The HYPOCRISY of BUSH in anything and everything (Part 1-The Environment)

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Private contractors to determine endangered species' future (09/12/03)
Bush taps Utah Gov. Leavitt to head EPA (08/11/03)
Out with outsourcing, Bush administration decides (07/25/03)
Bush pushing to privatize park service (07/15/03)
White House whitewashes EPA environment report (06/23/03)
Christie Whitman, embattled EPA chief, resigns (05/21/03)
White House transportation plan steamrolls environmental protections (05/14/03)
Department of Interior official under ethics investigation (05/13/03)
EPA tries to bolster urban cleanup efforts (04/10/03)
Corps keeps oil spill secret, citing national security concerns (04/08/03)
New U.S.-- Mexico pollution treaty lacks funding to make a difference (04/04/03)
Department of Transportation to expedite more environmentally harmful road projects (02/27/03)
Bush administration using guise of security to expand corporate secrecy (02/25/03)
In Bush's State of the Union address, actions speak louder than words (01/28/03)
Pentagon again taking aim at environmental laws (01/19/03)
Environmental experts nixed from international development agency (01/16/03)
Government doing big business with lawbreaking companies (12/16/02)
Bush administration doles out political treats on Halloween (10/31/02)
Justice Department lax on chemical security (10/10/02)
EPA memo improperly encourages employees to support Bush (10/08/02)
White House blocking conservation funding for farms (10/03/02)
EPA seeks to boost recycling (09/09/02)
U.S. undermines renewable energy proposal at World Summit (08/27/02)
Bush administration employs stonewall strategy at World Summit (08/21/02)
Bush skipping U.N. Earth Summit (08/15/02)
Army Corps of Engineers' flip-flops on project reviews further damage its credibility (05/23/02)
Bush signs disastrous farm bill (05/14/02)
Bush administration plans to double 'Brownfields' cleanup funds (01/10/02)
Bush administration wants farm policy overhaul (09/19/01)
Bush administration suspends the "contractor responsibility rule" (03/30/01)
The Bush Energy Plan
A crude move: Alaska's North Slope opened to oil drilling (01/22/04)
Documents reveal dirty dealing by industry on air pollution laws (01/13/04)
Energy lobbyists pay to play with Congress, White House officials (01/07/04)
Interior Department promotes offshore oil and gas drilling in Alaska (09/14/03)
Southern charm: EPA in bed with utility industry (09/04/03)
Corporations shaped Bush energy policy, GAO says (08/25/03)
Bush administration sending mixed signals on energy strategy (07/09/03)
Court rules against Cheney task force secrecy (07/08/03)
GAO halts lawsuit over Cheney energy files (02/07/03)
GAO suit against Cheney energy task force rejected (12/09/02)
Energy Task Force: Tsk, Tsk, Tsk (10/30/02)
Bush administration ordered to release energy documents (10/17/02)
White House seeks unprecedented exemption from public disclosure rules (09/02/02)
Bush administration blocks testimony of key energy official (05/09/02)
NRDC issues subpoena to former head of White House energy task force (04/29/02)
Energy Department papers show industry is the real author of administration's energy policy (03/27/02)
White House misuses clean energy funds to print dirty energy plan (03/25/02)
Energy Dept. ordered to release task force records to NRDC (02/27/02)
EPA initially criticized Bush-Cheney energy plan (02/02/02)
Court asked to force immediate release of secret energy task force details (01/30/02)
Bush administration refusing to release energy task force records (01/28/02)
Bush administration bends rules for favored coal company (01/03/02)
NRDC sues Department of Energy to expose Cheney energy task force secrets (12/11/01)
Environmentalists launch first legal challenge to Bush administration's national energy plan (12/06/01)
Energy Secretary Abraham lauds coal-burning power plant (07/02/01)
President Bush's visit to Department of Energy a vain attempt to shore up his energy conservation credentials (06/28/01)
The Bush-Cheney Energy Plan: Players, Profits and Paybacks (06/20/01)
President Bush releases his energy plan; NRDC offers a responsible alternative (05/17/01)
Bush administration won't release information on industry participants in Cheney energy task force (05/10/01)
Cheney sketches out a misguided energy policy (04/30/01)

