Liberal Repercussion

jeudi, mai 06, 2004

NRDC's Timeline of the Bush Environmental Record

Dateline: April 22, 2004

2004
April

Bush budget cuts lead poisoning prevention funding
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_04.asp (04/11/04)
White House altered scientific findings on mercury
threat
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_04.asp (04/07/04)
Pentagon again seeking immunity from environmental laws
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_04.asp (04/06/04)
Investigator resigns in protest over Interior's
cheating Native Americans out of energy royalties
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_04.asp (04/06/04)
Mining company gets price break on federal land
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_04.asp (04/02/04)

March

Court orders Energy Department to release more Cheney
task force records
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_03.asp (03/31/04)
EPA chief Leavitt failing to lay down the law
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_03.asp (03/31/04)
Yellowstone bison slaughtered to please ranchers
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_03.asp (03/31/04)
EPA letting Clean Water Act violators off the hook
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_03.asp (03/30/04)
EPA uses utility company memos to craft controversial
mercury policy
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_03.asp (03/30/04)
Interior Dept. defends loosening of ESA import ban
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_03.asp (03/29/04)
Montreal Protocol shirked for U.S. pesticide interests
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_03.asp (03/26/04)
Army Corps bends to pressure on Missouri River
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_03.asp (03/26/04)

February

More drilling slated for Padre Island
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_02.asp (02/27/04)
DOE holds nuke cleanup funds hostage
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_02.asp (02/26/04)
More industry materials borrowed by EPA for its mercury rule
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_02.asp (02/26/04)
Missouri River management plan ignores fish protections
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_02.asp (02/26/04)
Fish and Wildlife Service gives sucker fish a break
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_02.asp (02/25/04)
Bush cuts funding for endangered species
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_02.asp (02/25/04)
Federal mining whistleblower silenced, demoted
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_02.asp (02/24/04)
Get the lead out: EPA fails to protect D.C.
drinking water
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_02.asp (02/23/04)

January

EPA's mercury pollution plan mirrors industry's recommendations
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_01.asp (01/30/04)
Bush administration leaves nuclear plant safety up to contractors
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_01.asp (01/29/04)
Energy Department promoting carbon sequestration
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_01.asp (01/27/04)
White House wants to let EPA ignore pesticide
consultations
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_01.asp (01/27/04)
EPA touts new, cleaner cars
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_01.asp (01/26/04)
White House offers small funding boost for
Northwest salmon recovery
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_01.asp (01/26/04)
(((Hey wait a minute == those sound like two
rather nice things there. What gives?)))

Forest Service to boost logging in Appalachian forests
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_01.asp (01/23/04)
Forest Service drops "survey and manage" rule for
loggers
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_01.asp (01/23/04)

2003
December

Federal court blocks EPA plan to cripple Clean Air Act
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_12.asp (12/24/03)
Court blocks Bush administration's Clean Air Act
changes
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_12.asp (12/24/03)
EPA revs up motorcycle pollution plan
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_12.asp (12/23/03)
Another senior EPA official resigns in protest
to Bush administration policies
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_12.asp (12/23/03)
Forest Service clears way for logging in Tongass
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_12.asp (12/23/03)
Bush administration streamlining oil and gas permits
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_12.asp (12/23/03)
Forest Service opens grizzly bear habitat
to snowmobiles
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_12.asp (12/22/03)
New EPA mercury rule fails to account for
'lost' emissions
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_12.asp (12/19/03)

November

Bush administration finally takes blame for Klamath
fish kill
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_11.asp (11/18/03)
Judge criticizes White House pro-industry
mining rules
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_11.asp (11/18/03)
EPA moves to fill landfills with radioactive waste
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_11.asp (11/18/03)
Bush administration seeks increase in use of
ozone-depleting pesticide
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_11.asp (11/14/03)
Park Service workers speak out against Bush policies
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_11.asp (11/13/03)
EPA considers exempting small business from
toxic release reporting
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_11.asp (11/12/03)
Revised Everglades recovery plan not worth the wait
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_11.asp (11/04/03)
Superfund cleanups lag for third straight year
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_11.asp (11/04/03)

