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 Huge Bush 
 Deregulation 
 Push Before 
 Jan. 20 

White House will relax rules on environment, consumer protection

Washington Post Washington Post Oct 31, 08 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - George W. Bush is president for 11 more weeks, and the White House is plotting to use that time to modify federal regulations to weaken protections for consumers and the environment. The deregulatory initiatives would be some of the most controversial of the Bush era, reports the Washington Post , lifting constraints on such things as drinking water, gas pipelines, power plant emissions, and commercial fishing. More »

More about:  George W. Bush • Bush administration • White House • lobbying • deregulation • U.S. environmental laws • executive order

OPINION

McCain Pander on Drilling Disappoints

His oil plan is economically daft and politically naive

New York Times New York Times Jun 20, 08 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's nothing new for the Bush administration to blame environmentalists for energy shortages, writes Paul Krugman in the New York Times . As early as 2001, Dick Cheney blamed green laws rather than rapacious energy companies for the California electricity shortage. But it's disappointing that John McCain has joined the bandwagon—especially as he, unlike Barack Obama, voted against Bush's "really terrible, special-interest-driven" 2005 energy bill. More »

More about:  John McCain • George W. Bush • Dick Cheney • oil drilling • offshore oil • U.S. environmental laws

ANALYSIS

 How Fair Is the
 'Third Term' Jab? 

McCain offers some differences, but largely agrees with Bush

New York Times New York Times Jun 17, 08 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - With President Bush posting record disapproval ratings, Democrats have gleefully dubbed a John McCain presidency a "third Bush term." The claim is at least partially justified, reports the New York Times in an analysis of the "McBush" charge—McCain agrees with Bush on taxation, health care, the war, abortion, and judicial appointments. But they diverge on questions of the environment, diplomacy, and nuclear proliferation—which the McCain campaign is playing up. More »

More about:  Election 2008 • John McCain • George W. Bush • environment • Republican candidate • tax cuts • conservatism • maverick • U.S. environmental laws • third term

EPA Scientists Rip Political 'Interference'

Survey finds agency 'under siege' from meddling officials

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Apr 24, 08 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of Environmental Protection Agency scientists say they have come under political pressure to fudge their findings, the Los Angeles Times reports. More than half the scientists who responded to a survey said they had experienced interference over the last five years. The report from a nonprofit scientists' group describes "an agency under siege from political pressures." More »

More about:  environment • White House • Environmental Protection Agency • scientists • U.S. environmental laws

Border Fence Will Skirt Environmental Laws

Dozens dumped to speed building

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Apr 2, 08 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Homeland Security is ditching environmental laws in a push to finish 670 miles of border fence along Mexico by the end of this year, reports the Los Angeles Times . Congress has approved a waiver for more than 30 environmental and cultural laws to accelerate building. Critics say the plans are being pushed through without proper assessment and will endanger wildlife. More »

More about:  Texas • Mexico • Department of Homeland Security • Arizona • illegal immigration • Michael Chertoff • border security • border fence • U.S. environmental laws

 Solar Panels Trump Trees 

Calif. man forced to cut down redwoods so neighbor can tap sun's energy

ABC News ABC News Mar 26, 08 5:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A dispute between California neighbors pitting trees against solar panels has gone to the panels, KGO-TV reports. Following a seven-year battle over whether one should have to cut down trees in his backyard that shade the other’s solar panels, Richard Treanor today chopped two redwoods after he was found guilty of violating the Solar Shade Control Act of 1978. More »

More about:  California • environmentalism • Silicon Valley • solar power • trees • solar panel • U.S. environmental laws

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