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Michael Kinsley's article in immigration is enlightening, but it doesn't address the core problem: What should we do with the millions of illegal immigrants who are already in our country [Dec. 17]? It would be easy to think that we could wipe the slate clean, send everyone home, establish a threshold for the number of immigrants we want and create an orderly process for admission. Obviously, this will never happen. Why not admit that allowing illegal immigrants to enter the U.S. provides cheap labor to fuel our country's economic growth? Illegal immigrants are here because...
...Lisa Takeuchi Cullen's "It's Inconvenient Being Green" [Dec. 3]: Ever since I visited Asia 25 years ago, I've known how to go without toilet paper--and have never been so clean! As long as we have soap and water, we can emerge cleaner than ever. So, Lisa, help save a tree...
...airline. Isn't it hypocritical to be preaching about global warming? -Mandy Johnson, Des Moines, IowaI could sell the airline and those planes would carry on damaging the environment, or I could pledge 100% of the profits-which I have done-to developing clean fuels. Next year we plan to fly one of our 747s using a clean fuel to prove it can be done...
...meet a toughened 35-mpg standard by 2020. He also contended that CO2 - unlike the pollutants that cause smog and other local problems - causes an essentially global problem, and therefore California's request didn't meet the "extraordinary and compelling" justification needed for a state waiver under the original Clean Air Act. "The Bush Administration is moving forward with a clear national solution - not a confusing patchwork of state rules," said Johnson. "I believe this is a better approach than if individual states were to act alone...
...action came after California had waited nearly two years for federal approval of its new auto regulations. Under the Clean Air Act, California has the right to pass auto emissions standards that are tougher than federal ones - a recognition of the state's historical struggles with air pollution. In this case, the state proposed rules that would have required automakers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% in all new cars and light trucks by 2016, beginning with the model 2009 year. All California needed was a waiver from the federal government, which has been virtually automatic over the past...