October

White House considers dropping some fish
protections to promote logging
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_10.asp (10/31/03)
EPA tricks public, treats industry on
dangerous pesticide
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_10.asp (10/31/03)
Bush administration ignores damming evidence
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_10.asp (10/29/03)
EPA refuses to tackle rising mercury pollution
in Great Lakes region
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_10.asp (10/29/03)
EPA may allow continued phosphate dumping in
Gulf of Mexico
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_10.asp (10/28/03)
Costly USFS and BLM outsourcing studies prove unhelpful
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_10.asp (10/23/03)
EPA changes rule to exempt hazardous waste
requirements
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_10.asp (10/23/03)
EPA developing ways around the Clean Water Act
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_10.asp (10/22/03)

September

EPA to issue daily air quality alerts
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_09.asp (09/30/03)
White House study: benefits of environmental
regulation far outweigh costs
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_09.asp (09/29/03)
BLM opens millions of acres of wilderness
to energy development
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_09.asp (09/29/03)
EPA strikes deal with polluting factory farms
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_09.asp (09/25/03)
White House recommendations could shut the public
out of environmental review
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_09.asp (09/24/03)
GAO finds that energy production pollutes
wildlife refuges
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_09.asp (09/24/03)
Corps of Engineers violates judge's ruling,
won't lower Missouri River flows for wildlife
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_09.asp (09/24/03)
Forest Service to sell Tongass timber at a loss
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_09.asp (09/23/03)

August

EPA passes the buck on regulating global
warming pollution from cars
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_08.asp (08/28/03)
EPA on global warming gases: Bring 'em on!
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_08.asp (08/28/03)
EPA officially rolls back Clean Air Act protections
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_08.asp (08/27/03)
New EPA rules ignore mercury pollution from
chlorine plants
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_08.asp (08/27/03)
Corporations shaped Bush energy policy, GAO says
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_08.asp (08/25/03)
Park Service spending less than promised
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_08.asp (08/21/03)
Oily deal on offshore drilling rights
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_08.asp (08/21/03)
President making empty promises on parks funding,
critics say
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_08.asp (08/15/03)

July

EPA hides research on Senate clean air plan
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_07.asp (07/30/03)
Bush administration taking on illegal logging abroad
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_07.asp (07/29/03)
U.S. Forest Service exempts some logging projects
from environmental review
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_07.asp (07/29/03)
Forest Service rewriting Yellowstone plans
with a grizzly ending
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_07.asp (07/26/03)
Out with outsourcing, Bush administration decides
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_07.asp (07/25/03)
EPA reconsidering proposal to weaken Clean Air Act
rule
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_07.asp (07/25/03)
Criticism forces NPS not to raid Mount Rainier
repair funds
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_07.asp (07/24/03)
Bush climate plan all study, no action
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_07.asp (07/24/03)

June

EPA rejects temporary ozone waiver for power plants
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_06.asp (06/26/03)
Bush administration calls for more gas drilling
on public lands
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_06.asp (06/24/03)
White House whitewashes EPA environment report
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_06.asp (06/23/03)
Fish and Wildlife Service reduces protected
habitat for threatened mouse by half
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_06.asp (06/23/03)
EPA concerned about Yellowstone snowmobiles
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_06.asp (06/21/03)
DOD reneges on plan to test for perchlorate
pollution at U.S. bases
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_06.asp (06/20/03)
BLM vows to fix maligned land appraisal process
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_06.asp (06/19/03)
Bush administration undermines critical
habitat designations
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_06.asp (06/18/03)