Energy and Public Lands
Forest Service sneaks mining, drilling into Alabama's national forests (02/11/04)
Energy development threatens Dinosaur National Monument (02/09/04)
Norton urges 300 percent increase in gas drilling (01/21/04)
Norton urges 300 percent increase in gas drilling (01/21/04)
Bush administration streamlining oil and gas permits (12/23/03)
Forest Service opens grizzly bear habitat to snowmobiles (12/22/03)
Alaskan wilderness: Open for business (11/21/03)
Forest Service lets snowmobiles roam through caribou range (10/15/03)
BLM opens millions of acres of wilderness to energy development (09/29/03)
GAO finds that energy production pollutes wildlife refuges (09/24/03)
BLM maximizing energy development, minimizing environmental protection (08/07/03)
Bush administration taps new group to speed up energy development in Rockies (07/08/03)
Bush administration calls for more gas drilling on public lands (06/24/03)
DOE snow job helps oil drilling in Alaska (06/03/03)
Bush chills on subsidizing Alaskan gas pipeline (05/09/03)
BLM approves Powder River Basin development (04/30/03)
White House favors offshore oil drilling in Alaska (04/21/03)
BLM moves to overturn drilling ban in Alaska's Western Arctic Reserve (04/15/03)
BLM to relax permitting process for oil and gas development (04/14/03)
Bush administration rolls back wilderness protections (04/11/03)
Bush administration ends court battle over California off-shore drilling (04/01/03)
Interior Department favors boosting offshore drilling by reducing corporate costs (03/26/03)
Interior officials escalate rhetoric over Arctic Refuge (02/28/03)
Bush administration sets sights on drilling in Western Arctic Reserve (02/26/03)
BLM opening sensitive Wyoming lands to drilling (02/18/03)
Bush administration setting its sights on oil in Western Arctic Reserve (01/17/03)
Federal study contradicts Bush claims of curbs on Western energy development (01/17/03)
Judge deals setback to Bush oil drilling plans in Utah (12/23/02)
BLM denies drilling access in Colorado wildlife range (12/20/02)
Bush administration faces tough time tapping oil in the Rockies (12/18/02)
Bush administration optimistic about Powder River Basin energy supplies (12/18/02)
Bush administration loses appeal in California offshore drilling case (12/02/02)
Bush administration opens national park to drilling (11/22/02)
BLM grants quickie approval of another energy project in Utah (11/11/02)
Interior panel's ruling against coal-bed methane leases upheld (10/15/02)
BLM approves oil and gas drilling in Utah (10/04/02)
White House Utah drilling plans under fire from local businesses (08/26/02)
Bush administration allows energy development in national monument (08/12/02)
Bush administration plans to give away oil and coal holdings in Utah (07/25/02)
Bush administration pushes oil drilling in Alaska reserve (06/10/02)
BLM officials address conflict-of-interest charges (06/10/02)
On offshore drilling, Bush administration won't give Californians the same relief it gave Floridians (06/07/02)
Bush blocks Florida Gulf, Glades drilling (05/29/02)
EPA gives failing grade to Powder River drilling projects (05/16/02)
Powder River drilling leases ruled illegal (04/30/02)
Norton vows to limit Florida oil drilling (04/23/02)
Bush administration speeding up drilling in Rockies (04/18/02)
Alaska oil drilling would harm environment, despite Bush claims (04/07/02)
Bush administration promotes coal-bed methane development (04/04/02)
Bush administration revisiting Rocky Mountain Front protections (03/28/02)
BLM sets sights on drilling Powder River basin (03/27/02)
BLM plans to open more lands to drilling (03/18/02)
Gas drilling returns to Padre Island National Seashore (03/15/02)
Forest Service proposes oil and gas leasing in Los Padres (03/11/02)
"Drill first, ask questions later" energy policy threatens wild lands (03/07/02)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees silenced on Arctic Refuge (03/06/02)
National Forest in Missouri opened to drilling (02/15/02)
Agency pushes oil exploration near Utah park (01/24/02)
BLM backs gas drilling in national monument (01/21/02)
Bush administration changes science on polar bear impacts to suit Arctic drilling (01/17/02)
Park Service okays drilling expansion in Florida preserve (01/14/02)
Bush administration fighting for new oil drilling off California coast (01/10/02)
Forest Service won't allow drilling in New York's Finger Lakes (12/18/01)
Bush administration appeals federal judge's decision to ban drilling off California's coast (08/17/01)
Bush will open Gulf tract to offshore drilling; NRDC says drilling would threaten waters and beaches (07/02/01)
Bush administration to try to adjust the boundaries of 19 new national monuments (02/20/01)
Bush seeks to open Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil development (01/20/01)

Clean Vehicles
EPA touts new, cleaner cars (01/26/04)
United States and European Union teaming up on hydrogen fuel cells (06/16/03)
EPA reports record drop in fuel economy (04/30/03)
EPA cracks down on diesel pollution (04/15/03)
Bush administration slightly raises SUV gas mileage requirements (04/01/03)
White House fuel cell plan ignores today’s oil insecurity (02/06/03)
White House proposes minor increase in automobile fuel economy (12/12/02)
Bush administration sides with auto industry against lower emissions (10/09/02)
EPA seeks cleaner motorbikes, boats (07/29/02)
Bush administration fails to boost automobile efficiency (04/01/02)
Bush administration backs pollution-free automobile initiative (01/09/02)
Bush will not change fuel efficiency standards (06/19/01)

Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Efficiency
USDA grant program makes energy the new cash crop (12/12/03)
Bush administration opposes renewable energy requirement (07/19/02)
Bush administration rolls back air conditioner energy efficiency standards (05/23/02)
DOE to fund biomass research (09/19/01)
George W. Bush, the "vampire" slayer (07/31/01)
President Bush's visit to Department of Energy a vain attempt to shore up his energy conservation credentials (06/28/01)
U.S. Department of Energy sued over final rule on air conditioners (06/19/01)
Administration seeks to weaken efficiency standards for air conditioners (02/12/01)

