<div dir="ltr">Ron: <br><br>Thank you. October came sooner than I had feared. There is still no decision on FY 2018 Budget, so let's hope on the way to budget reconciliation, the Congress restores funding for these programs. <br><br>I can't remember when a whole Fiscal passed on Continuing Resolution basis, as would be the case FY 2017 ending on 30th September. (For non-US readers: the Federal Government here runs from 1 October to 30th September. If a budget is not in place by 30th September, the Congress keeps on re-authorizing, on a rolling basis, budget authority from the previous Fiscal. This past Fiscal, no budget was ever passed.) <br><br>Who knows what this Congress and this President would do in the next few weeks. <br><br>More to the point - we have here a case of a political appointee systematically canceling some authorized expenditures. With a total of $2 million?? This is all so Republicans can claim "draining the swamp"?? <br><br>Concerned US citizens should write to their Congress people. This Konkus - with background serving<a href="http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2017/09/05/report-tallahassee-political-operative-ferrets-out-rejects-epa-climate-change-grant-requests/632984001/"> a conservative media and mass e-mail company</a> - is a good lightning rod. <br><br>And I may be able to help Crispin write a grant proposal to Alaska government for some ANCs (Alaska Natives Corporation, for whom I worked decades ago) on super-efficient coal stoves using Alaskan coal. <br><br>Elections have consequences. A cynic might remember the days when throwing in the words "climate change" would get a grant passed. <br><br>For a rallying cry, read Joe Romm at <a href="https://thinkprogress.org/trump-epa-kills-life-saving-grants-d40d53ab89ff/">Trump EPA cuts life-saving clean cookstove program because it mentions climate change</a> ThinkProgress 5 September 2017.<br><br>Romm - if I recollect properly, a political appointee under Clinton who might have pushed a lot of USDOE grants to all things related to "Climate Change" (and what is not?) - asks, "<span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)">How many people will die because Trump appointees hate anything climate related?"</span><br><br>Prof. Smith might have an answer. <br><br>The NYT piece Romm cites from 2010 says "<font face="georgia, serif">Every year, according to the United Nations, smoke from these stoves kills 1.9 million people, mostly women and children, from lung and heart diseases and low birth weight."</font><br><br>In five years, the number more than tripled. Prof. Smith's Millions Dead paper (2014) explains how. <br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="georgia, serif">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Nikhil Desai</font></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">(US +1) 202 568 5831</span><font face="georgia, serif"><br><i>Skype: nikhildesai888</i><br></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 9:34 AM, Ronal W. Larson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rongretlarson@comcast.net" target="_blank">rongretlarson@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Stovers:<div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-m_8839823390310367593Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">       </span>1.  Here is the part of the WaPo’s Monday story -  to explain why Professor Smith inserted “stoves” in his thread title:</div><div><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt"><br></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">James</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">L.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">Connaughton,</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">who</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">was</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">chairman</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">of</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">the</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">White</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">House</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">Council</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">on</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">Environmental</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">Quality</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">under

Bush,</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">said</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">new</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">administrations</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">routinely</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">do</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">“a</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">soup-to-nuts</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">review</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">of</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">the</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">previous</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">administration’s

programs”<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">and<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">advance<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">their<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">own<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">priorities<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">through<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">funding<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">decisions.</div><div><div class="gmail-m_8839823390310367593page" title="Page 4"><div class="gmail-m_8839823390310367593section" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div class="gmail-m_8839823390310367593layoutArea"><div class="gmail-m_8839823390310367593column"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">“Some<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">of<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">the<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">efforts<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">might<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">be<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">more<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">transparent<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">than<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">others,<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">but<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">let’s<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">not<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">fool<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">ourselves,”<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">he<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">added.

</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">Still,</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">Connaughton</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">said</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">it</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">was</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">fair</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">to</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">question</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">a</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">review’s</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">outcome.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">Two</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">of</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">the</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">awards</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">the</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">EPA’s</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">leadership

rescinded</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">—</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">$1.1</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">million</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">to</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">the</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">U.N.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">Foundation</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">and</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">a</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">nearly</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">$148,000</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">award</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">to</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">the</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">nonprofit</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">organization

Winrock</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">International</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">—</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">supported</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">the</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">deployment</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">of</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">clean</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">cookstoves</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">in</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">the</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">developing</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">world.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">The</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">U.N. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">Foundation</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">grant</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">grew</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">out</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">of</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">a</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">15-year-old</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">EPA</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">program</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">with</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">the</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">private</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">sector,</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">which</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">aims</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">to</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">curb</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">the

kind</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">of</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">pollution</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">that</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">fuels</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">climate</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">change</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">and</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">disproportionately</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">affects</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">women</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">and</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">children.</span></i></p></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-m_8839823390310367593page" title="Page 5"><div class="gmail-m_8839823390310367593section" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div class="gmail-m_8839823390310367593layoutArea"><div class="gmail-m_8839823390310367593column"><p><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">The</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">program</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">addressed</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">pollution</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">that</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">enters</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">the</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">air</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">and</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">“affects</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">all</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">of</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">us,”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">Whitman</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">said.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">“It</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">was</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">also</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">good

for</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">human</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">health</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">in</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">those</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">countries,</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">which</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">we</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">wanted</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">to</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">have</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">stable</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">for</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">national</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">security.”

</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">Bowman</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">said</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">the</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">agency</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">was</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">pulling</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">back</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">grants</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">to</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">international</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">entities</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">that</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">are</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">not</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">“providing</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">results</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">for

</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">American</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">taxpayers.”

</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">But</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">several</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">U.S.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">firms</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">that</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">sell</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">stoves</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">and</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">equipment</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">benefit</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">from</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">the</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">program,</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">countered</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">Radha</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">Muthiah,

chief</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">executive</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">of</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">the</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">Global</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">Alliance</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">for</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">Clean</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">Cookstoves.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">“It’s</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">a</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">cutting-edge</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">solution</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">to</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">one</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">of</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">the</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17);vertical-align:1pt">world’s

<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">oldest<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">challenges,<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">it’s<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">working,<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">and<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">there<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">is<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">a<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">lot<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">still<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">to<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">be<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">done,”<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">she<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">said<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">in<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">a<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(17,17,17)">statement.

</span></i></p><p><br></p><p>        2.  I saw the same behavior in the 1980’s with President Reagan.  The winner was Germany.    This time, the big winner will be China.  This is idiotic suicidal behavior.</p><div><br></div><div>Ron</div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></div>