May

White House buries mountaintop mining regulation
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_05.asp (05/30/03)
White House forest-fire plan axes
environmental protections
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_05.asp (05/30/03)
Park Service opens Maryland seashore to Jet Skis
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_05.asp (05/30/03)
Interior giving up on endangered species protection
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_05.asp (05/29/03)
EPA failing to keep track of water quality
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_05.asp (05/27/03)
BLM opens fragile dunes ecosystem to
off-road recreation
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_05.asp (05/23/03)
BLM vows to fix flawed land-exchange program
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_05.asp (05/23/03)
Bush administration cuts wildlife protection,
boosts logging in Northwest forests
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_05.asp (05/23/03)

April

EPA reports record drop in fuel economy
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_04.asp (04/30/03)
BLM approves Powder River Basin development
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_04.asp (04/30/03)
White House bans EPA from discussing
perchlorate pollution
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_04.asp (04/28/03)
EPA Administrator Whitman misusing agency
investigators
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_04.asp (04/26/03)
White House says "ready, aim, shoot" on wilderness
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_04.asp (04/25/03)
Fish and Wildlife Service holds the line on
habitat protection plans for imperiled wildlife
in California
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_04.asp (04/24/03)
White House unveils its pro-industry chemical
security bill

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_04.asp (04/24/03)
Forest Service permits grazing in violation of
federal law, says judge
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_04.asp (04/24/03)

March

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes
stream protection in Alabama
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_03.asp (03/28/03)
Whitman changes her tune on Pentagon
environmental exemptions
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_03.asp (03/26/03)
Interior Department favors boosting offshore
drilling by reducing corporate costs
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_03.asp (03/26/03)
National Park Service officially adopts
snowmobile plan
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_03.asp (03/25/03)
EPA backtracks on pledge to close loophole
for California air polluters
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_03.asp (03/25/03)
EPA cooks fish data to allow more pollution
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_03.asp (03/21/03)
GAO slams Bush administration for stalling on
chemical security
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_03.asp (03/18/03)
Interior ordered to continue protecting manatees
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_03.asp (03/18/03)

February

Interior officials escalate rhetoric over
Arctic Refuge
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_02.asp (02/28/03)
Bush administration rejects wilderness protection
in Alaska's Tongass
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_02.asp (02/28/03)
Department of Transportation to expedite
more environmentally harmful road projects
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_02.asp (02/27/03)
Bush administration to build world's first
emission-free power plant (((Wow!)))
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_02.asp (02/27/03)
U.S. EPA seeks to weaken endangered-species
protections
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_02.asp (02/27/03)
Bush air pollution plan weakens current law,
threatens public health
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_02.asp (02/27/03)
Bush administration flunking on salmon recovery
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_02.asp (02/26/03)
Bush administration sets sights on drilling
in Western Arctic Reserve
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_02.asp (02/26/03)

January

New EPA air rules for ocean vessels too weak
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_01.asp (01/31/03)
GAO faults EPA oversight on factory farms
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_01.asp (01/31/03)
Bush administration seeks waiver on
ozone-destroying pesticide
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_01.asp (01/30/03)
BLM putting grazing restrictions out to pasture
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_01.asp (01/30/03)
Bush snowmobile decision defies logic,
not to mention scientific findings
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_01.asp (01/30/03)
Polluting industries getting off easier
under Bush administration
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_01.asp (01/29/03)
Sierra Nevada forest protections under fire
by Bush administration
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_01.asp (01/29/03)
Bush administration wins court victory on
mountaintop removal mining
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_01.asp (01/29/03)
2002

December

EPA exempts oil and gas industry from stormwater
pollution rules
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_12.asp (12/30/02)
Bush administration backtracking on policy of
'no net loss" of wetlands
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_12.asp (12/26/02)
Judge deals setback to Bush oil drilling plans
in Utah
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_12.asp (12/23/02)
Bush administration weakens federal program
for cleaning up dirty waters
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_12.asp (12/21/02)
Judge slaps restraining order on plan to dredge
Snake River
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_12.asp (12/20/02)
BLM denies drilling access in Colorado
wildlife range
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_12.asp (12/20/02)
Judge gives Department of Interior extension
on manatee plan
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_12.asp (12/19/02)
White House begins process of relaxing
government regulations for industry
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_12.asp (12/19/02)

