Thank you for a fair and balanced look at "The New Greening of America" (July 17). What a thrill to have Republicans and Democrats embracing environmentalism. Granted, much of it may be economically driven. After all, $3-per-gallon gasoline has a way of turning the most diehard SUV-lovers into Sierra Club members. But whaterver the reason, it's a step in the right direction. Let's not forget it was Richar4d Nixon who signed into law the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, and established the Environmental Protection Agency. And it was Teddy Roosevelt, the original Green GOP-er, who was resposible for our unrivaled network of national parks and wildlife refuges. Which all goes to prove that while our tenuous enviornmental situation may be "an inconvenient truth," it's a "truth" that transcends party lines.