Power Plant Pollution
Clean Air Act changes undermining enforcement, says former EPA official (02/09/04)
EPA's mercury pollution plan mirrors industry's recommendations (01/30/04)
EPA head sends mixed signals on clean air protections (01/09/04)
Federal court blocks EPA plan to cripple Clean Air Act (12/24/03)
Court blocks Bush administration's Clean Air Act changes (12/24/03)
Another senior EPA official resigns in protest to Bush administration policies (12/23/03)
EPA proposes sluggish plan to reduce smog and soot (12/17/03)
EPA proposes industry-preferred mercury pollution plan (12/15/03)
EPA moves to reclassify mercury as nontoxic (12/04/03)
EPA planning to loosen mercury pollution rules (12/03/03)
EPA rule changes will increase pollution, studies say (10/22/03)
EPA dodges Clear Skies comparisons (10/16/03)
Dirty secrets: Bush administration ignored Whitman's warnings on Clean Air Act enforcement (10/16/03)
EPA official accused of misleading Congress on clean air suits (10/10/03)
Bush touts air pollution plan at dirty power plant (09/15/03)
EPA officially rolls back Clean Air Act protections (08/27/03)
EPA makes misleading claims about support for Clear Skies plan (08/05/03)
EPA hides research on Senate clean air plan (07/30/03)
EPA reconsidering proposal to weaken Clean Air Act rule (07/25/03)
EPA rejects temporary ozone waiver for power plants (06/26/03)
Energy Department illegally approved Mexican power plants, says judge (05/05/03)
Independent panel challenges Bush administration air pollution policies (04/21/03)
EPA data on "Clear Skies" clearly wrong (03/10/03)
Bush administration to build world's first emission-free power plant (02/27/03)
Bush air pollution plan weakens current law, threatens public health (02/27/03)
EPA delays report on mercury risk for children (02/20/03)
White House gets industry support for voluntary pollution cuts (02/12/03)
Bush official touts Western coal, weaker mining regulations (02/10/03)
Despite scientific concerns, Interior Department approves power plant near Yellowstone (01/10/03)
EPA proposes weakening of Clean Air Act (11/22/02)
EPA approves Louisiana's controversial pollution-trading program (10/29/02)
U.S. EPA fails to meet deadline for handing over air documents to Senate (10/25/02)
Former EPA official blasts Bush commitment to enforcement of clean air rules (10/16/02)
U.S. EPA misses deadlines on air toxics standards (09/17/02)
U.S. EPA air-quality enforcement sinks to new lows (09/07/02)
Interior Department allows more air pollution at national park (08/22/02)
EPA cracking down on North Dakota air polluters (08/19/02)
EPA rolls back clean air protections for power plants (06/13/02)
Bush administration sends conflicting signal on Clean Air Act enforcement (05/21/02)
Public criticism forces EPA to get tough on polluters (05/16/02)
Alabama nuclear plant to be reactivated (05/16/02)
White House rejected more stringent EPA air-pollution proposal before issuing so-called "Clear Skies" plan (04/28/02)
Bush clean air plan would boost coal use (04/17/02)
EPA will weaken federal clean air rules (03/18/02)
EPA sends industry lobbyist to testify before Congress on proposed cuts to enforcement budgets (03/12/02)
Top EPA official resigns in protest of Bush's pro-polluter policies (02/27/02)
EPA official admits that Bush clean air plan is weak (02/26/02)
Bush announces rollback of power plant pollution rules (02/14/02)
Justice Department finally justifies air pollution lawsuits (01/15/02)
EPA postpones action on power plants, expected to favor limited approach (08/14/01)
EPA wants to scrap air pollution regulations for power plants (07/26/01)
Energy Secretary Abraham lauds coal-burning power plant (07/02/01)
EPA moves ahead with Clinton-era rule that will reduce haze over wildlands (05/29/01)
NRDC's John Adams to President Bush: Don't take the teeth out of the Clean Air Act (05/07/01)

Diesel Emissions
Bush administration refuses to crack down on diesel pollution (06/07/02)
EPA upholds Clinton decision to clean up diesel pollution (02/28/01)

Carbon Dioxide and Other Global Warming Gases
Energy Department promoting carbon sequestration (01/27/04)
Court upholds stronger energy-efficiency standards (01/13/04)
Bush's global warming plan produces negligible results (01/01/04)
EPA revs up motorcycle pollution plan (12/23/03)
Bush administration seeks increase in use of ozone-depleting pesticide (11/14/03)
White House plays down global warming evidence (09/21/03)
EPA passes the buck on regulating global warming pollution from cars (08/28/03)
EPA on global warming gases: Bring 'em on! (08/28/03)
Bush climate plan all study, no action (07/24/03)
White House whitewashes EPA environment report (06/23/03)
Department of Agriculture encouraging farmers to cut greenhouse gas (06/06/03)
Bush administration to build world's first emission-free power plant (02/27/03)
Scientists debunk Bush's global warming plan (02/25/03)
White House gets industry support for voluntary pollution cuts (02/12/03)
Bush administration fosters policy of delay on global warming (12/04/02)
EPA omits global warming section from pollution report (09/15/02)
Bush administration stalls on global warming solution (07/10/02)
Bush and Whitman distance themselves from EPA global warming report (06/12/02)
Bush administration finally admits big trouble from global warming (06/03/02)
Bush clean air plan would boost coal use (04/17/02)
Bush administration trying to dump global warming scientist (04/02/02)
White House global warming plan "cooks the books" (02/14/02)
Bush outlines an 'all talk, no action' approach to global warming (07/13/01)
NRDC to President Bush: Get serious about global warming (06/11/01)
Bush retreats from campaign promise to reduce carbon pollution (03/13/01)

International Global Warming Negotiations
Scientists debunk Bush's global warming plan (02/25/03)
White House ordered to reveal climate change documents (02/21/03)
Bush administration finally admits big trouble from global warming (06/03/02)
Bush administration ousts top global warming scientist (04/19/02)
Bush administration trying to dump global warming scientist (04/02/02)
Bush unlikely to offer alternative global warming plan (07/26/01)
NRDC praises global warming agreement; calls on Bush to reconsider (07/23/01)
Bush budget cuts for international global warming programs more significant than reported (07/12/01)
NRDC to President Bush: Get serious about global warming (06/11/01)
Bush administration rejects Kyoto Protocol (03/28/01)
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Interior officials escalate rhetoric over Arctic Refuge (02/28/03)
Alaska oil drilling would harm environment, despite Bush claims (04/07/02)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees silenced on Arctic Refuge (03/06/02)
Interior proposes spending boost for refuges (01/21/02)
Bush administration changes science on polar bear impacts to suit Arctic drilling (01/17/02)
Bush seeks to open Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil development (01/20/01)

