ROLL OUT THE BARRELS Did anyone expect such early international criticism of President Bush's energy plan? Yesterday, Jan Pronk, the head of U.N. talks on climate change and the Dutch environment minister, described the plan as a "disastrous development" that would "undoubtedly" lead to more greenhouse gas emissions. A press release issued by Friends of the Earth in the U.K. was titled "Bush to Planet Earth: Drop Dead." In the U.S., no surprise, Greenpeace dumped several tons of coal outside Vice President Dick Cheney's residence and blocked an entrance with empty oil barrels. Former President Carter wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post accusing the Bush administration of using "misinformation and scare tactics" to justify attacks on the environment. straight to the source: Planet Ark, Reuters, Paul Casciato, 18 May 2001 http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=10852 straight to the source: Biloxi Sun Herald, Bloomberg, Alex Canizares, 18 May 2001 http://web.sunherald.com/content/biloxi/2001/05/18/nation_world/41395 98_05182001.htm straight to the source: Washington Post, Jimmy Carter, 17 May 2001 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37159-2001May16.html read it only in Grist Magazine: Leaked memo says GOPers must "Carterize" the Dems to win support for their energy policy -- in our Muckraker column http://www.gristmagazine.com/grist/muck/muck051601.stm