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The Bush Administration's Environmental Record

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  1. 2003-04-01 April 1, 2003: Fuel Economy Standard Raised Slightly
  2. 2003-04-11 April 11, 2003: Protected Status Withdrawn for Millions of Acres in Utah
  3. 2003-04-14 April 14, 2003: Oil and Gas Regulations Eased
  4. 2003-04-15 April 15, 2003: Plans Announced to Relax Environmental Regulation in Alaska
  5. 2003-05-05 May 5, 2003: EPA and Factory Farms Negotiate over Amnesty
  6. 2003-05-13 May 13, 2003: Fish and Wildlife Service Decides Mine Will Not Harm Environment
  7. 2003-05-14 May 14, 2003: Bush Administration Proposes Funding Cuts for Mass Transit Systems
  8. 2003-05-21 May 21, 2003: New Law Allows Timber Industry Access to Millions of Acres
  9. 2003-06-05 June 5, 2003: White House Admits Mercury Reduction Overestimated
  10. 2003-06-09 June 9, 2003: Bush Administration Says It Still Wants to Give States Option to Apply for Exemption from Roadless Rule
  11. 2003-06-11 June 11, 2003: Livestock Industry Proposes Amnesty
  12. 2003-06-12 June 12, 2003: Bush Proposes New Rules Weaking Coastal Regulation
  13. 2003-06-18 June 18, 2003: Inspector General Launches Probe into EPA Claims about Drinking Water
  14. 2003-06-23 June 23, 2003: EPA Report Concludes Environment is Better Protected than 30 Years Ago; Section on Global Warming Removed by White House
  15. 2003-07-02 July 2, 2003: Interior Secretary Releases Misleading Report on Park Service’s Maintenance Backlog
  16. 2003-07-17 July 17, 2003: Documents from Cheney Energy Task Force Released; Maps, Charts of Iraqi Oil Fields Included
  17. 2003-07-17 July 17, 2003: Budget Constraints Allow EPA to Start Work on Only Ten Sites
  18. 2003-07-24 July 24, 2003: Bush Administration Global Warming Plan Calls for More Research
  19. 2003-07-28 July 28, 2003: Senator Calls Global Warming ‘Greatest Hoax Ever Perpetrated on the American People’
  20. 2003-07-29 July 29, 2003: Senate Rejects Measure to Increase Fuel Efficiency Standards for Automobiles
  21. 2003-08-11 August 11, 2003: Bush Names New EPA Administrator
  22. 2003-08-14 August 14, 2003: EPA Lifts Restriction on Land Contaminated by PCBs
  23. 2003-08-18 August 18, 2003: Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Widening Permitted Imports of Endangered Species
  24. 2003-08-27 August 27, 2003: EPA Exempts 17,000 Facilities from Obligation to Lessen Pollution
  25. 2003-08-28 August 28, 2003: EPA Rules that Carbon Dioxide is Not a Pollutant
  26. 2003-10-08 October 8, 2003: Mining Companies Allowed to Sump more Waste on Public Land
  27. 2003-10-17 October 17, 2003: EPA Says It Will Not Regulate Some Dioxins
  28. 2003-10-31 October 31, 2003: Unrestricted Sale of Pesticide Approved
  29. 2003-11-04 November 4, 2003: Clean Air Act Cases to Be Judged Based on New, Less Strict Rules
  30. 2003-11-10 November 10-14, 2003: US Fails to Obtain Methyl Bromide Exemption at UN Meeting
  31. 2003-11-14 November 14, 2003: Tax Breaks for Power Companies Announced
  32. 2003-11-18 November 18, 2003: Fish and Wildlife Service Accepts Blame for Death of 33,000 Fish
  33. 2003-11-21 November 21, 2003: Exception Granted for Gas Drilling in Wyoming
  34. 2003-11-24 November 24, 2003: Bush Allows Pentagon to Get Around Environmental Legislation
  35. 2003-11-26 November 26, 2003: EPA Tries to Get Around Court Order about Mercury Emissions
  36. 2003-12-03 December 3, 2003: Healthy Forest Restoration Act Becomes Law, Reducing Oversight
  37. 2003-12-05 December 5, 2003: Proposed Rule Alteration May Weaken Measures to Prevent Overgrazing
  38. 2003-12-11 December 11, 2003: National Park Service Announces Rules for Snowmobiles in Yellowstone Park
  39. 2003-12-15 December 15, 2003: Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Cheney Energy Task Force Case
  40. 2003-12-23 December 23, 2003: Forest Service Allows Road Construction in Alaskan Forest
  41. 2003-12-27 December 27, 2003: Air Enforcement Official Resigns from EPA over Amendments to Clean Air Act
  42. 2003-12-27 December 27, 2003: EPA Associate Director Resigns over Amendment to Clean Air Act
  43. 2004-01-02 January 2, 2004: Draft Study Indicates Land Management Rule Change May Have Adverse Effects
  44. 2004-01-07 January 7, 2004: Alteration to Mining Rule Said to Be Damaging to Environment
  45. 2004-01-07 January 7, 2004: EPA Says Lack of Funding Is Hampering Work
  46. 2004-01-14 January 14, 2004: Forest Service Considers Limiting Input from Other Agencies about Its Activities
  47. 2004-01-21 January 21, 2004: More Permits for Gas Drilling to Be Issued in Wyoming
  48. 2004-01-22 January 22, 2004: Forest Plan Triples Amount of Timber for Harvesting
  49. 2004-01-23 January 23, 2004: Subsidies Announced for Gas Drilling in Gulf of Mexico
  50. 2004-02-02 February 2, 2004: Proposed Budget Cuts Lead Prevention Program