jimschweizer
If I don't die by Thursday, I'll be roaring Friday night.
Running for president, George Bush said, "Prosperity will mean little if we leave future generations a world of polluted air, toxic lakes and rivers, and vanished forests." What has George Bush Jr. REALLY accomplished in his first term?
On the Environment:
Bush seeks to open Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil development (01/20/01)
Bush retreats from campaign promise to reduce carbon pollution (03/13/01)
Bush withdraws new arsenic-in-drinking-water standard (03/20/01)
Bush administration rejects Kyoto Protocol (03/28/01)
Bush administration formally suspends arsenic-in-drinking-water protections (05/22/01)
Bush slashes environmental education spending (02/04/02)
Bush to boost logging in national forests (02/04/02)
Bush announces rollback of power plant pollution rules (02/14/02)
National Forest in Missouri opened to drilling (02/15/02)
Gas drilling returns to Padre Island National Seashore (03/15/02)
Pentagon seeks exemption from environmental laws (03/29/02)
White House ends environmental research funding (04/02/02)
Corps approves Everglades mining (04/11/02)
Administration's plan allows overfishing in New England (04/16/02)
Bush administration speeding up drilling in Rockies (04/18/02)
Bush budget cuts billions from natural resources spending (05/08/02)
Bush asks judge to suspend mountaintop mining decision (05/13/02)
Bush administration lifts ban on mining in Oregon national forest (05/21/02)
Bush administration rolls back air conditioner energy efficiency standards (05/23/02)
Bush administration refuses to crack down on diesel pollution (06/07/02)
Missouri River restoration put on hold (06/13/02)
EPA rolls back clean air protections for power plants (06/13/02)
Judge rules against Bush administration on endangered species protection (06/13/02)
Judge rejects Corps request to lift ban on mining pollution (06/17/02)
Bush administration blames wildfires on environmentalists (06/25/02)
Bush slashing EPA funding for toxic cleanups (06/30/02)
Bush administration revokes habitat protection for California frog (07/04/02)
Bush administration opposes renewable energy requirement (07/19/02)
EPA rolls back Clean Water Act's water cleanup program (08/07/02)
Bush administration weakens whale protections that hindered oil and gas industry (08/22/02)
Bush administration abandons California water plan (08/23/02)
Bush replacing health scientists who don't favor industry views (09/17/02)
Bush administration relinquishing federal water rights (09/30/02)
EPA water quality report shows U.S. waters are getting dirtier (09/30/02)
EPA memo improperly encourages employees to support Bush (10/08/02)
Federal courts overturn habitat protections, per Bush request (11/09/02)
Bush administration supports renewed elephant ivory trade (11/11/02)
Bush administration opens national park to drilling (11/22/02)
Bush administration weakens federal program for cleaning up dirty waters (12/21/02)
EPA exempts oil and gas industry from stormwater pollution rules (12/30/02)
Bush administration blamed for Klamath River fish kill (01/05/03)
BLM opening sensitive Wyoming lands to drilling (02/18/03)
Bush air pollution plan weakens current law, threatens public health (02/27/03)
Bush administration rejects wilderness protection in Alaska's Tongass (02/28/03)
Pentagon chiefs ordered to hunt for environmental exemptions (03/07/03)
EPA withdraws water-pollution cleanup rule (03/13/03)
Forest Service to double logging in Sierra Nevada forests (03/18/03)
Bush administration abandons protection plan for California coastal treasure (04/08/03)
Bush administration rolls back wilderness protections (04/11/03)
EPA reports record drop in fuel economy (04/30/03)
Fish and Wildlife Service signs off on mining in Montana wilderness (05/13/03)
Bush administration cuts wildlife protection, boosts logging in Northwest forests (05/27/03)
White House forest-fire plan axes environmental protections (05/30/03)
DOD reneges on plan to test for perchlorate pollution at U.S. bases (06/20/03)
Bush administration calls for more gas drilling on public lands (06/24/03)
Bush asks Supreme Court to overturn roadless protections (07/18/03)
Bush climate plan all study, no action (07/24/03)
U.S. Forest Service exempts some logging projects from environmental review (07/29/03)
EPA officially rolls back Clean Air Act protections (08/27/03)
EPA lifts ban on selling polluted sites for development (09/02/03)
White House instructed EPA to hide potential health risks following 9/11 (09/09/03)
White House recommendations could shut the public out of environmental review (09/24/03)
BLM opens millions of acres of wilderness to energy development (09/29/03)
