| Jon's Green Soapbox..... |
[15 Sep 2004|01:22am] |
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Heck, who needs clean water anyway?????
BUSH ADMINISTRATION DIRECTS AGENCIES TO IGNORE CLEAN WATER ACT
Using a back-door route to deregulation, the Bush administration
has removed clean water protections for 20 million acres of
American wetlands and tens of thousands of miles of streams,
lakes and ponds, according to documents obtained through the
federal Freedom of Information Act. [1]
The documents, used to produce the report "Reckless Abandon: How
the Bush Administration is Exposing America's Waters to Harm,"
outline the consequences of a 2003 federal policy directive that
encourages regulators to routinely avoid enforcing Clean Water
Act protections for American rivers, lakes, streams and wetlands
unless otherwise directed.
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| Jon's Soapbox..... |
[15 Sep 2004|01:24am] |
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Shh..... The voters might find out what we are up to.....
NEW REPORT SHOWS BUSH INCREASING GOVERNMENT SECRECY
President Bush has said that he wants to "create a culture of
transparency"[1] in government, but according to a new report to be released
today by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), his administration is going to
extraordinary lengths to increase government secrecy.
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