November

Forest Service rewriting rules to increase
logging, remove wildlife safeguards
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_11.asp (11/26/02)
Bush administration wants to expedite logging
at expense of fish in Northwest forests
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_11.asp (11/25/02)
EPA proposes weakening of Clean Air Act
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_11.asp (11/22/02)
Bush administration opens national park to
drilling
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_11.asp (11/22/02)
Interior plans to limit environmental reviews
for grazing
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_11.asp (11/18/02)
EPA agrees to clean up smog pollution
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_11.asp (11/14/02)
Bush administration outlines steps for
nuclear security
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_11.asp (11/14/02)
Bush administration reverses snowmobile ban
for national parks
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_11.asp (11/12/02)

October

EPA halts funding at several Superfund sites
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_10.asp (10/31/02)
Bush administration doles out political treats
on Halloween
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_10.asp (10/31/02)
EPA set to launch new study on causes of asthma
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_10.asp (10/31/02)
Interior Department finally designates
manatee-protection zones
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_10.asp (10/31/02)
Interior Department joining fight for Nevada
cat litter mine
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_10.asp (10/31/02)
Energy Task Force: Tsk, Tsk, Tsk
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_10.asp (10/30/02)
Interior Department to oppose commercial whaling
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_10.asp (10/30/02)
EPA approves Louisiana's controversial
pollution-trading program
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_10.asp (10/29/02)

September

New EPA water quality report shows U.S. waters
are getting dirtier
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_09.asp (09/30/02)
Bush administration rewriting rules to boost
logging in Northwest
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_09.asp (09/30/02)
Bush administration relinquishing federal
water rights
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_09.asp (09/30/02)
Bush administration revives controversial California
gold mine
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_09.asp (09/27/02)
Bush administration plans to lift federal protection
on wolves
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_09.asp (09/25/02)
Bush administration to reconsider Clean Water Act
protections
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_09.asp (09/19/02)
Forest Service smoothing the rails for Bush's
logging proposals
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_09.asp (09/19/02)
Bush orders agencies to streamline environmental
review of transportation projects
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_09.asp (09/18/02)

August

Bush's new wildfire expert no friend of forests
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_08.asp (08/30/02)
Interior Dept. approves water storage under
Mojave Desert
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_08.asp (08/29/02)
U.S. undermines renewable energy proposal at
World Summit
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_08.asp (08/27/02)
White House Utah drilling plans under fire from
local businesses
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_08.asp (08/26/02)
Bush administration abandons California water plan
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_08.asp (08/23/02)
Bush calls for increased logging in the name of
fire prevention
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_08.asp (08/22/02)
Interior Department allows more air pollution at national park
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_08.asp (08/22/02)
Bush administration weakens whale protections
that hindered oil and gas industry
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_08.asp (08/22/02)
(((This must surely be the ultimate such headline)))

July

Bush administration supports protecting
endangered foreign fish
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_07.asp (07/31/02)
EPA seeks cleaner motorbikes, boats
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_07.asp (07/29/02)
Bush uses national security to gain
corporate secrecy and immunity
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_07.asp (07/26/02)
Another EPA official resigns in protest over
Bush policies
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_07.asp (07/25/02)
Bush administration plans to give away oil
and coal holdings in Utah
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_07.asp (07/25/02)
Fish and Wildlife Service reneges on
manatee protection plan
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_07.asp (07/24/02)
Bush's revised Everglades plan falls short
of restoration goals
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_07.asp (07/23/02)
EPA restores some Superfund monies
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_07.asp (07/21/02)

