John D. Giorgis wrote:
>Mr. Easterbrook, however, was arguing that Bush was, quote. "much greener
>than you think" - because many people thought that Bush would be a
>proactive force for the systematic rolling back of enviornmental
>regulation. More importantly, it was widely thought that the Bush
>Administration would be a step back from the pro-environmental policy of
>the Clinton Administration.
I missed the original posting of this article. Could someone repost the
link, please?
>IMHO, Mr. Easterbrook effectively demonstrates that there has been no
>systematic rolling back of environmental regulation so far, that there is
>no indication that there will be in the future (rolling back regulations
>becomes much harder once you leave the statutory review period), and that
>the Bush environmental policy is not substantially different from the
>Clinton policy.
I really must see this article, if nothing else in order to refine my
appreciation of journalistic jerrymandering. I'll try and restrain my
commentary for the moment, but... from what I've heard, way over on my
side of the ocean, if Bush hasn't completed a "systematic rolling back of
environmental regulation" it hasn't been for lack of trying. What about
the damage done to the endangered species act? What about the Alaska
Wildlife preserve? What about that bloody stupid move of backing out of
the greenhouse gases agreement, which he justified by, if I recall the
wording right, claiming that it "presented no benifits for America"
(causing me to pound on the dashboard and scream "IT'S THE OZONE LAYER,
YOU IDIOT! IT COVERS THE ENTIRE WORLD!" and my friend to pat me on the
shoulder and explain that, one, nobody blamed me for being an American,
and two, Bush didn't know what ozone was)?
You say in another post that this agreement was doomed anyway, but you
don't explain why, or remark on whether it was a good thing or not.
Anyway, somebody send me the article, offlist if you wish. It sounds like
an amazing bit of work.
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