EPA Errs on the Side of Industrial Pollution

Re “EPA Eases Pollution Guidelines,” Nov. 23: So the Bush administration, in its infinite wisdom, is allowing industrial polluters to escape requirements for state-of-the-art pollution controls because it feels that if industry is allowed more flexibility it will “voluntarily” reduce pollution. I say we test this theory by forcing industry executives (and the EPA’s chief, Christie Whitman) to move their families downwind of the polluting plants. This will encourage them to “put their money where their lungs are.”

Felice Sussman

Los Alamitos

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Re the weakened air pollution standards for power plants: Another victory in President Bush’s continuing war on the environment.

Richard Varenchik

Santa Clarita

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All these years I believed that EPA stood for Environmental Protection Agency. Oh yeah, Dubya changed it to the Environmental Polluting Agenda!

Donna Bostrom

Moorpark