New Report Documents
the Bush Administration's
Sweeping Assault on the Environment
-- NRDC Says White House "Rewriting Rules" for
Industry
WASHINGTON (January 16, 2003) &emdash; For the second year in a row, the Bush administration undermined America's landmark environmental laws, as federal agencies announced &emdash; on almost a daily basis &emdash; regulatory changes to weaken safeguards for our air, water, forests, wildlands, wetlands, wildlife, and public health. That was the principle finding of a new report by NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), which details more than 100 anti-environmental actions over the past year and highlights the fact that the administration intensified its assault after the November mid-term congressional elections.
"Last year, the White House escalated its efforts to weaken or roll back our bedrock environmental laws," said Gregory Wetstone, NRDC's director of advocacy. "And it's going to get worse. America's environmental protections have been challenged before, but never have they faced a threat as far-reaching, insidious and destructive as one posed by the Bush administration and the new Congress."
The report, Rewriting the Rules, Year-End Report 2002: The Bush Administration's Assault on the Environment, shows that the White House has enlisted every federal agency that oversees environmental programs in a coordinated effort to relax regulations for oil, coal, logging, mining, chemical, automakers, and other industries. The report also shows how the White House Office of Management and Budget played a central role in coordinating this onslaught.
The report available on the NRDC web site:
http://www.nrdc.org/legislation/rollbacks/rollbacksinx.aspOr a printed copy can be ordered by contacting:
Natural Resources Defense Council
40 West 20th Street
New York, NY 10011
Telephone: (212) 727-2700
Fax: (212) 727-1773 • nrdcinfo@nrdc.orgNote: also visit -- http://www.sierraclub.org/politics/bush/