In 642 AD, Omar, Caliph of Baghdad acting under the Islamic extremist General Amrou, ordered the burning of the Great libraries at Alexandria.

Taking a page from history, in 2007 AD, Stehen Johnson, EPA administrator acting under King George W. Bush, has begun closing the EPA scientific libraries, destroying and/or warehousing their documents.  The Union of Concerned Scients makes the following immediate request:

Please call EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson at (202) 564-4700 either today or Monday and tell him how much scientists rely on data and literature. Urge him to immediately halt the dismantling of the library system until Congress approves the EPA budget and all materials are readily available online. [link]