Bush Puts Giant Sequoias on the Chopping Block

http://www.bushgreenwatch.org/mt_archives/000064.php

Under the guise of forest fire prevention, the Bush Administration’s Forest Service has proposed logging in California’s Sequoia National Monument, home to some of the world’s tallest and oldest trees, reaching ages of 3,200 years or more.  Also at risk are the Pacific fisher, the California spotted owl, and many other threatened species dependent on ancient forest habitat.

Bush Strips More Protections From Mountain Top Mining Rules

http://www.bushgreenwatch.org/mt_archives/000066.php

A proposed reversal in federal rules that protect mountain streams can soon lead to the streams’ destruction. The proposal is the latest in a series of actions by the Bush Administration to weaken protections against the devastation caused by mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia.

The rule change follows the administration’s gutting of an environmental impact statement (EIS) on mountaintop mining; the repeal of a 25-year-old prohibition against dumping waste in streams; and a proposal by the Office of Surface Mining to weaken oversight of state mining programs.

Bush Administration Clearing Path for Clearcuts

http://www.bushgreenwatch.org/mt_archives/000067.php

The Administration released a report early this year recommending the end of the “Survey and Manage” program, an important check on logging in fragile ancient forests.

CELL PHONE TOWER AT OLD FAITHFUL IS AN EYESORE

http://www.peer.org/press/437.html

In violation of the law and without required public notice, the National Park Service has allowed the construction of an 80-foot cell phone tower looming over Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park

Report Finds Reverse Environmental Justice By Bush EPA

http://www.bushgreenwatch.org/mt_archives/000070.php

...the report discloses that the Bush Administration reinterpreted the order two years ago—without authority to do so—to shift emphasis away from the very populations the order was written to protect. The administration then defended its action by stating that it would provide environmental justice to “everyone.”

The IG’s report dismissed this defense as misleading.

How Industry Won the Battle of Pollution Control at E.P.A.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/06/politics/06LOBB.html?th

Utah Oil and Gas Leases Stir Criticism (washingtonpost.com)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17525-2004Feb29.html?referrer=email
The Bush administration has moved ahead with its plan to auction oil and gas leases on environmentally sensitive lands in Utah, reaping millions of dollars from broad swaths of lands near a national monument…

Park Service Continues to Push Creationist Theory at Grand Canyon

http://www.bushgreenwatch.org/mt_archives/000061.php

Ignoring recommendations by its own senior scientist to withdraw approval for a creationist book now being sold in park facilities, the National Park Service appears to be supporting religious doctrine over sound science...

Arizona Gov. Blasts Bush on Forest Policy

Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano on Saturday accused the Bush administration of mismanaging the federal forests, which she said could lead to “megafires” this summer...

http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/022404G.shtml

Forest Service Not Dropping Old Growth Timber Sales

It appears they’re moving forward with old growth logging, which is a big disappointment to us, because they are ignoring public sentiment and ignoring the fact that there are non-controversial ways of creating jobs and producing timber from thinning young stands...

http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/022204G.shtml

Uses and Abuses of Science

A scathing opinion piece from the NYT on BushCo’s abuses and ignorance of science, referring to the recent UCS report.