Bush
Environment Record. A list of crimes against Mother Earth. Amember
of the Chester County Greens who is a professor at the Business Technology
Center of West Chester University prepared this list of headlines dealing
with the Bush Crime Family's rape of our environment.
2003
July
Bush administration taps new group to speed up energy development in
Rockies (07/08/03)
June
EPA rejects temporary ozone waiver for power plants (06/26/03)
Bush administration calls for more gas drilling on public lands (06/24/03)
White House whitewashes EPA environment report (06/23/03)
Fish and Wildlife Service reduces protected habitat for threatened mouse
by half (06/23/03)
DOD reneges on plan to test for perchlorate pollution at U.S. bases
(06/20/03)
BLM vows to fix maligned land appraisal process (06/19/03)
Bush administration undermines critical habitat designations (06/18/03)
United States and European Union teaming up on hydrogen fuel cells
(06/16/03)
Bush administration moves to roll back the Roadless Rule (06/09/03)
EPA letting polluters off the hook (06/06/03)
Department of Agriculture encouraging farmers to cut greenhouse gas
(06/06/03)
Forest Service plan would triple logging limits in Sierra Nevada
(06/05/03)
DOE moving ahead with new nukes (06/02/03)
May
White House buries mountaintop mining regulation (05/30/03)
White House forest-fire plan axes environmental protections (05/30/03)
Park Service opens Maryland seashore to Jet Skis (05/30/03)
Interior giving upon endangered species protection (05/29/03)
EPA failing to keep track of water quality (05/27/03)
Bush administration cuts wildlife protection,boosts logging in Northwest
forests (05/27/03)
BLM opens fragile dunes ecosystem to off-road recreation (05/23/03)
BLM vows to fix flawed land-exchange program (05/23/03)
GAO chides Department of Agriculture for lax enforcement of wetlands
protections (05/22/03)
Christie Whitman, embattled EPA chief, resigns (05/21/03)
National security, privatization put chokehold on funding for parks
(05/18/03)
Pentagon accused of covering up perchlorate pollution (05/16/03)
GAO report on forest fires a blow to Bush administration policies
(05/15/03)
EPA proposes easing, delaying smog control rules (05/14/03)
White House transportation plan steamrolls environmental protections
(05/14/03)
FWS designates critical habitat in Hawaii (05/14/03)
Department of Interior official under ethics investigation (05/13/03)
Park Service pushes for personal watercraft on Lake Powell (05/13/03)
Fish and Wildlife Service signs off on mining in Montana wilderness
(05/13/03)
Bush chills on subsidizing Alaskan gas pipeline (05/09/03)
Navy's illegal use of sonar blasts dolphins, whales in Puget Sound
(05/08/03)
EPA drops "senior death discount" calculation (05/07/03)
EPA secretly considering amnesty for livestock farm polluters (05/05/03)
Energy Department illegally approved Mexican power plants, says judge
05/05/03)
Fish and Wildlife Service drops controversial manatee rules (05/05/03)
April
EPA reports record drop in fuel economy (04/30/03)
BLM approves Powder River Basin development (04/30/03)
White House bans EPA from discussing perchlorate pollution (04/28/03)
EPA Administrator Whitman misusing agency investigators (04/26/03)
White House says "ready, aim, shoot" on wilderness (04/25/03)
Fish and Wildlife Service holds the line on habitat protection plans for
imperiled wildlife in California (04/24/03)
White House unveils its pro-industry chemical security bill (04/24/03)
Forest Service permits grazing in violation of federal law, says judge
(04/24/03)
New Missouri River management plan imperils protected birds (04/22/03)
Independent panel challenges Bush administration air pollution policies
(04/21/03)
White House favors offshore oil drilling in Alaska (04/21/03)
Bush administration considers delaying endangered species protection
(04/19/03)
EPA cleaning up far fewer toxic waste sites (04/18/03)
EPA cracks down on diesel pollution (04/15/03)
EPA will force mining company to clean up pollution in Montana river
(04/15/03)
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)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife signs off on plan to reopen Imperial Dunes to
