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Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004
Subject: WAS THERE A PUTIN NOD TO KYOTO?
To The Editor,
The New York Times
October 2, 2004
Dear Sir,
My letter refers to the front page NYT article, October 1, 2004:
"WITH RUSSIA'S NOD, TREATY ON EMISSIONS CLEARS LAST
HURDLE".
I am afraid that the euphoria about statements made in Moscow was
not justified. I am saying this following my participation, the same
day, October 1, 2004, at a series of presentations at the National Press
Club, Washington D.C. The main speaker was Dr. Andrei Illarionov,
head of the International Economic Academy in Moscow and Senior Economic
Advisor to the Russian President - his presentation can also be found on
www.iea.Ru.
Dr. Illarionov said that Russia, from the sale of CO2 emission credits,
could gain a maximum of of $300-350 million but after that would become a
buyer of credits and would thus have to spend many billions. He
explained the Kuznets curve and showed that while developed countries have
already invested in past carbon economies, they could relatively easy
reduce emissions. It is the medium developed countries that have it
the most difficult, and would never be able to raise their level of
development under these limitations. He even went so far as to
explain that today's hurricanes have caused little mortality in the United
States compared to hurricanes of the past - this because of the
technological advances during these years. On the other hand,
to my question about the more than one thousand death in Haiti, he
unhinderedly answered me that this is because they are at such a low stage
of development - simply the poorest will be the higher losers in any
possible future catastrophe and it would not make sense for Russia to allow for
having such barriers to its development. He spoke for about 90 minutes rejecting most KP arguments.
He made it clear that the Putin decision was political
and not according to the merits of the Kyoto Protocol.
The question becomes then: will the Duma agree to the ratification or will
it be bottled up? Is it possible that having Dr Illarionov
make presentations in Washington, while having environmentalists
participate at meetings in Moscow, simply allows to take two contradictory
positions in parallel, as a holding operation, at least until the US
elections? Will they ever ratify the KP ?
Further, at the National Press Club event participated also speakers from
the Brussels based International Council For Capital Formation, from the
London based International Policy Network. A statement was also
distributed by the Washington based George C. Marshall Institute.
All organizations that have no soft heart for Kyoto. These
organizations clearly applaud the Ilarionov analysis and expect that KP
will fail.
Sincerely yours,
Pincas Jawetz
New York, N.Y. 10150-6297
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From: PJawetz@aol.com
Date: Monday, September 27, 2004
To: letters@nytimes.com
Subject: Mr. RICHARD PIPES, the CHECHENS, and IRAQ.
The Editor
The New York Times
Dear Sir,
Going over an old mound of papers, I found the September 9, 2004 OP-ED
article by Mr. Richard Pipes - "Give the Chechens a Land of Their
Own"; I felt as if I just met the kid that said - The King is Naked!
Why not give the Kurds and the Shia, within the borders of present Iraq,
lands of their own? Actually, under the Turkish Ottoman occupation,
there were originally three separate provinces as it was recognized that
these two, and the Sunni Mesopotamians, were actually three separate
entities that did not want to have a joint leadership.
The fact that all states in the Arab world are led by their Sunni sectors
did not have to be recognized as a precedent, and the fighting may not stop
until we do the right thing; as it will not stop in Chechnya before the
Russians do the right thing - and please do not tell me that a coat of oil
is covering this nakedness.
Sincerely yours,
Pincas Jawetz
New York, NY 10150-6297
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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004
To: <letters@nytimes.com>
TERESA HEINZ KERRY ó PERHAPS THE McCAIN WHO CAME ON BOARD
Dear Editor,
Jan Lundberg of Culture Change Media published on CultureChange.org an
article based on his meeting Mrs. Heinz Kerry and her son Andre Heinz.
The
article was picked up July 8 by the Financial Post, a Canadian business news
paper, part of the National Post. A follow up discussion ensued.
A major point in this discussion was how her interests will impact Canadian
business. The original article was also read by those subscribed to
News on the UN site on climate change.
I am bringing above to Times readers in order to make the point that Teresa
Heinz Kerry may indeed be a big asset for the Democratic Party in this
election year, and that this is understood by neighbors and friends. I
am afraid that the sharp article on the NY Times op-ed page Sunday July 18, "Out of Africa", totally missed this reality.
Mrs. Heinz Kerry is a true conservative in the sense she wants to conserve
nature as her first husband was fond of doing. Her African background
has taught her the importance of preserving the environment and of doing
this in a multiracial context. She was present, then a progressive Republican, at
the 1992 World Summit on Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de
Janeiro ó the meeting that was the highpoint by initiating a system of
sustainable development, good for rich and poor countries, while linking environment and social development to economic development. She and
her son Chris have spent a fortune from the Heinz Foundation to help these
goals. If there is an industry that is worried about her potential
influence that is the petroleum industry ó part of the present Administration in the US
ó but
there are many more novel industries that stand to benefit from her honest
views.
Teresa is the best guarantee that there will be real change if there is a
change in the occupancy of the White House. She is thus the best asset in
these elections ó to those that appreciate the need for change because of
their deeper understanding of conservation and conservatism ó the need to worry about the future generation.
Who knows, she may be actually the
elusive true conservative Republican member of the next administration ó the
"McCain" who came on board.
Sincerely yours,
Pincas Jawetz
New York, NY 10150-6297
P.S. This letter, without any reaction from the NYT editor, was
subsequently sent by the author also to the editor of the Business Section
of the New York Times. Later it was also sent to the the person who is
according to the NYT a representative of the "Public" interest at
the paper and was picked up by his deputy as he is on vacation at this time.
Further, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Maureen Dowd, who wrote the
mentioned column, seemingly is also on leave at this time as her column did
not appear the last few weeks.