June

Bush slashing EPA funding for toxic cleanups
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_06.asp (06/30/02)
FWS flip-flops on trout protection
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_06.asp (06/26/02)
EPA stymied investigation of Yucca Mountain
radiation standards
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_06.asp (06/25/02)
Snowmobiles to be restricted, not banned
in parks
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_06.asp (06/25/02)
Bush administration blames wildfires
on environmentalists
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_06.asp (06/25/02)
EPA backs off mandatory plan to clean up
stormwater pollution
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_06.asp (06/24/02)
Bush administration backtracks on land preservation
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_06.asp (06/19/02)
Judge rejects Corps request to lift ban on
mining pollution
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_06.asp (06/17/02)

May

Bush blocks Florida Gulf, Glades drilling

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_05.asp (05/29/02)
Bush administration lets construction companies
off the hook for protecting environment
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_05.asp (05/24/02)
Bush-Putin Summit Produces Deeply Flawed
Nuclear Arms Treaty
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_05.asp (05/24/02)
Bush administration rolls back air conditioner
energy efficiency standards
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_05.asp (05/23/02)
Army Corps of Engineers' flip-flops on project
reviews further damage its credibility
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_05.asp (05/23/02)
Bush administration sends conflicting signal
on Clean Air Act enforcement
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_05.asp (05/21/02)
Bush administration lifts ban on mining in
Oregon national forest
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_05.asp (05/21/02)
Federal scientists say Columbia dredging won't
hurt salmon
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_05.asp (05/20/02)

April

Powder River drilling leases ruled illegal
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_04.asp (04/30/02)
Huge win in the battle over snowmobiles
in national parks
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_04.asp (04/30/02)
NRDC issues subpoena to former head of White House
energy task force
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_04.asp (04/29/02)
White House rejected more stringent EPA air-pollution
proposal before issuing so-called "Clear Skies" plan
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_04.asp (04/28/02)
Bush administration debates management of monuments
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_04.asp (04/24/02)
Administration establishes habitat protections
for endangered kangaroo rat
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_04.asp (04/23/02)
Norton vows to limit Florida oil drilling
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_04.asp (04/23/02)
EPA watchdog resigns in protest over Bush policies
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_04.asp (04/22/02)

March

BLM proposal could doom California dunes
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_03.asp (03/29/02)
Forest Service reverses mine approval
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_03.asp (03/29/02)
Pentagon seeks exemption from environmental laws
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_03.asp (03/29/02)
Bush administration revisiting Rocky Mountain
Front protections
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_03.asp (03/28/02)
BLM sets sights on drilling Powder River basin
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_03.asp (03/27/02)
Energy Department papers show industry is the
real author of administration's energy policy
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_03.asp (03/27/02)
White House misuses clean energy funds to print
dirty energy plan
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_03.asp (03/25/02)
Endangered species habitat under attack
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_03.asp (03/19/02)

February

Energy Dept. ordered to release task force
records to NRDC
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_02.asp (02/27/02)
Top EPA official resigns in protest of
Bush's pro-polluter policies
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_02.asp (02/27/02)
Bureau of Reclamation Klamath plan endangers fish
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_02.asp (02/27/02)
EPA official admits that Bush clean air plan
is weak
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_02.asp (02/26/02)
Bush administration intends to shift Superfund
cleanup from polluters to taxpayers
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_02.asp (02/23/02)
BLM rule could block federal land protection
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_02.asp (02/22/02)
Corps doesn't give a dam for Snake River salmon
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_02.asp (02/21/02)
Snowmobile ban dealt another blow
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_02.asp (02/19/02)

January

Court asked to force immediate release of
secret energy task force details
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_01.asp (01/30/02)
Bush administration refusing to release
energy task force records
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_01.asp (01/28/02)
Agency pushes oil exploration near Utah park
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_01.asp (01/24/02)
New NRDC report documents sweeping rollback
of environmental protections by federal agencies
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_01.asp (01/23/02)
Forest Service appeals salvage logging legal decision
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_01.asp (01/22/02)
BLM backs gas drilling in national monument
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_01.asp (01/21/02)
Interior proposes spending boost for refuges
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_01.asp (01/21/02)
Coming Soon: More logging in the Pacific Northwest
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_01.asp (01/18/02)
2001