off-road vehicles (04/10/03)
EPA tries to bolster urban cleanup efforts (04/10/03)
Interior Department paves way for new roads on federal lands in Utah
(04/09/03)
EPA stifles staff objections to Pentagon pollution exemptions (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)
Corps keeps oil spill secret, citing national security concerns (04/08/03)
Bush administration short-changing endangered species protection
(04/07/03)
Bush taps another timber industry insider for environmental post
(04/07/03)
Bush administration attacks world heritage status of Yellowstone
(04/07/03)
New U.S.-- Mexico pollution treaty lacks funding to make a difference
(04/04/03)
Bush administration looking to privatize park service jobs (04/04/03)
Bush administration begins diverting water from Klamath River-- where
salmon kill occurred -- to farmers (04/03/03)
Bush administration giving away federal water rights in national park
(04/03/03)
EPA fines company $34 million for pipeline spills (04/02/03)
Bush administration slightly raises SUV gas mileage requirements
(04/01/03)
Bush administration ends court battle over California off-shore drilling
(04/01/03)
March
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes stream protection in
Alabama(03/28/03)
Whitman changes her tune on Pentagon environmental exemptions(03/26/03)
Interior Department favors boosting offshore drilling by reducing
corporate costs (03/26/03)
National Park Service officially adopts snowmobile plan (03/25/03)
EPA backtracks on pledge to close loophole for California air polluters
(03/25/03)
EPA cooks fish data to allow more pollution (03/21/03)
GAO slams Bush administration for stalling on chemical security (03/18/03)
Interior ordered to continue protecting manatees (03/18/03)
Bush administration proposes stripping protections for endangered wolves
(03/18/03)
EPA allows sludge dumping in Potomac River to continue for seven more
years (03/18/03)
Forest Service to double logging in Sierra Nevada forests (03/18/03)
EPA halts the use of toxic wood preservative (03/17/03)
EPA conflicted over Pentagon proposal to exempt the military from
environmental laws (03/13/03)
EPA withdraws water-pollution cleanup rule (03/13/03)
EPA data on "Clear Skies" clearly wrong (03/10/03)
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)
National Park Service sends Yellowstone bison to slaughter (03/04/03)
Judge orders federal protection for California fish (03/04/03)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service outlines sea otter recovery plan (03/04/03)
New EPA guidelines assess cancer risks for children (03/03/03)
Bush administration intervened in Nevada mining dispute at request of
industry (03/03/03)
February
Interior officials escalate rhetoric over Arctic Refuge (02/28/03)
Bush administration rejects wilderness protection in Alaska's Tongass
(02/28/03)
Department of Transportation to expedite more environmentally harmful road
projects (02/27/03)
Bush administration to build world's first emission-free power plant
(02/27/03)
U.S. EPA seeks to weaken endangered-species protections (02/27/03)
Bush air pollution plan weakens current law, threatens public health
(02/27/03)
Bush administration flunking on salmon recovery (02/26/03)
Bush administration sets sights on drilling in Western Arctic Reserve
(02/26/03)
Scientists debunk Bush's global warming plan (02/25/03)
Bush administration using guise of security to expand corporate secrecy
(02/25/03)
White House ordered to reveal climate change documents (02/21/03)
EPA delays report on mercury risk for children (02/20/03)
National Park Service overturns ban on snowmobiles in national parks
(02/20/03)
BLM opening sensitive Wyoming lands to drilling (02/18/03)
White House gets industry support for voluntary pollution cuts (02/12/03)
EPA plans to relax toxic air pollution standards (02/11/03)
Bush official touts Western coal, weaker mining regulations (02/10/03)
Spotted owl denied federal protection despite additional logging threat
(02/10/03)
Bush administration pushing for pesticide exemptions from international
environmental treaty (02/07/03) GAO halts lawsuit over Cheney energy files
