Americans voted for many things this past Election Day, but one thing we did not vote for was a sweeping attack on our environment. Yet President Bush is already acting as if we did.
It's no accident [that] special interest handouts were announced after Election Day. They are a radical departure from the values of environmental protection that most Americans hold dear.
Unfortunately, things are about to get even worse.... [W]e can no longer count on the Senate to act as a brake on the President's plans to speed up energy development in Greater Yellowstone and other natural treasures ... to weaken the rules that control air and water pollution ... and to accelerate clearcutting in our last wild forests, including the Alaskan rainforest.
No one voted for these environmental disasters on Election Day, but they will come to pass if we don't unite right now to prevent them.
-- Robert Redford
for the NRDC
Bush Administration Seeks to Relax Clean Air Rules
ABC NewsIn case you didn't know, there are Green Republicans: Republicans for Environmental Protection, REP America, www.repamerica.org
The Bush administration has proposed relaxing clean air rules to help old coal-fired power plants avoid costly pollution controls, a plan that nine states vowed to fight in federal court on health grounds.
"Watch carefully. This administration is earning a reputation as the most anti-environmental in history. It is working feverishly to roll back the nation's environmental laws, months ahead of the next election -- when they know the public could indicate their displeasure in the voting booths." Mike Matz, "Bush Would Gut Roadless Rule" (www.leaveitwild.org)
Sen. Jeffords Blasts Bush on Environment
Nov. 30 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the Senate environment panel criticized President Bush on Saturday for moving backward on the environment, saying he is putting special interests above clean air, clean water and public health.
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