December

Sierra Nevada plan limits logging, grazing
activities in California national forests
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_12.asp (12/27/01)
Forest Service won't allow drilling in
New York's Finger Lakes
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_12.asp (12/18/01)
EPA enlists National Academy of Sciences on
issue of human pesticide studies
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_12.asp (12/14/01)
DOE weakens standards for Yucca nuclear storage
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_12.asp (12/14/01)
NRDC sues Department of Energy to expose
Cheney energy task force secrets
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_12.asp (12/11/01)
Interior calls for fiscal reform of mining law
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_12.asp (12/10/01)
Snowmobile ban unlikely to be implemented
in Yellowstone and Grand Teton
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_12.asp (12/10/01)

November

Voyageurs National Park reopening areas to snowmobiles
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_11.asp (11/29/01)
EPA may lift ban on human testing of pesticides
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_11.asp (11/28/01)
White House plans deep cuts in environmental spending
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_11.asp (11/28/01)
Forest Service makes hasty salvage logging decision,
forces court battle
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_11.asp (11/27/01)
Bush administration shutting down Everglades
restoration office
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_11.asp (11/06/01)
Bush signs Interior bill that boosts spending,
but includes harmful riders
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_11.asp (11/05/01)
Corps of Engineers ignores "no net loss"
wetlands policy
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_11.asp (11/02/01)

October

EPA issues an arsenic-in-tap-water standard
higher than that recommended by public health
advocates
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_10.asp (10/31/01)
Norton Guts Tough Mining Protections
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_10.asp (10/25/01)
EPA considers standards that could slow cleanup
of PCBs in the Hudson River
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_10.asp (10/04/01)
Forest chief asks Norton to end Oregon
mining ban
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_10.asp (10/02/01)
GAO slams Forest Service for poor fiscal management
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_10.asp (10/01/01)

September

White House rule change could inflict
"paralysis by analysis" on regulatory process
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_09.asp (09/24/01)
Corps official uses terrorist attacks as
excuse to weaken environmental protection
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_09.asp (09/21/01)
USFS to reduce public participation
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_09.asp (09/20/01)
DOE to fund biomass research
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_09.asp (09/19/01)
Bush administration wants farm policy overhaul
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_09.asp (09/19/01)
Bush backing away from pledge to clean up
federal facilities
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_09.asp (09/07/01)

August

Bush administration considers disposing of
radioactive waste in consumer products
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_08.asp (08/28/01)
Bush administration seeks to fast-track
missile defense program, but coalition sues
to force drafting of environmental impact statements
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_08.asp (08/28/01)
Norton reneges on agreement to protect endangered
desert tortoise
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_08.asp (08/27/01)
Forest Service stalls roadless protection,
allows logging to continue
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_08.asp (08/22/01)
Bush administration appeals federal judge's
decision to ban drilling off California's coast
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_08.asp (08/17/01)
EPA postpones action on power plants, expected
to favor limited approach
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_08.asp (08/14/01)
Tongass and other forests open to roadbuilding,
logging
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_08.asp (08/12/01)
Army Corps of Engineers to weaken wetlands
protections
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_08.asp (08/08/01)

July

George W. Bush, the "vampire" slayer
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_07.asp (07/31/01)
EPA wants to scrap air pollution regulations
for power plants
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_07.asp (07/26/01)
Bush unlikely to offer alternative global
warming plan
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_07.asp (07/26/01)
NRDC praises global warming agreement;
calls on Bush to reconsider
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_07.asp (07/23/01)
Norton balks at defending wildlife in the face
of local opposition
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_07.asp (07/23/01)
Bush seeking to weaken federal environmental
enforcement
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_07.asp (07/23/01)
White House favors limiting president's authority
to protect federal lands
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_07.asp (07/17/01)
Bush outlines an 'all talk, no action'
approach to global warming
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_07.asp (07/13/01)