(02/07/03)
Bush administration wins sweetheart water settlement for wealthy
California farmers (02/06/03)
White House fuel cell plan ignores today's oil insecurity (02/06/03)
EPA failing to protect Louisiana's environment and public health
(02/04/03)
OMB pushes for industry-skewed cost-benefit analysis (02/04/03)
January
New EPA air rules for ocean vessels too weak (01/31/03)
GAO faults EPA oversight on factory farms (01/31/03)
Bush administration seeks waiver on ozone-destroying pesticide (01/30/03)
BLM putting grazing restrictions out to pasture (01/30/03)
Bush snowmobile decision defies logic, not to mention scientific findings
(01/30/03)
Polluting industries getting off easier under Bush administration
(01/29/03)
Sierra Nevada forest protections under fire by Bush administration
(01/29/03)
Bush administration wins court victory on mountaintop removal mining
(01/29/03)
In Bush's State of the Union address, actions speak louder than words
(01/28/03)
California's giant trees threatened by Bush forest plans (01/27/03)
Interior Department may privatize National Park Service (01/27/03)
Manatees finally get protection (01/24/03)
Ignoring health risks, EPA chooses not to ban dangerous weed killer
(01/21/03)
Pentagon again taking aim at environmental laws (01/19/03)
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)
EPA sticking with unsafe perchlorate standard (01/16/03)
Environmental experts nixed from international development agency
(01/16/03)
Bush administration to revisit spotted owl protections (01/14/03)
Court sides with environment, upholds EPA stormwater rule (01/14/03)
Bush administration says logging good for wildlife (01/14/03)
Defense Department targets environmental laws (01/13/03)
EPA proposes water pollution trading scheme (01/13/03)
Bush administration planning to remove federal protection for America's
wetlands and small waterways
(01/10/03)
Despite scientific concerns, Interior Department approves power plant near
Yellowstone (01/10/03)
Bush administration considers new nukes (01/10/03)
EPA seeking legislative 'fix' to let air polluters off the hook (01/07/03)
Bush administration paves way for new roads in parks, wilderness
(01/06/03)
Bush administration pushing to lift grizzly bear protection (01/05/03)
Bush administration blamed for Klamath River fish kill (01/05/03)
Forest Service loosens logging restrictions for small-scale projects
(01/03/03)
2002
December
EPA exempts oil and gas industry from storm water pollution rules
(12/30/02)
Bush administration backtracking on policy of 'no net loss" of wetlands
(12/26/02)
Judge deals setback to Bush oil drilling plans in Utah (12/23/02)
Bush administration weakens federal program for cleaning up dirty waters
(12/21/02)
Judge slaps restraining order on plan to dredge Snake River (12/20/02)
BLM denies drilling access in Colorado wildlife range (12/20/02)
Judge gives Department of Interior extension on manatee plan (12/19/02)
White House begins process of relaxing government regulations for industry
(12/19/02)
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)
White House discounts human life in cost-benefit analysis (12/18/02)
Government doing big business with lawbreaking companies (12/16/02)
EPA factory-farm rule favors polluters (12/15/02)
Judge puts blocks Snake River dredging plan to evaluate risk to salmon
(12/13/02)
White House proposes minor increase in automobile fuel economy (12/12/02)
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)
Army Corps of Engineers misses deadline on rules for Everglades
restoration project (12/11/02)
GAO suit against Cheney energy task force rejected (12/09/02)
Bush administration approves limited river restoration plan for Glen
Canyon (12/09/02)
Bush administration fosters policy of delay on global warming (12/04/02)
Bush administration loses appeal in California offshore drilling case
(12/02/02)
November
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)
EPA proposes weakening of Clean Air Act (11/22/02)
Bush administration opens national park to drilling (11/22/02)
Interior plans to limit environmental reviews for grazing (11/18/02)
EPA agrees to clean up smog pollution (11/14/02)
