domestic debate: a "quick" look at a bit of Bush's environmental record

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MINING





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http://nrdc.org/bushrecord/wildlife_mining.asp

Army Corps of Engineers ordered to protect West Virginia streams from mining waste (07/09/04)
Corps loosens clean water, stream protections for mountaintop removal mining (05/28/04)
Mining cleanup costs vastly exceed Superfund budget (04/05/04)
Mining company gets price break on federal land (04/02/04)
Mining whistleblower accuses Bush administration of cover-up (04/01/04)
Plans for Phoenix mine reborn (03/31/04)
Interior butts heads with EPA over mine cleanup (03/08/04)
Federal mining whistleblower silenced, demoted (02/24/04)
White House seeks to overturn ban on mining near streams (01/07/04)
Judge criticizes White House pro-industry mining rules (11/18/03)
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)


OTHER PUBLIC LANDS



http://nrdc.org/bushrecord/wildlife_other.asp

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)



NATIONAL PARKS



just a few:

http://nrdc.org/bushrecord/wildlife_parks.asp


Bush administration rejects another new park (06/01/04)
Budget cuts hurting national parks, reports watchdog group (05/28/04)
Park Service seeks delay in Yellowstone snowmobile decision (05/28/04)
EPA air experts accuse Bush administration of altering science (04/29/04)
New "quieter" snowmobiles damage employee hearing in Yellowstone (04/20/04)
Yellowstone bison slaughtered to please ranchers (03/31/04)
BLM reconsiders energy development at Dinosaur Monument (03/25/04)
Budget cuts crippling national park system (03/16/04)
Snowmobiles return to Yellowstone . . . for now (03/10/04)
Bison slaughter continues at Yellowstone (03/04/04)
More drilling slated for Padre Island (02/27/04)
EPA lets power plants pollute Theodore Roosevelt National Park (02/13/04)
To snowmobile or not to snowmobile? That (still) is the question (02/10/04)
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)



ENERGY/PUBLIC LANDS




all linkable on website


http://nrdc.org/bushrecord/wildlife_publiclands.asp

BLM holds largest federal lands auction in Utah history (06/25/04)
FWS warns power plant pollution will harm wilderness area (05/14/04)
Energy Department seeking to expand natural gas drilling on federal lands (05/05/04)
Federal agency cooked books on salmon recovery (04/15/04)
Imperiled bull trout may lose federal protections (04/13/04)
Fish and Wildlife Service less protective of bald eagles than local Florida officials (04/09/04)
Deal cutting wilderness protections in Utah was premeditated (04/06/04)
BLM okays energy exploration in sensitive Utah lands (03/19/04)
BLM illegally opened Montana area to off-road vehicles, judge rules (03/15/04)
Political controversy surrounds BLM's Otero Mesa drilling plans (03/04/04)
Bush discounts wilderness for campaign contributors (03/01/04)
Wildlife takes a backseat to drilling in Wyoming (03/01/04)
Californians counter Bush plan to drill Los Padres forest (02/18/04)
BLM auctions off drilling leases around Dinosaur National Monument (02/12/04)
Energy development threatens Dinosaur National Monument (02/09/04)
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)
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 FOREST, ROADLESS AREAS


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http://nrdc.org/bushrecord/wildlife_forests.asp

Bush administration rolls over roadless protection (07/12/04)
Forest Service proposes roadless rule rollback (07/02/04)
Forest Service privatizes public comment review (05/06/04)
Forest Service cites "economic emergency" to jumpstart Oregon logging (04/09/04)
Court orders Bush administration to stop hiding forest documents (03/30/04)
Forest Service eases rules to boost Northwest logging (03/23/04)
Forest Service trying to evade outside scrutiny (03/18/04)
Snowmobile bridge blocked in Montana forest (03/12/04)
Forest Service hires PR firm to sell Sierra Nevada logging (03/10/04)
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)
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 (05/23/03)
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)









DRINKING WATER


Public given limited access to drinking water information (05/27/04)
Yucca fails the drip safety test (05/12/04)
Pentagon misses deadline on perchlorate report (04/30/04)
EPA ignores National Academy of Sciences on tap water contaminants (04/09/04)
NRDC sues Bush administration for hiding drinking water records (03/24/04)
EPA buries report about its inaccurate drinking water assessments (03/11/04)
Get the lead out: EPA fails to protect D.C. drinking water (02/23/04)
EPA quietly backs off on reducing drinking water pollution (07/12/03)
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)