EPA will not regulate dioxins from sewage sludge (10/17/03)
(source: Natural Resources Defense Council - http://www.nrdc.org)
On the Environment:
Bush seeks to open Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil development (01/20/01)
Bush retreats from campaign promise to reduce carbon pollution (03/13/01)
Bush withdraws new arsenic-in-drinking-water standard (03/20/01)
Bush administration rejects Kyoto Protocol (03/28/01)
Bush administration formally suspends arsenic-in-drinking-water protections (05/22/01)
Bush slashes environmental education spending (02/04/02)
Bush to boost logging in national forests (02/04/02)
Bush announces rollback of power plant pollution rules (02/14/02)
National Forest in Missouri opened to drilling (02/15/02)
Gas drilling returns to Padre Island National Seashore (03/15/02)
Pentagon seeks exemption from environmental laws (03/29/02)
White House ends environmental research funding (04/02/02)
Corps approves Everglades mining (04/11/02)
Administration's plan allows overfishing in New England (04/16/02)
Bush administration speeding up drilling in Rockies (04/18/02)
Bush budget cuts billions from natural resources spending (05/08/02)
Bush asks judge to suspend mountaintop mining decision (05/13/02)
Bush administration lifts ban on mining in Oregon national forest (05/21/02)
Bush administration rolls back air conditioner energy efficiency standards (05/23/02)
Bush administration refuses to crack down on diesel pollution (06/07/02)
Missouri River restoration put on hold (06/13/02)
EPA rolls back clean air protections for power plants (06/13/02)
Judge rules against Bush administration on endangered species protection (06/13/02)
Judge rejects Corps request to lift ban on mining pollution (06/17/02)
Bush administration blames wildfires on environmentalists (06/25/02)
Bush slashing EPA funding for toxic cleanups (06/30/02)
Bush administration revokes habitat protection for California frog (07/04/02)
Bush administration opposes renewable energy requirement (07/19/02)
EPA rolls back Clean Water Act's water cleanup program (08/07/02)
Bush administration weakens whale protections that hindered oil and gas industry (08/22/02)
Bush administration abandons California water plan (08/23/02)
Bush replacing health scientists who don't favor industry views (09/17/02)
Bush administration relinquishing federal water rights (09/30/02)
EPA water quality report shows U.S. waters are getting dirtier (09/30/02)
EPA memo improperly encourages employees to support Bush (10/08/02)
Federal courts overturn habitat protections, per Bush request (11/09/02)
Bush administration supports renewed elephant ivory trade (11/11/02)
Bush administration opens national park to drilling (11/22/02)
Bush administration weakens federal program for cleaning up dirty waters (12/21/02)
EPA exempts oil and gas industry from stormwater pollution rules (12/30/02)
Bush administration blamed for Klamath River fish kill (01/05/03)
BLM opening sensitive Wyoming lands to drilling (02/18/03)
Bush air pollution plan weakens current law, threatens public health (02/27/03)
Bush administration rejects wilderness protection in Alaska's Tongass (02/28/03)
Pentagon chiefs ordered to hunt for environmental exemptions (03/07/03)
EPA withdraws water-pollution cleanup rule (03/13/03)
Forest Service to double logging in Sierra Nevada forests (03/18/03)
Bush administration abandons protection plan for California coastal treasure (04/08/03)
Bush administration rolls back wilderness protections (04/11/03)
EPA reports record drop in fuel economy (04/30/03)
Fish and Wildlife Service signs off on mining in Montana wilderness (05/13/03)
Bush administration cuts wildlife protection, boosts logging in Northwest forests (05/27/03)
White House forest-fire plan axes environmental protections (05/30/03)
DOD reneges on plan to test for perchlorate pollution at U.S. bases (06/20/03)
Bush administration calls for more gas drilling on public lands (06/24/03)
Bush asks Supreme Court to overturn roadless protections (07/18/03)
Bush climate plan all study, no action (07/24/03)
U.S. Forest Service exempts some logging projects from environmental review (07/29/03)
EPA officially rolls back Clean Air Act protections (08/27/03)
EPA lifts ban on selling polluted sites for development (09/02/03)
White House instructed EPA to hide potential health risks following 9/11 (09/09/03)
White House recommendations could shut the public out of environmental review (09/24/03)
BLM opens millions of acres of wilderness to energy development (09/29/03)
EPA will not regulate dioxins from sewage sludge (10/17/03)
(source: Natural Resources Defense Council - http://www.nrdc.org)
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