Bush administration outlines steps for nuclear security (11/14/02)
Bush administration reverses snowmobile ban for national parks (11/12/02)
Bush administration supports renewed elephant ivory trade (11/11/02)
BLM grants quickie approval of another energy project in Utah (11/11/02)
Bush officials intervened to silence objections to coal plant near Mammoth
Cave National Park (11/09/02) Federal courts overturn habitat protections,
per Bush request (11/09/02) Bush administration looking for legal
loopholes on manatee protection (11/06/02) EPA no longer making polluters
pay (11/05/02)
Bush officials suppress science on Klamath River policy (11/01/02)
October
EPA halts funding at several Superfund sites (10/31/02) Bush
administration doles out political treats on Halloween (10/31/02) EPA set
to launch new study on causes of asthma (10/31/02) Interior Department
finally designates manatee-protection zones (10/31/02) Interior Department
joining fight for Nevada cat litter mine (10/31/02) Energy Task Force: Tsk,
Tsk, Tsk (10/30/02) Interior Department to oppose commercial whaling
(10/30/02) EPA approves Louisiana's controversial pollution-trading
program (10/29/02) Whistleblower says Bush administration pressure forced
inadequate salmon protection (10/28/02) Agriculture Department offers
program to aid Florida farmers, Everglades (10/28/02) Bush administration
limiting scope of federal coal mining study (10/28/02) U.S. EPA fails to
meet deadline for handing over air documents to Senate (10/25/02) Forest
Service in violation of Endangered Species Act (10/20/02) Bush
administration ordered to release energy documents (10/17/02) EPA lagging
in Superfund cleanups (10/16/02) Fish and Wildlife Service proposes
special wildlife habitat on Guam (10/16/02) Former EPA official blasts
Bush commitment to enforcement of clean air rules (10/16/02) Interior
panel's ruling against coal-bed methane leases upheld (10/15/02) Justice
Department lax on chemical security (10/10/02) Bush approves bill to
enlarge California recreation area (10/09/02) Bush administration sides
with auto industry against lower emissions (10/09/02) Forest Service may
exempt environmental protection from forest-management plans (10/09/02)
EPA memo improperly encourages employees to support Bush (10/08/02) Bush
stacks panel on lead poisoning with industry experts (10/08/02) EPA admits
clean water takes back seat to war on terrorism (10/08/02) BLM approves
oil and gas drilling in Utah (10/04/02) Judge considers contempt of court
for Interior Secretary Norton over manatees (10/03/02) Yosemite park
official resigns in protest (10/03/02) White House blocking conservation
funding for farms (10/03/02) Army Corps rejects order to increase Missouri
River flow (10/02/02)
September
New EPA water quality report shows U.S. waters are getting dirtier
(09/30/02) Bush administration rewriting rules to boost logging in
Northwest (09/30/02) Bush administration relinquishing federal water
rights (09/30/02) Bush administration revives controversial California
gold mine (09/27/02) Bush administration plans to lift federal protection
on wolves (09/25/02) 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) U.S. EPA misses
deadlines on air toxics standards (09/17/02) Bush replacing health
scientists who don't favor industry views (09/17/02) National Park Service
removes controversial ranger (09/17/02) EPA omits global warming section
from pollution report (09/15/02) BLM's plans for California desert favor
commerce over conservation (09/13/02) EPA backs off issuing strong
antipollution standards for off-road vehicles (09/13/02) Army Corps of
Engineers dawdling on Missouri River plan (09/10/02) Norton rules out
citizen's panel for Trans-Alaska Pipeline (09/10/02) EPA seeks to boost
recycling (09/09/02) U.S. EPA air-quality enforcement sinks to new lows
(09/07/02) Park Service temporarily bans personal watercraft on Nevada
lakes (09/06/02) Federal officials reject call to add white marlin to
endangered list (09/04/02) White House seeks unprecedented exemption from
public disclosure rules (09/02/02)
August
Bush's new wildfire expert no friend of forests (08/30/02) Interior Dept.