Energy and Public Lands
Energy development threatens Dinosaur National Monument (02/09/04)
Norton urges 300 percent increase in gas drilling (01/21/04)
Norton urges 300 percent increase in gas drilling (01/21/04)
Bush administration streamlining oil and gas permits (12/23/03)
BLM opens the door for Arizona open pit mine (12/18/03)
BLM wants to weaken grazing protections to help livestock industry (12/05/03)
Clarke conflicted over role at Interior Department (11/17/03)
GAO finds that energy production pollutes wildlife refuges (09/24/03)
BLM maximizing energy development, minimizing environmental protection (08/07/03)
Bush administration taps new group to speed up energy development in Rockies (07/08/03)
Bush administration calls for more gas drilling on public lands (06/24/03)
DOE snow job helps oil drilling in Alaska (06/03/03)
BLM approves Powder River Basin development (04/30/03)
White House favors offshore oil drilling in Alaska (04/21/03)
BLM moves to overturn drilling ban in Alaska's Western Arctic Reserve (04/15/03)
Bush administration rolls back wilderness protections (04/11/03)
Bush administration sets sights on drilling in Western Arctic Reserve (02/26/03)
BLM opening sensitive Wyoming lands to drilling (02/18/03)
Bush administration setting its sights on oil in Western Arctic Reserve (01/17/03)
Federal study contradicts Bush claims of curbs on Western energy development (01/17/03)
Judge deals setback to Bush oil drilling plans in Utah (12/23/02)
BLM denies drilling access in Colorado wildlife range (12/20/02)
Bush administration faces tough time tapping oil in the Rockies (12/18/02)
Bush administration optimistic about Powder River Basin energy supplies (12/18/02)
BLM grants quickie approval of another energy project in Utah (11/11/02)
Interior panel's ruling against coal-bed methane leases upheld (10/15/02)
BLM approves oil and gas drilling in Utah (10/04/02)
White House Utah drilling plans under fire from local businesses (08/26/02)
Bush administration allows energy development in national monument (08/12/02)
Bush administration plans to give away oil and coal holdings in Utah (07/25/02)
Bush administration pushes oil drilling in Alaska reserve (06/10/02)
BLM officials address conflict-of-interest charges (06/10/02)
On offshore drilling, Bush administration won't give Californians the same relief it gave Floridians (06/07/02)
Bush blocks Florida Gulf, Glades drilling (05/29/02)
EPA gives failing grade to Powder River drilling projects (05/16/02)
Powder River drilling leases ruled illegal (04/30/02)
Bush administration speeding up drilling in Rockies (04/18/02)
Bush administration promotes coal-bed methane development (04/04/02)
Bush administration revisiting Rocky Mountain Front protections (03/28/02)
BLM sets sights on drilling Powder River basin (03/27/02)
BLM plans to open more lands to drilling (03/18/02)
Gas drilling returns to Padre Island National Seashore (03/15/02)
Forest Service proposes oil and gas leasing in Los Padres (03/11/02)
Agency pushes oil exploration near Utah park (01/24/02)
BLM backs gas drilling in national monument (01/21/02)
Park Service okays drilling expansion in Florida preserve (01/14/02)
Bush administration fighting for new oil drilling off California coast (01/10/02)
Forest Service won't allow drilling in New York's Finger Lakes (12/18/01)
Boundaries of some protected public lands may be "redrawn" to allow drilling and mining (06/05/01)
Bush administration to try to adjust the boundaries of 19 new national monuments (02/20/01)

National Forests and Roadless Areas
Forest Service sneaks mining, drilling into Alabama's national forests (02/11/04)
Forest Service to boost logging in Appalachian forests (01/23/04)
Forest Service drops "survey and manage" rule for loggers (01/23/04)
Forest Service plans to triple logging in Sierra Nevada forests (01/22/04)
Forest Service pushes logging in sequoia monument (01/17/04)
Forest Service curtails logging appeals process (01/09/04)
Forest Service clears way for logging in Tongass (12/23/03)
Forest Service opens grizzly bear habitat to snowmobiles (12/22/03)
Forest Service scraps plan to ignore bulk citizen comments (12/17/03)
Timber! Bush signs bill allowing lots more logging (12/04/03)
White House considers dropping some fish protections to promote logging (10/31/03)
Privatizing forests doesn't add up (10/05/03)
Forest Service to sell Tongass timber at a loss (09/23/03)
Bush administration refuses to defend roadless rule (09/15/03)
Bush administration offers to double logging in Northwest (08/08/03)
Bush administration taking on illegal logging abroad (07/29/03)
U.S. Forest Service exempts some logging projects from environmental review (07/29/03)
Bush asks Supreme Court to overturn roadless protections (07/18/03)
Judge halts Montana timber sale, rules that Forest Service broke its own rules (07/01/03)
Bush administration moves to roll back the Roadless Rule (06/09/03)
Forest Service plan would triple logging limits in Sierra Nevada (06/05/03)
White House forest-fire plan axes environmental protections (05/30/03)
Bush administration cuts wildlife protection, boosts logging in Northwest forests (05/27/03)
GAO report on forest fires a blow to Bush administration policies (05/15/03)
Bush taps another timber industry insider for environmental post (04/07/03)
Forest Service to double logging in Sierra Nevada forests (03/18/03)
Bush administration rejects wilderness protection in Alaska's Tongass (02/28/03)
Sierra Nevada forest protections under fire by Bush administration (01/29/03)
California's giant trees threatened by Bush forest plans (01/27/03)
Bush administration says logging good for wildlife (01/14/03)
Forest Service loosens logging restrictions for small-scale projects (01/03/03)
U.S. appeals court upholds Roadless Area Conservation Rule (12/12/02)
White House fire plan would boost logging and at expense of environment, public input (12/11/02)
Forest Service rewriting rules to increase logging, remove wildlife safeguards (11/26/02)
Bush administration wants to expedite logging at expense of fish in Northwest forests (11/25/02)
Forest Service may exempt environmental protection from forest-management plans (10/09/02)
Bush administration rewriting rules to boost logging in Northwest (09/30/02)
Forest Service smoothing the rails for Bush's logging proposals (09/19/02)
Bush's new wildfire expert no friend of forests (08/30/02)
Bush calls for increased logging in the name of fire prevention (08/22/02)
Bush administration blames wildfires on environmentalists (06/25/02)
Forest Service advises against protecting wilderness in Alaska's Tongass (05/16/02)
Forest Service wants to circumvent environmental laws (04/12/02)
Forest Service compromises on Bitterroot salvage logging plan (02/07/02)
Bush proposes 'charter' forests (02/06/02)
Bush to boost logging in national forests (02/04/02)
Forest Service appeals salvage logging legal decision (01/22/02)
Coming Soon: More logging in the Pacific Northwest (01/18/02)
Sierra Nevada plan limits logging, grazing activities in California national forests (12/27/01)
USFS guts protections for undeveloped forest lands (12/14/01)
Forest Service makes hasty salvage logging decision, forces court battle (11/27/01)
GAO slams Forest Service for poor fiscal management (10/01/01)
USFS to reduce public participation (09/20/01)
Tongass and other forests open to roadbuilding, logging (08/12/01)
Bush nominates "timber beast" to oversee national forests (07/10/01)
Agriculture secretary undercuts forest management process (05/17/01)
Bush launches a "sneak attack" on the Roadless Area Conservation Plan (05/04/01)
Bush administration seeks to roll back Roadless Area Conservation Plan (03/16/01)

