"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
>
> I know that many of you think that President Bush is in the pocket of Big
> Oil companies, and is making it his business to roll back the environmental
> initiatives of the Clinton years. Guess again - Greg Easterbrook and the
> New Republic have examined Bush's enviornmental record. Turns out that
> Bush is much greener than you think:
> http://www.tnr.com/043001/easterbrook043001.html
Yeah, but even if you assume everything said in that article is true
and accurate, it does not add one drop of green paint to GW's portrait.
Even according to the article, the closest-to-positive policy decisions
GWB actually made regarding the environment were to continue postponing
stricter regulations or not touch existing ones, which could very well
mean that he just hasn't gotten around to those ones yet. The less
positive decisions actually cause harm, such as new oil drilling in
the Alaskan wilderness.
What new policy has GWB created that would actually help
the environment?
GWB does not deserve any credit. All that article could do would be
to take away some credit from Clinton & Gore for not acting sooner,
but at least they _did_ eventually decide for stricter regulations.
-- Matt Grimaldi
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