Bush is not ready, apparently, to blame man-made pollution for these matters. This is convenient, particularly in Texas, and particularly with a party leadership in Washington which has blunted efforts to make good on the Kyoto Accords aimed at curbing greenhouse gases. Good things have happened with all this attention, including cleaner-air provisions built into electric deregulation. From Big Bend to North Texas, our river of air is rancid and getting more rank. So say most climatologists.
Cancer is just one of many concerns.
Try allergies, asthma and heart disease if you want others. You don't have to prove man-caused global warming to know that the pollutants we are spewing into the air do us no good. The world really is watching Texas when it comes to pollution. And we shouldn't flatter ourselves into believing that it's just because of a Texan running for president. It's because Texas, as a polluter, is just that big.