approves water storage under Mojave Desert (08/29/02) U.S. undermines
renewable energy proposal at World Summit (08/27/02) White House Utah
drilling plans under fire from local businesses (08/26/02) Bush
administration abandons California water plan (08/23/02) Bush calls for
increased logging in the name of fire prevention (08/22/02) Interior
Department allows more air pollution at national park (08/22/02) Bush
administration weakens whale protections that hindered oil and gas
industry (08/22/02) Bush administration employs stonewall strategy at
World Summit (08/21/02) EPA cracking down on North Dakota air polluters
(08/19/02) EPA forced to withdraw new penalty calculations scheme
(08/19/02) Bush administration backing away from California coastal
protection (08/19/02) Fish and Wildlife Service ordered to develop list of
manatee protection zones (08/16/02) Bush skipping U.N. Earth Summit
(08/15/02) EPA cedes Idaho cleanup authority to state (08/13/02) Bush
administration allows energy development in national monument (08/12/02)
White House looks to sink environmental law (08/10/02) EPA rolls back
Clean Water Act's water cleanup program (08/07/02) EPA fails to meet
pesticides review deadline (08/03/02)
July
Bush administration supports protecting endangered foreign fish
(07/31/02) EPA seeks cleaner motorbikes, boats (07/29/02) Bush uses
national security to gain corporate secrecy and immunity (07/26/02)
Another EPA official resigns in protest over Bush policies (07/25/02) Bush
administration plans to give away oil and coal holdings in Utah (07/25/02)
Fish and Wildlife Service reneges on manatee protection plan (07/24/02)
Bush's revised Everglades plan falls short of restoration goals (07/23/02)
EPA restores some Superfund monies (07/21/02) Bush administration opposes
renewable energy requirement (07/19/02) EPA's scientific review on
pesticides questioned (07/19/02) Bush cleanup plan could leave behind more
nuclear waste (07/19/02) 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) Bush administration stalls on
global warming solution (07/10/02) EPA may allow the use of Carbofuran, a
formerly banned toxic pesticide (07/08/02) Wildlife officials block Corps
plan to move endangered birds (07/05/02) Bush administration revokes
habitat protection for California frog (07/04/02)
June
Bush slashing EPA funding for toxic cleanups (06/30/02) FWS flip-flops on
trout protection (06/26/02) EPA stymied investigation of Yucca Mountain
radiation standards (06/25/02) Snowmobiles to be restricted, not banned in
parks (06/25/02) Bush administration blames wildfires on environmentalists
(06/25/02) EPA backs off mandatory plan to clean up stormwater pollution
(06/24/02) Bush administration backtracks on land preservation (06/19/02)
Judge rejects Corps request to lift ban on mining pollution (06/17/02)
Judge rules against Bush administration on endangered species protection
(06/13/02) EPA rolls back clean air protections for power plants
(06/13/02) Missouri River restoration put on hold (06/13/02) Bush and
Whitman distance themselves from EPA global warming report (06/12/02) U.S.
signs off on endangered salmon harvest
(06/12/02) Bush administration pushes oil drilling in Alaska reserve
(06/10/02) EPA signs off on safety of all but two of 30 pesticides
(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 administration refuses to crack
down on diesel pollution (06/07/02) Bush administration finally admits big
trouble from global warming (06/03/02) Bureau of Reclamation balks at
Klamath water plans (06/03/02)
May
Bush blocks Florida Gulf, Glades drilling (05/29/02) Bush administration
lets construction companies off the hook for protecting environment
(05/24/02) Bush-Putin Summit Produces Deeply Flawed Nuclear Arms Treaty
(05/24/02) Bush administration rolls back air conditioner energy
efficiency standards (05/23/02) Army Corps of Engineers' flip-flops on
project reviews further damage its credibility (05/23/02) Bush
administration sends conflicting signal on Clean Air Act enforcement
(05/21/02) Bush administration lifts ban on mining in Oregon national
forest (05/21/02) Federal scientists say Columbia dredging won't hurt
salmon (05/20/02) Public criticism forces EPA to get tough on polluters
(05/16/02) EPA gives failing grade to Powder River drilling projects
(05/16/02) Alabama nuclear plant to be reactivated (05/16/02) Energy
Secretary admits Yucca Mountain won't hold all nuclear waste (05/16/02)