National Parks
To snowmobile or not to snowmobile? That (still) is the question (02/10/04)
Court rejects Bush administration's snowmobile plan (12/16/03)
Park Service says 'Let 'em snowmobile' in Yellowstone (12/11/03)
Park Service workers speak out against Bush policies (11/13/03)
Park Service spending less than promised (08/21/03)
President making empty promises on parks funding, critics say (08/15/03)
Criticism forces NPS not to raid Mount Rainier repair funds (07/24/03)
Bush pushing to privatize park service (07/15/03)
EPA concerned about Yellowstone snowmobiles (06/21/03)
Park Service opens Maryland seashore to Jet Skis (05/30/03)
National security, privatization put chokehold on funding for parks (05/18/03)
Park Service pushes for personal watercraft on Lake Powell (05/13/03)
Bush administration attacks world heritage status of Yellowstone (04/07/03)
Bush administration looking to privatize park service jobs (04/04/03)
Bush administration giving away federal water rights in national park (04/03/03)
National Park Service officially adopts snowmobile plan (03/25/03)
National Park Service sends Yellowstone bison to slaughter (03/04/03)
National Park Service overturns ban on snowmobiles in national parks (02/20/03)
Bush snowmobile decision defies logic, not to mention scientific findings (01/30/03)
Interior Department may privatize National Park Service (01/27/03)
Despite scientific concerns, Interior Department approves power plant near Yellowstone (01/10/03)
Bush administration paves way for new roads in parks, wilderness (01/06/03)
Bush administration opens national park to drilling (11/22/02)
Bush administration reverses snowmobile ban for national parks (11/12/02)
Bush officials intervened to silence objections to coal plant near Mammoth Cave National Park (11/09/02)
Bush approves bill to enlarge California recreation area (10/09/02)
Yosemite park official resigns in protest (10/03/02)
National Park Service removes controversial ranger (09/17/02)
EPA backs off issuing strong antipollution standards for off-road vehicles (09/13/02)
Park Service temporarily bans personal watercraft on Nevada lakes (09/06/02)
Interior Department allows more air pollution at national park (08/22/02)
Corps of Engineers' plan threatens to pollute Florida Everglades (05/03/02)
Snowmobile ban dealt another blow (02/19/02)
Park snowmobile phase-out delayed (02/05/02)
Snowmobile ban unlikely to be implemented in Yellowstone and Grand Teton (12/10/01)
Voyageurs National Park reopening areas to snowmobiles (11/29/01)
Bush administration shutting down Everglades restoration office (11/06/01)
Bush pledges improvements to maintenance of national parks (05/31/01)
EPA moves ahead with Clinton-era rule that will reduce haze over wildlands (05/29/01)
Yellowstone snowmobile ban goes into effect, but perhaps not for long (04/23/01)

Mining Policy
White House seeks to overturn ban on mining near streams (01/07/04)
Judge criticizes White House pro-industry mining rules (11/18/03)
Mine safety official fired for whistleblowing (11/08/03)
Interior Department eases mining rules (10/09/03)
EPA finds nearly 300 mountaintop removal violations (09/04/03)
White House buries mountaintop mining regulation (05/30/03)
Department of Interior official under ethics investigation (05/13/03)
Fish and Wildlife Service signs off on mining in Montana wilderness (05/13/03)
Bush administration intervened in Nevada mining dispute at request of industry (03/03/03)
Bush official touts Western coal, weaker mining regulations (02/10/03)
Bush administration wins court victory on mountaintop removal mining (01/29/03)
Interior Department joining fight for Nevada cat litter mine (10/31/02)
Bush administration limiting scope of federal coal mining study (10/28/02)
Judge rejects Corps request to lift ban on mining pollution (06/17/02)
Bush administration lifts ban on mining in Oregon national forest (05/21/02)
Bush asks judge to suspend mountaintop mining decision (05/13/02)
Bush administration agency secretly fights mine reforms (05/10/02)
EPA to let mining industry dump waste in waterways (05/03/02)
Corps approves Everglades mining (04/11/02)
Forest Service reverses mine approval (03/29/02)
Bush administration bends rules for favored coal company (01/03/02)
Interior calls for fiscal reform of mining law (12/10/01)
Norton Guts Tough Mining Protections (10/25/01)
Forest chief asks Norton to end Oregon mining ban (10/02/01)
BLM upholds "non-controversial" portion of hard rock mining rules (06/15/01)
Bush administration delays hard-rock mining regulations that protect watersheds (03/21/01)

