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NEWS ABOUT: U.S. environmental laws

U.S. environmental laws stories: 6 news summaries

 Huge Bush 
 Deregulation 
 Push Before 
 Jan. 20 

White House will relax rules on environment, consumer protection

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... More »

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

OPINION

McCain Pander on Drilling Disappoints

His oil plan is economically daft and politically naive

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—... More »

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

ANALYSIS

 How Fair Is the
 'Third Term' Jab? 

McCain offers some differences, but largely agrees with Bush

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... More »

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

EPA Scientists Rip Political 'Interference'

Survey finds agency 'under siege' from meddling officials

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... More »

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

Border Fence Will Skirt Environmental Laws

Dozens dumped to speed building

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... More »

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

 Solar Panels Trump Trees 

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

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... More »

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

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