Forest Service advises against protecting wilderness in Alaska's Tongass
(05/16/02) Bush signs disastrous farm bill (05/14/02) White House
backtracks on plan to ease lead testing regulations (05/14/02) 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) Bush administration blocks
testimony of key energy official (05/09/02) Bush budget cuts billions from
natural resources spending (05/08/02) Salmon protection temporarily
rescinded (05/07/02) Corps of Engineers' plan threatens to pollute Florida
Everglades (05/03/02) EPA to let mining industry dump waste in waterways
(05/03/02) EPA charged with understating impact of Yucca Mountain nuclear
dump on Nevada drinking water supplies (05/03/02)
April
Powder River drilling leases ruled illegal (04/30/02) Huge win in the
battle over snowmobiles in national parks (04/30/02) NRDC issues subpoena
to former head of White House energy task force (04/29/02) White House
rejected more stringent EPA air-pollution proposal before issuing
so-called "Clear Skies" plan (04/28/02) Bush administration debates
management of monuments (04/24/02) Administration establishes habitat
protections for endangered kangaroo rat (04/23/02) Norton vows to limit
Florida oil drilling (04/23/02) EPA watchdog resigns in protest over Bush
policies (04/22/02) Bush administration ousts top global warming scientist
(04/19/02) Bush administration speeding up drilling in Rockies (04/18/02)
Bush clean air plan would boost coal use (04/17/02) Administration bans
jet skis in a few parks, may allow them in others (04/16/02)
Administration may weaken lead testing for kids (04/16/02)
Administration's plan allows overfishing in New England (04/16/02) Bush
administration fails to protect manatees (04/16/02) Forest Service wants
to circumvent environmental laws (04/12/02) Corps approves Everglades
mining (04/11/02) White House moves one step forward, two steps back, on
chemical treaty (04/11/02) Bush administration to ax Northwest Forest Plan
(04/08/02) Alaska oil drilling would harm environment, despite Bush claims
(04/07/02) Bush administration scales back habitat protection for
endangered butterfly (04/05/02) Bush administration promotes coal-bed
methane development (04/04/02) Bush administration trying to dump global
warming scientist (04/02/02) White House ends environmental research
funding (04/02/02) Bush administration fails to boost automobile
efficiency (04/01/02)
March
BLM proposal could doom California dunes (03/29/02) Forest Service
reverses mine approval (03/29/02) Pentagon seeks exemption from
environmental laws (03/29/02) Bush administration revisiting Rocky
Mountain Front protections (03/28/02) BLM sets sights on drilling Powder
River basin (03/27/02) 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) Endangered
species habitat under attack (03/19/02) White House touts aggressive
regulatory review (03/19/02) EPA will weaken federal clean air rules
(03/18/02) Department of Defense agrees to complete new environmental
impact analyses on missile defense testing (03/18/02) Hawaiian marine
reserve protections preserved (03/18/02) BLM plans to open more lands to
drilling (03/18/02) Gas drilling returns to Padre Island National Seashore
(03/15/02) EPA sends industry lobbyist to testify before Congress on
proposed cuts to enforcement budgets (03/12/02) Desert tortoise finally
protected (03/12/02) Bush administration scraps plans for new wildlife
refuge (03/12/02) 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) BLM Idaho director forced to resign
(03/06/02) Whitman remarks undermine government's Clean Air Act lawsuits
(03/03/02)
February
Energy Dept. ordered to release task force records to NRDC
(02/27/02) Top EPA official resigns in protest of Bush's pro-polluter
policies (02/27/02) Bureau of Reclamation Klamath plan endangers fish
(02/27/02) 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) Corps doesn't give a dam for Snake River salmon (02/21/02)
Snowmobile ban dealt another blow (02/19/02) Bush administration seeks to
weaken endangered species protection in California (02/16/02) National
Forest in Missouri opened to drilling (02/15/02) Bush backs Yucca Mountain
for nuclear waste dump (02/15/02) White House global warming plan "cooks
the books" (02/14/02) Bush announces rollback of power plant pollution
rules (02/14/02) The Bush administration's secret plan for strengthening
U.S. nuclear forces (02/13/02) Park Service wants motorized access in