EVERGLADES

Revised Everglades recovery plan not worth the wait (11/04/03)
Bush administration plays dirty in court case over water quality (09/10/03)
Army Corps of Engineers misses deadline on rules for Everglades restoration project (12/11/02)
Bush's revised Everglades plan falls short of restoration goals (07/23/02)
Corps of Engineers' plan threatens to pollute Florida Everglades (05/03/02)
Corps approves Everglades mining (04/11/02)
Bush using Everglades plan to target endangered species (02/07/02)
Park Service okays drilling expansion in Florida preserve (01/14/02)
Bush administration shutting down Everglades restoration office (11/06/01)



WETLANDS



President Bush promises a "net gain" in the nation's wetlands (04/22/04)
White House abandons plans to weaken Clean Water Act protections (12/16/03)
EPA developing ways around the Clean Water Act (10/22/03)
Interior Dept. provides $12.9 million in conservation grants (09/17/03)
EPA opposes Bush plan to relax Clean Water Act (09/05/03)
GAO chides Department of Agriculture for lax enforcement of wetlands protections (05/22/03)
Bush administration planning to remove federal protection for America's wetlands and small waterways (01/10/03)
Bush administration backtracking on policy of 'no net loss" of wetlands (12/26/02)
Agriculture Department offers program to aid Florida farmers, Everglades (10/28/02)
White House blocking conservation funding for farms (10/03/02)
Bush administration to reconsider Clean Water Act protections (09/19/02)
Corps relaxes wetlands protections, White House approves (01/14/02)
Norton withholds government critique of proposal to relax wetlands rules (01/14/02)
Corps of Engineers ignores "no net loss" wetlands policy (11/02/01)
Corps official uses terrorist attacks as excuse to weaken environmental protection (09/21/01)
Army Corps of Engineers to weaken wetlands protections (08/08/01)
EPA delays, then upholds, new rule protecting wetlands (02/15/01)



ARCTIC



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http://nrdc.org/bushrecord/wildlife_arctic.asp

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)

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ENVIRONMENTAL SPENDING

Bush administration slashes funding for global warming research (06/03/04)
Reversing course, U.S. Army maintains environmental protections (05/27/04)
Bush administration planning cuts in environmental funding (05/19/04)
Bush budget cuts lead poisoning prevention funding (04/11/04)
Mining cleanup costs vastly exceed Superfund budget (04/05/04)
Budget cuts crippling national park system (03/16/04)
White House offers small funding boost for Northwest salmon recovery (01/26/04)
$175 million Superfund shortfall stalls cleanups (01/06/04)
USDA grant program makes energy the new cash crop (12/12/03)
Superfund cleanups lag for third straight year (11/04/03)
Costly USFS and BLM outsourcing studies prove unhelpful (10/23/03)
Privatizing forests doesn't add up (10/05/03)
More Superfund sites, but less money (10/01/03)
White House says "lights out" to popular energy saver program (10/01/03)
Interior Dept. provides $12.9 million in conservation grants (09/17/03)
Private contractors to determine endangered species' future (09/12/03)
EPA offers new water-saving program (09/04/03)
Bush administration short-changing endangered species protection (04/07/03)
EPA halts funding at several Superfund sites (10/31/02)
Agriculture Department offers program to aid Florida farmers, Everglades (10/28/02)
EPA lagging in Superfund cleanups (10/16/02)
EPA admits clean water takes back seat to war on terrorism (10/08/02)
EPA restores some Superfund monies (07/21/02)
Bush slashing EPA funding for toxic cleanups (06/30/02)
Bush budget cuts billions from natural resources spending (05/08/02)
White House ends environmental research funding (04/02/02)
EPA sends industry lobbyist to testify before Congress on proposed cuts to enforcement budgets (03/12/02)
President Bush unveils "slash and burn" budget for 2003 (02/04/02)
Bush slashes environmental education spending (02/04/02)
Bush budget cuts student research (02/03/02)
Interior proposes spending boost for refuges (01/21/02)
White House plans deep cuts in environmental spending (11/28/01)
Bush administration shutting down Everglades restoration office (11/06/01)
Bush signs Interior bill that boosts spending, but includes harmful riders (11/05/01)
Bush unveils fiscal year 2002 budget (04/09/01)