Endangered Species and Habitat Protection
Interior proposes protecting Alaskan otters (02/05/04)
White House wants to let EPA ignore pesticide consultations (01/27/04)
White House offers small funding boost for Northwest salmon recovery (01/26/04)
Fish and Wildlife Service says fate of Missouri River wildlife takes precedence (12/18/03)
Judge overturns NMFS decision not to protect orcas (12/17/03)
Alaskan wilderness: Open for business (11/21/03)
Bush administration finally takes blame for Klamath fish kill (11/18/03)
Bush administration ignores damming evidence (10/29/03)
Forest Service lets snowmobiles roam through caribou range (10/15/03)
Bush administration declares open season on endangered species (10/13/03)
Prominent conservationist condemns endangered species proposal (10/12/03)
Judge orders Interior Department to stop stalling on owl habitat protection (10/10/03)
Corps of Engineers violates judge's ruling, won't lower Missouri River flows for wildlife (09/24/03)
Interior Dept. provides $12.9 million in conservation grants (09/17/03)
Private contractors to determine endangered species' future (09/12/03)
New EPA rules ignore mercury pollution from chlorine plants (08/27/03)
FWS puts wildlife in critical condition (08/06/03)
Judge holds corps in contempt in Missouri River dispute (08/04/03)
Forest Service rewriting Yellowstone plans with a grizzly ending (07/26/03)
Judge holds Corps in contempt in Missouri River dispute (07/22/03)
BLM revs engines of off-road vehicle riders (07/19/03)
Federal judge forced to intervene in Klamath River water plan (07/18/03)
Corps of Engineers rejects judge's ruling on Missouri River management dispute (07/15/03)
Interior bumps up funding under ESA for land conservation (07/14/03)
Agency swamped with public comments supporting manatee protection (07/07/03)
Illegal Navy sonar linked to porpoise deaths, environmentalists say (07/01/03)
Fish and Wildlife Service reduces protected habitat for threatened mouse by half (06/23/03)
Bush administration undermines critical habitat designations (06/18/03)
Government studies counter White House criticism of "critical habitat" principle (06/13/03)
Interior giving up on endangered species protection (05/29/03)
BLM opens fragile dunes ecosystem to off-road recreation (05/23/03)
FWS designates critical habitat in Hawaii (05/14/03)
Navy's illegal use of sonar blasts dolphins, whales in Puget Sound (05/08/03)
Fish and Wildlife Service drops controversial manatee rules (05/05/03)
Fish and Wildlife Service holds the line on habitat protection plans for imperiled wildlife in California (04/24/03)
New Missouri River management plan imperils protected birds (04/22/03)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife signs off on plan to reopen Imperial Dunes to off-road vehicles (04/10/03)
Bush administration short-changing endangered species protection (04/07/03)
Bush administration begins diverting water from Klamath River -- where salmon kill occurred -- to farmers (04/03/03)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes stream protection in Alabama (03/28/03)
Interior ordered to continue protecting manatees (03/18/03)
Bush administration proposes stripping protections for endangered wolves (03/18/03)
Judge orders federal protection for California fish (03/04/03)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service outlines sea otter recovery plan (03/04/03)
U.S. EPA seeks to weaken endangered-species protections (02/27/03)
Bush administration flunking on salmon recovery (02/26/03)
Spotted owl denied federal protection despite additional logging threat (02/10/03)
Manatees finally get protection (01/24/03)
Bush administration to revisit spotted owl protections (01/14/03)
Defense Department targets environmental laws (01/13/03)
Bush administration pushing to lift grizzly bear protection (01/05/03)
Bush administration blamed for Klamath River fish kill (01/05/03)
Judge slaps restraining order on plan to dredge Snake River (12/20/02)
Judge gives Department of Interior extension on manatee plan (12/19/02)
Judge puts blocks Snake River dredging plan to evaluate risk to salmon (12/13/02)
Bush administration approves limited river restoration plan for Glen Canyon (12/09/02)
Bush administration supports renewed elephant ivory trade (11/11/02)
Federal courts overturn habitat protections, per Bush request (11/09/02)
Bush administration looking for legal loopholes on manatee protection (11/06/02)
Bush officials suppress science on Klamath River policy (11/01/02)
Interior Department finally designates manatee-protection zones (10/31/02)
Interior Department to oppose commercial whaling (10/30/02)
Whistleblower says Bush administration pressure forced inadequate salmon protection (10/28/02)
Forest Service in violation of Endangered Species Act (10/20/02)
Fish and Wildlife Service proposes special wildlife habitat on Guam (10/16/02)
Judge considers contempt of court for Interior Secretary Norton over manatees (10/03/02)
Army Corps rejects order to increase Missouri River flow (10/02/02)
Bush administration plans to lift federal protection on wolves (09/25/02)
Army Corps of Engineers dawdling on Missouri River plan (09/10/02)
Federal officials reject call to add white marlin to endangered list (09/04/02)
Interior Dept. approves water storage under Mojave Desert (08/29/02)
Bush administration abandons California water plan (08/23/02)
Bush administration weakens whale protections that hindered oil and gas industry (08/22/02)
Bush administration weakens whale protections that hindered oil and gas industry (08/22/02)
Fish and Wildlife Service ordered to develop list of manatee protection zones (08/16/02)
Bush administration supports protecting endangered foreign fish (07/31/02)
Navy's sonar threatens whales (07/16/02)
White House backs delay in river changes (07/14/02)
Bush administration forced to protect endangered whipsnake (07/10/02)
Wildlife officials block Corps plan to move endangered birds (07/05/02)
Bush administration revokes habitat protection for California frog (07/04/02)
FWS flip-flops on trout protection (06/26/02)
Bush administration backtracks on land preservation (06/19/02)
Judge rules against Bush administration on endangered species protection (06/13/02)
Missouri River restoration put on hold (06/13/02)
U.S. signs off on endangered salmon harvest (06/12/02)
Bureau of Reclamation balks at Klamath water plans (06/03/02)
Federal scientists say Columbia dredging won't hurt salmon (05/20/02)
Salmon protection temporarily rescinded (05/07/02)
Administration establishes habitat protections for endangered kangaroo rat (04/23/02)
Administration's plan allows overfishing in New England (04/16/02)
Bush administration fails to protect manatees (04/16/02)
Bush administration to ax Northwest Forest Plan (04/08/02)
Bush administration scales back habitat protection for endangered butterfly (04/05/02)
Pentagon seeks exemption from environmental laws (03/29/02)
Endangered species habitat under attack (03/19/02)
Hawaiian marine reserve protections preserved (03/18/02)
Desert tortoise finally protected (03/12/02)
Bush administration scraps plans for new wildlife refuge (03/12/02)
Bureau of Reclamation Klamath plan endangers fish (02/27/02)
Corps doesn't give a dam for Snake River salmon (02/21/02)
Bush administration seeks to weaken endangered species protection in California (02/16/02)
Park Service wants motorized access in Georgia wilderness (02/11/02)
Bush using Everglades plan to target endangered species (02/07/02)
Coming Soon: More logging in the Pacific Northwest (01/18/02)
Bush administration changes science on polar bear impacts to suit Arctic drilling (01/17/02)
New Corps study backs Columbia River dredging (01/03/02)
Corps keeps Snake River dams (12/03/01)
Norton reneges on agreement to protect endangered desert tortoise (08/27/01)
Corps abandons plan to save Missouri River wildlife (08/02/01)
Norton balks at defending wildlife in the face of local opposition (07/23/01)
Largest U.S. marine reserve becomes official (07/10/01)
California's ocean waters off-limits to fishing (06/04/01)
BLM fails to comply with agreement to protect threatened desert tortoises (05/12/01)
Interior will not reintroduce grizzly bears into Idaho, Montana wildlands (04/25/01)
Bush seeks to relax requirements of Endangered Species Act (04/09/01)
Fish and Wildlife Service withdraws call for protection of endangered salmon and trout (03/07/01)