Georgia wilderness (02/11/02) Forest Service compromises on Bitterroot
salvage logging plan (02/07/02) Bush using Everglades plan to target
endangered species (02/07/02) Bush proposes 'charter' forests (02/06/02)
Park snowmobile phase-out delayed (02/05/02) Former Energy Department
official blasts Yucca storage plan (02/05/02) Bush to boost logging in
national forests (02/04/02) 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) EPA initially
criticized Bush-Cheney energy plan (02/02/02)
January
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) Agency pushes oil exploration near Utah park
(01/24/02) New NRDC report documents sweeping rollback of environmental
protections by federal agencies (01/23/02) Forest Service appeals salvage
logging legal decision (01/22/02) BLM backs gas drilling in national
monument (01/21/02) Interior proposes spending boost for refuges
(01/21/02) 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) Justice Department finally justifies air pollution
lawsuits (01/15/02) Park Service okays drilling expansion in Florida
preserve (01/14/02) Corps relaxes wetlands protections, White House
approves (01/14/02) Norton withholds government critique of proposal to
relax wetlands rules (01/14/02) Bush administration fighting for new oil
drilling off California coast (01/10/02) Bush administration nuclear
weapon cuts, less than advertised (01/10/02) Environmental enforcement
suffers under Bush (01/10/02) Bush administration plans to double 'Brownfields'
cleanup funds (01/10/02) Bush administration backs pollution-free
automobile initiative (01/09/02) Bush administration plans to get ready to
resume nuclear weapons testing (01/08/02) Bush administration bends rules
for favored coal company (01/03/02) New Corps study backs Columbia River
dredging (01/03/02)
2001
December
Sierra Nevada plan limits logging, grazing activities in California
national forests (12/27/01) Forest Service won't allow drilling in New
York's Finger Lakes (12/18/01) EPA enlists National Academy of Sciences on
issue of human pesticide studies (12/15/01) USFS guts protections for
undeveloped forest lands (12/14/01) DOE weakens standards for Yucca
nuclear storage (12/14/01) NRDC sues Department of Energy to expose Cheney
energy task force secrets (12/11/01) Interior calls for fiscal reform of
mining law (12/10/01) Snowmobile ban unlikely to be implemented in
Yellowstone and Grand Teton (12/10/01) Environmentalists launch first
legal challenge to Bush administration's national energy plan
(12/06/01) NRDC lauds EPA's rejection of efforts to scale back Hudson
River cleanup (12/04/01) NRDC reacts to John Graham's "hit list" of
regulations: "We told you so." (12/04/01) Corps keeps Snake River dams
(12/03/01)
November
Voyageurs National Park reopening areas to snowmobiles (11/29/01) EPA may
lift ban on human testing of pesticides (11/28/01) White House plans deep
cuts in environmental spending (11/28/01) Forest Service makes hasty
salvage logging decision, forces court battle (11/27/01) Bush
administration shutting down Everglades restoration office (11/06/01) Bush
signs Interior bill that boosts spending, but includes harmful riders
(11/05/01) Corps of Engineers ignores "no net loss" wetlands policy
(11/02/01)
October
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) EPA considers standards that could slow cleanup of PCBs in the
Hudson River (10/04/01) Forest chief asks Norton to end Oregon mining ban
(10/02/01) GAO slams Forest Service for poor fiscal management
(10/01/01)
September
White House rule change could inflict "paralysis by analysis" on
regulatory process (09/24/01) Corps official uses terrorist attacks as
excuse to weaken environmental protection (09/21/01) USFS to reduce public
participation (09/20/01) DOE to fund biomass research (09/19/01) Bush
administration wants farm policy overhaul (09/19/01) Bush backing away
from pledge to clean up federal facilities (09/07/01)
August
Bush administration considers disposing of radioactive waste in consumer
products (08/28/01) Bush administration seeks to fast-track missile
defense program, but coalition sues to force drafting of environmental
impact statements (08/28/01) Norton reneges on agreement to protect
endangered desert tortoise (08/27/01) Forest Service stalls roadless
protection, allows logging to continue (08/22/01) Bush administration