DRINKING WATER


Public given limited access to drinking water information (05/27/04)
Yucca fails the drip safety test (05/12/04)
Pentagon misses deadline on perchlorate report (04/30/04)
EPA ignores National Academy of Sciences on tap water contaminants (04/09/04)
NRDC sues Bush administration for hiding drinking water records (03/24/04)
EPA buries report about its inaccurate drinking water assessments (03/11/04)
Get the lead out: EPA fails to protect D.C. drinking water (02/23/04)
EPA quietly backs off on reducing drinking water pollution (07/12/03)
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)

MISC


Enviros question Interior's revised NEPA manual (03/08/04)
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)
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)
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)
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)




WATER POLLUTION



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Army Corps of Engineers ordered to protect West Virginia streams from mining waste (07/09/04)
Corps loosens clean water, stream protections for mountaintop removal mining (05/28/04)
Corps settlement will protect some artificial waterways (04/09/04)
Mining whistleblower accuses Bush administration of cover-up (04/01/04)
Plans for Phoenix mine reborn (03/31/04)
New EPA storm-water rule won't control polluted runoff (03/31/04)
EPA letting Clean Water Act violators off the hook (03/30/04)
EPA approves plan to inject toxic waste underground in Michigan (03/16/04)
Interior butts heads with EPA over mine cleanup (03/08/04)
White House ignores MTBE threat (02/16/04)
EPA whistleblower decries agency's sewage sludge decision as a "scam" (02/04/04)
White House seeks to overturn ban on mining near streams (01/07/04)
EPA refuses to tackle rising mercury pollution in Great Lakes region (10/29/03)
EPA may allow continued phosphate dumping in Gulf of Mexico (10/28/03)
EPA will not regulate dioxins from sewage sludge (10/17/03)
New EPA dam proposal threatens salmon (10/10/03)
EPA further delays long overdue Clean Water Act enforcement upgrade (10/10/03)
Interior Department eases mining rules (10/09/03)
EPA finds nearly 300 mountaintop removal violations (09/04/03)
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)
EPA won't regulate ship waste (09/02/03)
EPA letting polluters off the hook (06/06/03)
White House buries mountaintop mining regulation (05/30/03)
EPA failing to keep track of water quality (05/27/03)
Pentagon accused of covering up perchlorate pollution (05/16/03)
EPA secretly considering amnesty for livestock farm polluters (05/05/03)
EPA cleaning up far fewer toxic waste sites (04/18/03)
EPA will force mining company to clean up pollution in Montana river (04/15/03)
Corps keeps oil spill secret, citing national security concerns (04/08/03)
EPA fines company $34 million for pipeline spills (04/02/03)
EPA allows sludge dumping in Potomac River to continue for seven more years (03/18/03)
EPA withdraws water-pollution cleanup rule (03/13/03)
EPA exempts oil and gas industry from water pollution rules (03/10/03)
Bush administration wins sweetheart water settlement for wealthy California farmers (02/06/03)
GAO faults EPA oversight on factory farms (01/31/03)
Bush administration wins court victory on mountaintop removal mining (01/29/03)
Court sides with environment, upholds EPA stormwater rule (01/14/03)
EPA proposes water pollution trading scheme (01/13/03)
EPA exempts oil and gas industry from stormwater pollution rules (12/30/02)
Bush administration weakens federal program for cleaning up dirty waters (12/21/02)
EPA factory-farm rule favors polluters (12/15/02)
EPA halts funding at several Superfund sites (10/31/02)
Bush administration limiting scope of federal coal mining study (10/28/02)
EPA lagging in Superfund cleanups (10/16/02)
EPA admits clean water takes back seat to war on terrorism (10/08/02)
New EPA water quality report shows U.S. waters are getting dirtier (09/30/02)
White House looks to sink environmental law (08/10/02)
EPA rolls back Clean Water Act's water cleanup program (08/07/02)
EPA restores some Superfund monies (07/21/02)
Bush slashing EPA funding for toxic cleanups (06/30/02)
EPA backs off mandatory plan to clean up stormwater pollution (06/24/02)
Judge rejects Corps request to lift ban on mining pollution (06/17/02)
Bush administration lets construction companies off the hook for protecting environment (05/24/02)
EPA gives failing grade to Powder River drilling projects (05/16/02)
EPA proposes water pollution trading scheme (05/14/02)
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)
Forest Service reverses mine approval (03/29/02)
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)
Bush seeking to weaken federal environmental enforcement (07/23/01)
EPA drops objections to Florida rule that undermines Clean Water Act protections (04/26/01)
Bush administration delays hard-rock mining regulations that protect watersheds (03/21/01)
New raw-sewage rules delayed by Bush regulatory freeze (01/20/01)