Other Public Lands Management Issues
Interior official cleared in ethics probe (01/13/04)
Interior Dept. discounts "short-term negative impacts" of new grazing rules (01/02/04)
Third Interior official under ethics investigation (08/14/03)
Inspector General faults Interior officials for faulty land swap (07/23/03)
BLM vows to fix maligned land appraisal process (06/19/03)
BLM vows to fix flawed land-exchange program (05/23/03)
White House says "ready, aim, shoot" on wilderness (04/25/03)
Forest Service permits grazing in violation of federal law, says judge (04/24/03)
Interior Department paves way for new roads on federal lands in Utah (04/09/03)
Interior Department paves way for new roads on federal lands in Utah (04/09/03)
Bush administration abandons protection plan for California coastal treasure (04/08/03)
BLM putting grazing restrictions out to pasture (01/30/03)
Interior plans to limit environmental reviews for grazing (11/18/02)
Bush administration relinquishing federal water rights (09/30/02)
Bush administration revives controversial California gold mine (09/27/02)
BLM's plans for California desert favor commerce over conservation (09/13/02)
Norton rules out citizen's panel for Trans-Alaska Pipeline (09/10/02)
Snowmobiles to be restricted, not banned in parks (06/25/02)
Army Corps of Engineers' flip-flops on project reviews further damage its credibility (05/23/02)
Bush budget cuts billions from natural resources spending (05/08/02)
Huge win in the battle over snowmobiles in national parks (04/30/02)
Bush administration debates management of monuments (04/24/02)
Administration bans jet skis in a few parks, may allow them in others (04/16/02)
BLM proposal could doom California dunes (03/29/02)
BLM Idaho director forced to resign (03/06/02)
BLM rule could block federal land protection (02/22/02)
Interior proposes spending boost for refuges (01/21/02)
White House favors limiting president's authority to protect federal lands (07/17/01)
Gale Norton nominates William G. Myers III as solicitor for Department of the Interior (04/24/01)
President nominates J. Steven Griles as deputy secretary of Interior (03/09/01)
Pesticides and Other Toxic Chemicals
EPA's mercury pollution plan mirrors industry's recommendations (01/30/04)
New EPA mercury rule fails to account for 'lost' emissions (12/19/03)
EPA considers exempting small business from toxic release reporting (11/12/03)
Superfund cleanups lag for third straight year (11/04/03)
EPA tricks public, treats industry on dangerous pesticide (10/31/03)
EPA refuses to tackle rising mercury pollution in Great Lakes region (10/29/03)
EPA will not regulate dioxins from sewage sludge (10/17/03)
EPA shields pesticide makers from lawsuits (10/06/03)
More Superfund sites, but less money (10/01/03)
EPA balks at court ruling to protect waterways from pesticide pollution (09/03/03)
EPA lifts ban on selling polluted sites for development (09/02/03)
DOD reneges on plan to test for perchlorate pollution at U.S. bases (06/20/03)
Pentagon accused of covering up perchlorate pollution (05/16/03)
White House bans EPA from discussing perchlorate pollution (04/28/03)
White House unveils its pro-industry chemical security bill (04/24/03)
EPA cooks fish data to allow more pollution (03/21/03)
GAO slams Bush administration for stalling on chemical security (03/18/03)
EPA halts the use of toxic wood preservative (03/17/03)
New EPA guidelines assess cancer risks for children (03/03/03)
Bush administration using guise of security to expand corporate secrecy (02/25/03)
Bush administration pushing for pesticide exemptions from international environmental treaty (02/07/03)
Ignoring health risks, EPA chooses not to ban dangerous weed killer (01/21/03)
EPA sticking with unsafe perchlorate standard (01/16/03)
EPA halts funding at several Superfund sites (10/31/02)
EPA lagging in Superfund cleanups (10/16/02)
Justice Department lax on chemical security (10/10/02)
Bush stacks panel on lead poisoning with industry experts (10/08/02)
Bush replacing health scientists who don't favor industry views (09/17/02)
EPA fails to meet pesticides review deadline (08/03/02)
EPA's scientific review on pesticides questioned (07/19/02)
EPA may allow the use of Carbofuran, a formerly banned toxic pesticide (07/08/02)
EPA signs off on safety of all but two of 30 pesticides (06/10/02)
White House backtracks on plan to ease lead testing regulations (05/14/02)
Administration may weaken lead testing for kids (04/16/02)
White House moves one step forward, two steps back, on chemical treaty (04/11/02)
EPA enlists National Academy of Sciences on issue of human pesticide studies (12/15/01)
EPA may lift ban on human testing of pesticides (11/28/01)
Bush supports U.N. treaty on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (04/09/01)
Bush administration settles pesticides lawsuit brought by NRDC against EPA (03/19/01)