appeals federal judge's decision to ban drilling off California's coast
(08/17/01) EPA postpones action on power plants, expected to favor limited
approach (08/14/01) Tongass and other forests open to roadbuilding,
logging (08/12/01) Army Corps of Engineers to weaken wetlands protections
(08/08/01) Corps abandons plan to save Missouri River wildlife (08/02/01)
July
George W. Bush, the "vampire" slayer (07/31/01) EPA wants to scrap air
pollution regulations for power plants (07/26/01) Bush unlikely to offer
alternative global warming plan (07/26/01) NRDC praises global warming
agreement; calls on Bush to reconsider (07/23/01) Norton balks at
defending wildlife in the face of local opposition (07/23/01) Bush seeking
to weaken federal environmental enforcement (07/23/01) White House favors
limiting president's authority to protect federal lands (07/17/01) Bush
outlines an 'all talk, no action' approach to global warming (07/13/01)
Bush budget cuts for international global warming programs more
significant than reported (07/12/01) Bush nominates "timber beast" to
oversee national forests (07/10/01) Largest U.S. marine reserve becomes
official (07/10/01) Bush will open Gulf tract to offshore drilling; NRDC
says drilling would threaten waters and beaches (07/02/01) Energy
Secretary Abraham lauds coal-burning power plant (07/02/01)
June
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) U.S. Department of Energy
sued over final rule on air conditioners (06/19/01) Bush will not change
fuel efficiency standards (06/19/01) NRDC Calls on Bush Administration to
Abolish Current U.S. Nuclear War Plan (06/18/01) BLM upholds
"non-controversial" portion of hard rock mining rules (06/15/01) NRDC to
President Bush: Get serious about global warming (06/11/01) EPA announces
final radiation standards for Yucca Mountain waste repository
(06/06/01) Boundaries of some protected public lands may be "redrawn" to
allow drilling and mining (06/05/01) California's ocean waters off-limits
to fishing (06/04/01)
May
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) Bush administration formally suspends arsenic-in-drinking-water
protections; NRDC rips decision (05/22/01) President Bush releases his
energy plan; NRDC offers a responsible alternative (05/17/01) Agriculture
secretary undercuts forest management process (05/17/01) BLM fails to
comply with agreement to protect threatened desert tortoises (05/12/01)
Bush administration won't release information on industry participants in
Cheney energy task force (05/10/01) NRDC's John Adams to President Bush:
Don't take the teeth out of the Clean Air Act (05/07/01) Bush launches a
"sneak attack" on the Roadless Area Conservation Plan (05/04/01)
April
Cheney sketches out a misguided energy policy (04/30/01) 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)
Interior will not reintroduce grizzly bears into Idaho, Montana wildlands
(04/25/01) 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 supports U.N.
treaty on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (04/09/01) Bush unveils
fiscal year 2002 budget (04/09/01)
March
Bush administration suspends the "contractor responsibility rule"
(03/30/01) Bush administration rejects Kyoto Protocol (03/28/01) 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 administration settles pesticides lawsuit brought by NRDC
against EPA (03/19/01) Bush administration seeks to roll back Roadless
Area Conservation Plan (03/16/01) Bush retreats from campaign promise to
reduce carbon pollution (03/13/01) President nominates J. Steven Griles as
deputy secretary of Interior (03/09/01) Fish and Wildlife Service
withdraws call for protection of endangered salmon and trout (03/07/01)
Bush appoints industry apologist as regulatory gatekeeper (03/06/01)
February
EPA upholds Clinton decision to clean up diesel pollution
(02/28/01) Bush administration to try to adjust the boundaries of 19 new
national monuments (02/20/01) EPA delays, then upholds, new rule
protecting wetlands (02/15/01) Administration seeks to weaken efficiency
standards for air conditioners (02/12/01)
January
Bush reinstates the global gag rule on international family planning
assistance (01/22/01) Bush seeks to open Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
to oil development (01/20/01) New raw-sewage rules delayed by Bush
regulatory freeze (01/20/01) White House announces regulatory freeze
(01/20/01)
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