect the environment.\nYour personal attendance at the conference in Brazil would be of the greatest\nimportance in ensuring the success of the conference.\nWe urge your support for a global warming treaty to cut emissions of carbon\ndioxide and other ozone-destroying gases, as well as a ban on the international\ntrafficking of toxic waste.\nWithout your strong leadership, we believe that the conference will have\nlittle hope of success.\nSincerely,\nDorothy K. Halsey\n69 Horizon Drive\nChatham, Ma. 02633\nGovernmental Relations Chairman\nUNA-USA is a non-partisan, privately-supported research and education organization composed of individual members, chapters and a Council of Member\nOrganizations. Its Þurpose is to study and promote the fundamental bases of peace with justice and the international organizations necessary for their development.\n\"Document Control\"\nTYPE:\nPresidential Priority\nDOCUMENT NUMBER: 9201255\nORIGINATOR: 05\nSTATUS\nDIRECTORATE STATUS C\nFROM:\nMary M. Long\nTO:\nPresident Bush\nDATE OF\nCORRESPONDENCE: 02/12/92\nSUBJECT: She is writing to urge President Bush to attend the\nEarth Summit (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro\nDIRECTORATE\nSTAFF\nASSIGNED:\nASSIGNED: Nancy Maynard\nACTION\nSTAFF\nREQUIRED:\nACTION: Draft for DAB'S signature\nSENDER'S DUE DATE:\nOSTP DUE DATE:\nSTAFF DUE DATE\nDATE COMPLETED:\nDATE COMPLETED/DEPT: 04/02/92\nCOPIES TO:\nWHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:\nCONTACT PERSON:\nPHONE:\nEXT:\nREMARKS: See response on document number 9201148\nOSTP RECEIVED:\nDEPT RECEIVED: 02/20/92\nFILE:\nCENTRAL FILES:\n51\nGaryls\nUNA-USA\nUSA\nATLANTA CHAPTER\n9201255\nUNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION\nof the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nOFFICERS\nPresident\nFebruary 12, 1992\nPat Bevis\nVice President,\nProgram\nMary Long\nPresident George Bush:\nVice President,\nMembership\nLoretta Garcia\nyou are doing a fine job as\nTreasurer\nBob Sheppard\npresedent of all cityens of the United\nSecretary\nAnne Kurtzahn\nstates - no small task when we all\nHistorian\nGerry Crocker\nFinance Chair\nhave multiple ideas of how you should\nNewton Long\nLiaison\nBernice Smith\nhe doing it.\nPublic Relations\nSusan Weldon Collins\nNominating\nRoberta Cox\npersonally attend the Earth summit in\nOne small suggestion: you\nCommittee Chair\nBoard of Directors\nJane Branch\nHubert Cobb\nMarie Copher\nRio de Janew this spring for us,\nJohn Diehl\nFran Dykes\nPat Evans\nSteve Hochman\nfor your resolution to he the environmental other\nLeah Janus\nSam Laird\nElaine La Londe\npresident, and to give a charge to\nLarry Noble\nTed Spetnagel\nBob Stewart\nnations that our glote is a precious gift\nSandy Teepen\nImmediate\nPast President\nRob Townes\nSincerely many M. Long UP\nUnited nations assn- allenta\nP.O. Box 941514\nAtlanta, GA 30341"
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