Bush administration pushes for pesticide waiver (07/13/04)
GAO criticizes Pentagon for perchlorate pollution (06/30/04)
Scientific panel labels EPA-approved chemical a carcinogen (06/16/04)
Court questions industry-friendly EPA fertilizer rule (04/23/04)
Bush budget cuts lead poisoning prevention funding (04/11/04)
EPA lets rat poison industry weaken safety rules (04/06/04)
U.S. strong-arms E.U. to back down on chemical safety requirements (04/01/04)
Montreal Protocol shirked for U.S. pesticide interests (03/26/04)
FDA misleads public on tuna health risks (03/19/04)
Bush administration pushing hard for pesticide exemptions (03/03/04)
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 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


AIR POLLUTION



EPA barrels ahead with pro-polluter rules in spite of court ruling (07/07/04)
EPA goes soft on pollution control for oil refineries (06/25/04)
For the EPA, wet asbestos removal up in the air (05/30/04)
Park Service seeks delay in Yellowstone snowmobile decision (05/28/04)
Bush administration may roll back fuel standards (05/27/04)
EPA lets plywood industry hammer out its own pollution rule (05/21/04)
EPA goes whole hog over industry recommendations (05/16/04)
Smoggy skies affecting more than half of all Americans (04/29/04)
EPA air experts accuse Bush administration of altering science (04/29/04)
Church leaders chastise President Bush for bad air policies (04/22/04)
EPA stands firm on sulfur regulations (04/22/04)
States reject Pentagon's request for environmental exemptions (04/19/04)
EPA calls for cleaner diesel trucks (03/04/04)
EPA lets power plants pollute Theodore Roosevelt National Park (02/13/04)
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)
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 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)
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 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)
Justice Department finally justifies air pollution lawsuits (01/15/02)