Water Pollution
EPA whistleblower decries agency's sewage sludge decision as a "scam" (02/04/04)
BLM opens the door for Arizona open pit mine (12/18/03)
EPA flushes mandatory sewage treatment rule (11/03/03)
EPA further delays long overdue Clean Water Act enforcement upgrade (10/10/03)
Bush administration plays dirty in court case over water quality (09/10/03)
EPA opposes Bush plan to relax Clean Water Act (09/05/03)
EPA factory-farm rule favors polluters (12/15/02)
EPA rolls back Clean Water Act's water cleanup program (08/07/02)
EPA restores some Superfund monies (07/21/02)
EPA backs off mandatory plan to clean up stormwater pollution (06/24/02)
EPA proposes water pollution trading scheme (05/14/02)
Bush administration intends to shift Superfund cleanup from polluters to taxpayers (02/23/02)
NRDC lauds EPA's rejection of efforts to scale back Hudson River cleanup (12/04/01)
EPA considers standards that could slow cleanup of PCBs in the Hudson River (10/04/01)
New raw-sewage rules delayed by Bush regulatory freeze (01/20/01)

Arsenic and Drinking Water
White House ignores MTBE threat (02/16/04)
EPA issues an arsenic-in-tap-water standard higher than that recommended by public health advocates (10/31/01)
Bush administration formally suspends arsenic-in-drinking-water protections; NRDC rips decision (05/22/01)
Bush withdraws new arsenic-in-drinking-water standard (03/20/01)

Diesel Emissions
EPA cracks down on diesel pollution (04/15/03)
Bush administration refuses to crack down on diesel pollution (06/07/02)
EPA upholds Clinton decision to clean up diesel pollution (02/28/01)

Air Pollution
Clean Air Act changes undermining enforcement, says former EPA official (02/09/04)
EPA touts new, cleaner cars (01/26/04)
EPA scales back monitoring of smokestack pollution (01/22/04)
EPA head sends mixed signals on clean air protections (01/09/04)
Federal court blocks EPA plan to cripple Clean Air Act (12/24/03)
EPA revs up motorcycle pollution plan (12/23/03)
EPA proposes sluggish plan to reduce smog and soot (12/17/03)
Court rejects Bush administration's snowmobile plan (12/16/03)
EPA proposes industry-preferred mercury pollution plan (12/15/03)
EPA planning to loosen mercury pollution rules (12/03/03)
EPA rule changes will increase pollution, studies say (10/22/03)
EPA official accused of misleading Congress on clean air suits (10/10/03)
EPA to issue daily air quality alerts (09/30/03)
EPA strikes deal with polluting factory farms (09/25/03)
White House instructed EPA to hide potential health risks following 9/11 (09/09/03)
EPA officially rolls back Clean Air Act protections (08/27/03)
New EPA rules ignore mercury pollution from chlorine plants (08/27/03)
EPA makes misleading claims about support for Clear Skies plan (08/05/03)
EPA rejects temporary ozone waiver for power plants (06/26/03)
EPA proposes easing, delaying smog control rules (05/14/03)
EPA secretly considering amnesty for livestock farm polluters (05/05/03)
Energy Department illegally approved Mexican power plants, says judge (05/05/03)
EPA backtracks on pledge to close loophole for California air polluters (03/25/03)
EPA data on "Clear Skies" clearly wrong (03/10/03)
Bush air pollution plan weakens current law, threatens public health (02/27/03)
EPA delays report on mercury risk for children (02/20/03)
EPA plans to relax toxic air pollution standards (02/11/03)
New EPA air rules for ocean vessels too weak (01/31/03)
Bush administration seeks waiver on ozone-destroying pesticide (01/30/03)
EPA seeking legislative 'fix' to let air polluters off the hook (01/07/03)
EPA proposes weakening of Clean Air Act (11/22/02)
EPA agrees to clean up smog pollution (11/14/02)
EPA set to launch new study on causes of asthma (10/31/02)
EPA approves Louisiana's controversial pollution-trading program (10/29/02)
Former EPA official blasts Bush commitment to enforcement of clean air rules (10/16/02)
U.S. EPA misses deadlines on air toxics standards (09/17/02)
EPA cracking down on North Dakota air polluters (08/19/02)
EPA seeks cleaner motorbikes, boats (07/29/02)
EPA rolls back clean air protections for power plants (06/13/02)
Bush administration sends conflicting signal on Clean Air Act enforcement (05/21/02)
Public criticism forces EPA to get tough on polluters (05/16/02)
White House rejected more stringent EPA air-pollution proposal before issuing so-called "Clear Skies" plan (04/28/02)
EPA will weaken federal clean air rules (03/18/02)
EPA sends industry lobbyist to testify before Congress on proposed cuts to enforcement budgets (03/12/02)
Whitman remarks undermine government's Clean Air Act lawsuits (03/03/02)
Top EPA official resigns in protest of Bush's pro-polluter policies (02/27/02)
EPA official admits that Bush clean air plan is weak (02/26/02)
Bush announces rollback of power plant pollution rules (02/14/02)
Justice Department finally justifies air pollution lawsuits (01/15/02)
EPA postpones action on power plants, expected to favor limited approach (08/14/01)
EPA wants to scrap air pollution regulations for power plants (07/26/01)
Energy Secretary Abraham lauds coal-burning power plant (07/02/01)

Need I say more? This is just the tip of the iceburg.

Now go back to bashing Democrats. God knows we can't bash Bush...

[NC_Nurse]

1. Tell it!

Let's get rid of this Poopstain!

[fishnfla]

2. 'bout time for some brush clearing around here!

cant see the promised land but for the shrub.

[BeatleBoot]

3. Link?

I'd love a link to these!

[absyntheNsugar]

4. Here ya go!

www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/default.asp

[BeatleBoot]

5. Thanks!!!

[Uzybone]

6. kick

nt

[Polemonium]

7. Thanks for this

A group of us are trying to put together a short internet document with links to more detailed explanations of bush*s poor record to be distributed to friends, family, and others. As you have shown, there is just way too much material here.

[littlejoe]

8. Phew! Did you leave anything out?

[absyntheNsugar]

9. I did actually - if you follow the link

above you'll see this is about 1/3 of his record

[littlejoe]

10. And this is only his environmental "record" folks!

[absyntheNsugar]

11. and only part at that!

nt

[fishnfla]

12. sing it again