June

President Bush's visit to Department of Energy
a vain attempt to shore up his energy
conservation credentials
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_06.asp (06/28/01)
The Bush-Cheney Energy Plan: Players, Profits
and Paybacks
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_06.asp (06/20/01)
U.S. Department of Energy sued over final rule
on air conditioners
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_06.asp (06/19/01)
Bush will not change fuel efficiency standards
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_06.asp (06/19/01)
NRDC Calls on Bush Administration to Abolish
Current U.S. Nuclear War Plan
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_06.asp (06/18/01)
BLM upholds "non-controversial" portion of
hard rock mining rules
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_06.asp (06/15/01)
NRDC to President Bush: Get serious about
global warming
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_06.asp (06/11/01)
EPA announces final radiation standards for
Yucca Mountain waste repository
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_06.asp (06/06/01)

May

Bush pledges improvements to maintenance of
national parks
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_05.asp (05/31/01)
EPA moves ahead with Clinton-era rule that
will reduce haze over wildlands
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_05.asp (05/29/01)
Bush administration formally suspends
arsenic-in-drinking-water protections;
NRDC rips decision
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_05.asp (05/22/01)
President Bush releases his energy plan;
NRDC offers a responsible alternative
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_05.asp (05/17/01)
Agriculture secretary undercuts forest management
process
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_05.asp (05/17/01)
BLM fails to comply with agreement to
protect threatened desert tortoises
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_05.asp (05/12/01)
Bush administration won't release information
on industry participants in Cheney energy
task force
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_05.asp (05/10/01)
NRDC's John Adams to President Bush:
Don't take the teeth out of the Clean Air Act
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_05.asp (05/07/01)

April

Cheney sketches out a misguided energy policy
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_04.asp (04/30/01)
Bush administration marks 100 days in office
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_04.asp (04/29/01)
EPA drops objections to Florida rule that
undermines Clean Water Act protections
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_04.asp (04/26/01)
Interior will not reintroduce grizzly bears
into Idaho, Montana wildlands
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_04.asp (04/25/01)
Gale Norton nominates William G. Myers III
as solicitor for Department of the Interior
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_04.asp (04/24/01)
Yellowstone snowmobile ban goes into effect,
but perhaps not for long
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_04.asp (04/23/01)
Bush seeks to relax requirements of
Endangered Species Act
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_04.asp (04/09/01)
Bush supports U.N. treaty on Persistent Organic
Pollutants (POPs)
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_04.asp (04/09/01)

March

Bush administration suspends the
"contractor responsibility rule"
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_03.asp (03/30/01)
Bush administration rejects Kyoto Protocol
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_03.asp (03/28/01)
Bush administration delays hard-rock mining
regulations that protect watersheds
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_03.asp (03/21/01)
Bush withdraws new arsenic-in-drinking-water
standard
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_03.asp (03/20/01)
Bush administration settles pesticides lawsuit
brought by NRDC against EPA
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_03.asp (03/19/01)
Bush administration seeks to roll back
Roadless Area Conservation Plan
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_03.asp (03/16/01)
Bush retreats from campaign promise to reduce
carbon pollution
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_03.asp (03/13/01)
President nominates J. Steven Griles as
deputy secretary of Interior
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_03.asp (03/09/01)

February

EPA upholds Clinton decision to clean up
diesel pollution
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_02.asp (02/28/01)
Bush administration to try to adjust the
boundaries of 19 new national monuments
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_02.asp (02/20/01)
EPA delays, then upholds, new rule protecting wetlands
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_02.asp (02/15/01)
Administration seeks to weaken efficiency
standards for air conditioners
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_02.asp (02/12/01)

January

Bush seeks to open Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
to oil development
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_01.asp (01/20/01)
New raw-sewage rules delayed by Bush regulatory freeze
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_01.asp (01/20/01)
White House announces regulatory freeze
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_01.asp (01/20/01)