ENVIRONMENTAL REGS

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White House OMB releases a modified peer-review proposal (04/15/04)
Pentagon again seeking immunity from environmental laws (04/06/04)
Private ranchers get rights to public lands (02/10/04)
Forest Service streamlines grazing permits (02/10/04)
White House usurping scientific authority from federal agencies (01/11/04)
Pentagon to seek more environmental exemptions (01/09/04)
Park Service says 'Let 'em snowmobile' in Yellowstone (12/11/03)
White House considers dropping some fish protections to promote logging (10/31/03)
EPA changes rule to exempt hazardous waste requirements (10/23/03)
Interior Department eases mining rules (10/09/03)
White House study: benefits of environmental regulation far outweigh costs (09/29/03)
White House recommendations could shut the public out of environmental review (09/24/03)
EPA opposes Bush plan to relax Clean Water Act (09/05/03)
EPA lifts ban on selling polluted sites for development (09/02/03)
EPA officially rolls back Clean Air Act protections (08/27/03)
Oily deal on offshore drilling rights (08/21/03)
EPA stifles staff objections to Pentagon pollution exemptions (04/09/03)
Whitman changes her tune on Pentagon environmental exemptions (03/26/03)
EPA conflicted over Pentagon proposal to exempt the military from environmental laws (03/13/03)
EPA exempts oil and gas industry from water pollution rules (03/10/03)
Pentagon chiefs ordered to hunt for environmental exemptions (03/07/03)
Defense Department seeking exemptions from environmental laws (03/06/03)
EPA plans to relax toxic air pollution standards (02/11/03)
OMB pushes for industry-skewed cost-benefit analysis (02/04/03)
Defense Department targets environmental laws (01/13/03)
EPA exempts oil and gas industry from stormwater pollution rules (12/30/02)
White House begins process of relaxing government regulations for industry (12/19/02)
White House discounts human life in cost-benefit analysis (12/18/02)
Bush administration rewriting rules to boost logging in Northwest (09/30/02)
Bush administration to reconsider Clean Water Act protections (09/19/02)
Forest Service smoothing the rails for Bush's logging proposals (09/19/02)
Bush orders agencies to streamline environmental review of transportation projects (09/18/02)
Interior Department allows more air pollution at national park (08/22/02)
Bush uses national security to gain corporate secrecy and immunity (07/26/02)
Bush administration revokes habitat protection for California frog (07/04/02)
Snowmobiles to be restricted, not banned in parks (06/25/02)
EPA rolls back clean air protections for power plants (06/13/02)
Bush administration lets construction companies off the hook for protecting environment (05/24/02)
Bush administration rolls back air conditioner energy efficiency standards (05/23/02)
Bush administration sends conflicting signal on Clean Air Act enforcement (05/21/02)
EPA proposes water pollution trading scheme (05/14/02)
Bush administration to ax Northwest Forest Plan (04/08/02)
Pentagon seeks exemption from environmental laws (03/29/02)
White House touts aggressive regulatory review (03/19/02)
EPA official admits that Bush clean air plan is weak (02/26/02)
Bush administration intends to shift Superfund cleanup from polluters to taxpayers (02/23/02)
BLM rule could block federal land protection (02/22/02)
Bush announces rollback of power plant pollution rules (02/14/02)
Park snowmobile phase-out delayed (02/05/02)
New NRDC report documents sweeping rollback of environmental protections by federal agencies (01/23/02)
Corps relaxes wetlands protections, White House approves (01/14/02)
Norton withholds government critique of proposal to relax wetlands rules (01/14/02)
NRDC reacts to John Graham's "hit list" of regulations: "We told you so." (12/04/01)
Corps of Engineers ignores "no net loss" wetlands policy (11/02/01)
EPA issues an arsenic-in-tap-water standard higher than that recommended by public health advocates (10/31/01)
Norton Guts Tough Mining Protections (10/25/01)
Forest chief asks Norton to end Oregon mining ban (10/02/01)
White House rule change could inflict "paralysis by analysis" on regulatory process (09/24/01)
USFS to reduce public participation (09/20/01)
Forest Service stalls roadless protection, allows logging to continue (08/22/01)
Tongass and other forests open to roadbuilding, logging (08/12/01)
Army Corps of Engineers to weaken wetlands protections (08/08/01)
EPA wants to scrap air pollution regulations for power plants (07/26/01)
White House favors limiting president's authority to protect federal lands (07/17/01)
Bush nominates "timber beast" to oversee national forests (07/10/01)
BLM upholds "non-controversial" portion of hard rock mining rules (06/15/01)
Bush administration formally suspends arsenic-in-drinking-water protections; NRDC rips decision (05/22/01)
Agriculture secretary undercuts forest management process (05/17/01)
NRDC's John Adams to President Bush: Don't take the teeth out of the Clean Air Act (05/07/01)
Bush administration marks 100 days in office (04/29/01)
EPA drops objections to Florida rule that undermines Clean Water Act protections (04/26/01)
Gale Norton nominates William G. Myers III as solicitor for Department of the Interior (04/24/01)
Yellowstone snowmobile ban goes into effect, but perhaps not for long (04/23/01)
Bush seeks to relax requirements of Endangered Species Act (04/09/01)
Bush administration delays hard-rock mining regulations that protect watersheds (03/21/01)
Bush withdraws new arsenic-in-drinking-water standard (03/20/01)
Bush appoints industry apologist as regulatory gatekeeper (03/06/01)
EPA upholds Clinton decision to clean up diesel pollution (02/28/01)
EPA delays, then upholds, new rule protecting wetlands (02/15/01)
White House announces regulatory freeze (01/20/01)


ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT



EPA chief Leavitt failing to lay down the law (03/31/04)
EPA letting Clean Water Act violators off the hook (03/30/04)
EPA and Congressional GAO bicker about enforcement (02/13/04)
EPA enforcement cops returning to the environment beat (12/15/03)
Smart enforcement or no enforcement? Bush lets polluters off the hook (12/09/03)
EPA inspector general blasts agency for lax enforcement (10/16/03)
GAO finds that energy production pollutes wildlife refuges (09/24/03)
Interior Department fires worker after land payment scandal (09/15/03)
EPA finds nearly 300 mountaintop removal violations (09/04/03)
EPA balks at court ruling to protect waterways from pesticide pollution (09/03/03)
EPA enforcement program in shambles (07/07/03)
EPA letting polluters off the hook (06/06/03)
GAO chides Department of Agriculture for lax enforcement of wetlands protections (05/22/03)
EPA Administrator Whitman misusing agency investigators (04/26/03)
EPA cleaning up far fewer toxic waste sites (04/18/03)
EPA fines company $34 million for pipeline spills (04/02/03)
Interior ordered to continue protecting manatees (03/18/03)
EPA failing to protect Louisiana's environment and public health (02/04/03)
GAO faults EPA oversight on factory farms (01/31/03)
Polluting industries getting off easier under Bush administration (01/29/03)
EPA proposes weakening of Clean Air Act (11/22/02)
EPA agrees to clean up smog pollution (11/14/02)
EPA no longer making polluters pay (11/05/02)
Forest Service in violation of Endangered Species Act (10/20/02)
Former EPA official blasts Bush commitment to enforcement of clean air rules (10/16/02)
Judge considers contempt of court for Interior Secretary Norton over manatees (10/03/02)
U.S. EPA air-quality enforcement sinks to new lows (09/07/02)
EPA cracking down on North Dakota air polluters (08/19/02)
EPA forced to withdraw new penalty calculations scheme (08/19/02)
EPA cedes Idaho cleanup authority to state (08/13/02)
Another EPA official resigns in protest over Bush policies (07/25/02)
Public criticism forces EPA to get tough on polluters (05/16/02)
EPA watchdog resigns in protest over Bush policies (04/22/02)
Endangered species habitat under attack (03/19/02)
EPA will weaken federal clean air rules (03/18/02)
Desert tortoise finally protected (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)
New NRDC report documents sweeping rollback of environmental protections by federal agencies (01/23/02)
Justice Department finally justifies air pollution lawsuits (01/15/02)
Environmental enforcement suffers under Bush (01/10/02)
Bush backing away from pledge to clean up federal facilities (09/07/01)
EPA postpones action on power plants, expected to favor limited approach (08/14/01)
Norton balks at defending wildlife in the face of local opposition (07/23/01)
Bush seeking to weaken federal environmental enforcement (07/23/01)
BLM fails to comply with agreement to protect threatened desert tortoises (05/12/01)
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)

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[Hubert Flottz]

2. Here is a good website with mountain top removal info and pics!

Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition:

http://www.ohvec.org/

Bush and his coal baron contributors are insane!

Mountain Top Removal and the killing of corporate responsibility for Superfund clean up, should toast Shrub's reselection here in WV!

[The Straight Story]

3. In 4 years, will there be an update if kerry wins?

And if his record is similar, will you vote republican? Many have criticized clinton on his record in regards to the environment - was that reason to oust him (and not vote gore)?

I guess my concern (and I am sorry, this is not directed at you as a person so please do not take it personal) is that come next election if kerry is in the same boat on some issues (ie, has done more harm than good, etc) what do we do? Two party system - do we go with the repub guy, kerry, or perhaps nader?


Call bush on this - fine and a good job done. But I am afraid that maybe some will lose site of the overall goal(s) we progressives have so that our guy can win, even if he is only marginally better on the issues than the other guy (and no, I am not saying kerry is - it is a hypothetical).

Keep up your good work, and keep this information up to date when Kerry gets in. I hope all the hard work on the left does not just dry up after election - kerry, bush, et al are our employees. We need to kick all thei asses when they fuck up.

[montana500]

4. ?

I sure didnt complain about Clinton. He had a couple sore spots but his enviro record was great. The Roadless Initiative was the greatest environmental move in a long , long time, and IMHO the most important.

[montana500]

5. kerry's environmental record

is the best in D.C. and *trounces* Naders.

[The Straight Story]

7. understand

my concern is not with kerry so much as it is with a lot of other things. Kerry may well get 'busy' with a lot of other things. So let's hope he hires the right people to help him out.

