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...regarded the nation's trees and open land and animal inhabitants as prime constituencies whose interests he must serve. His dear friend forester Gifford Pinchot joined him in warning the public that the natural resources of the U.S. were not inexhaustible, that a timber famine was imminent and that coal, iron, oil and gas would run out someday. Congressional leaders didn't want to hear about game or tree protection or the resource needs of future generations. Roosevelt took advantage of what he called the "bully pulpit" of the presidency to educate voters and legislators about the need for laws...
...Roosevelt's Justice Department went on to bring 44 more antitrust suits in the course of his presidency, he never attacked any other of Morgan's interests. He even used Morgan as a mediator to help settle a Pennsylvania miners' strike that threatened to create a winter scarcity of coal for heating. And when he ran for President in 1904, Roosevelt was not above accepting campaign contributions from the very businesses he was pressuring, though he was so careful not to show them any favor in his second term that Henry C. Frick, one of Rockefeller's lieutenants, was left...
...Like Canaries in a Coal Mine I was shocked to learn from "Bye Bye Birdies" [May 29] that climate change may be killing migratory birds. I had no idea there was a link between declining bird populations and global warming. We should not forget that the death of even a single bird because of environmental factors can be linked to the fate of human beings, since we all depend on the health of our ecosystem. Tadashi Kawabe Fukuoka, Japan...
...That same desire to market to, and invest in, some of the world's poorest countries is behind Tata's affinity for Bangladesh and Africa. Tata group recently finalized a $3 billion power, steel and coal deal in Bangladesh, the biggest investment in that country's history. In South Africa, the group has investments in mining, tourism and engine manufacturing. There is an instant-coffee plant in Uganda, a bus factory in Senegal and a phosphate plant in Morocco. "We look at countries where we can play a role in development," says Tata. "Our hope in each is to create...
...helped by playing a massive role in environmental pollution and doing little to help residents of the delta. The international community, especially the U.S. and Britain, should do more so the world does not wake up to another Iraqi-style insurgency. Henry Ilonah Reading, England Like Canaries in a Coal Mine Ii was shocked to learn from "Bye bye Birdies" [May 22] that climate change may be killing migratory birds. I had no idea there was a link between declining bird populations and global warming. We should not forget that the death of even a single bird because of environmental...