Perhaps the deeper part of my concern is, if you will, religion - sort of. Hyping kerry, saying only good things, and trying to insure he gets elected. Ok - I can grasp that now before election day. But he may well not do all we believe he can and I hope we call him on it when he dosen't. I don't want to be like freepers and become kerry bots. I don't think we will, but I am concerned when I all I see is the pre-election things being how great kerry is and how bad bush is.

Some people just want to see bush lose. I want to see kerry win. I want to see him take charge and do that which we feel he should. But I damn well will jump on him as hard as we do bush here when he doesn't. Will others join in or will they fear exposing the negative will hurt his re-election campaign in 2008?

I want to hold a president accountable, regardless of which party claims them as their own. We nailed bush damn good over the years, we were on him like flies on doggie doo. The right overlooked things because they only care about bush looking good (which is a full time job with overtime). I hope we do not become like them, I know we are better.

So in 4 years (or year by year) we see an objective report card on kerry and what he has done for the environment, indians, and so forth. The two party system lends itself to each side overlooking the bad and letting their guy get away with anything. We cannot break that cycle if we don't hold the people we are paying accountable for their work.

Kerry has my vote, he has my hope. But when all is said and done, I as his employer will evaluate him with honesty. If in 4 years he needs fired, lets pick someone better and not hide his faults in fear of losing - lest we become like the freepers (they know deep inside that bush needs fired, but are so entrenched in things they won't admit it - they don't want to 'lose' even though a bush win is a loss....)

[The Straight Story]

6. Here is an example:

http://www-tech.mit.edu/V117/N28/hove.28o.html

excerpt:

Five months after his reinauguration, President Bill Clinton has come under sharp criticism from environmentalists and conservation groups. Because the president relies on Al Gore for advise on environmental matters, the Vice President has come under fire as well. Some environmentalists have even gone so far as to suggest that, unless something changes soon, they will throw their support in 2000 behind Richard A. Gephardt, current House minority leader and long-suffering presidential hopeful.

How did it come to this? After all, Gore was every environmentalist's poster child just a few years ago, and Clinton used the environment as a key plank in his 1996 campaign against Bob Dole.

However, even in last year's election, the president's record on the environment wasn't based on a record of positive achievement but instead on his attacks on Congress. The president had prevented deep cuts in spending on the Environmental Protection Agency and he claimed credit for stopping the most egregious attempts to revise regulations such as those regarding endangered species and water quality standards. But the real Clinton environmental record centers not on the salvation of Nixon-era regulations and agencies, but on what has been left undone.

..... end excerpt....

Now my thoughts - those true to the cause kept true in calling out their candidate, and they were not labeled as right wingers for doing so. It is my HOPE that the same will be true in the future here on DU and elsewhere when we call kerry on things in hopes of getting him to correct problems.

I am a realistic person - kerry can not save the world all on his own. Indian affairs, environment, terrorism, hunger, aids, jobs, homelessness, crime, and on and on the list goes. How can one person in office fix all those things????

The problems are bigger - we cannot rely on kerry to fix them, and I hope we don't. We all need to do more. A lot hinges on this election - but a lot also hinges on us doing our part after the election.

Again - an excellent post on your part, please keep on top of this issue over the kerry term(s). It takes us all to keep things on track, it helps us all by having a good engineer driving the train. Right now that engineer is way out in freak land. Kerry will help us - and we need to help things too.

[Hubert Flottz]

8. Bush and his little favor to the polluters that contribute to him...

gutted the Superfund clean up! If anything gets cleaned up now the taxpayers pay the entire cost! Meanwhile the air and the groundwater soaks up more toxic waste every single day, thanks to Bush! The Corporations got rich and hauled ass and now the taxpayer will pay the price AGAIN! Where was Ralph when Bush Gutted the superfund and the clean air and clean water acts?

[The Straight Story]

9. Which is why I wonder

Why we have so many threads on bush wearing an ear piece and not more on what he has done with regards to the environment.

A lot of people I know lurk here for news and I have seen many threads kicking about the little things while threads like this seem to go down into oblivion.

Holographic planes hitting wtc gets more replies and exposure than the real issues we can all agree on. Sad to me. Thanks to for your insight, and excellent post. I hope to see more of them.