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The Bush Administration's Environmental Record

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  1. 2004-02-02 February 2, 2004: Bush Administration Budget Cuts EPA Funding by 7 Percent
  2. 2004-02-04 February 4, 2004: GOP Memo Offers Advice to Republicans on How to Respond to Questions about the Environment
  3. 2004-02-12 February 12, 2004: Areas that Recently Lost Protected Status Auctioned Off to Oil and Gas Companies
  4. 2004-02-13 February 13, 2004: EPA Allows North Dakota to Use Faulty Method for Air Quality Monitoring
  5. 2004-02-15 February 15, 2004: Forest Service Allows Poisoning of Prairie Dogs
  6. 2004-02-16 February 16, 2004: EPA Administrator Permits Controversial Method of Cooling Power Station Turbines
  7. 2004-02-18 February 18, 2004: 62 Prominent Scientists Protest Bush Politicization of Science
  8. 2004-02-20 February 20, 2004: Duration of Grazing Permits Increased for National Forests and Grasslands
  9. 2004-02-20 February 20, 2004: National Park Service Asks Parks for List of Cuts
  10. 2004-02-28 (February 28, 2004): US Asks UN for Exemption from Pesticide Ban
  11. 2004-03-16 March 16, 2004: EPA Grants Exception for Disposal of Hazardous Waste
  12. 2004-03-23 March 23, 2004: Federal Wildlife Protection Reduced, Logging Increased
  13. 2004-03-24 March 24-26, 2004: Exceptions from Pesticide Ban Granted to Twelve Countries
  14. 2004-04-02 April 2, 2004: EPA Says It Will Continue Studies of Drinking Water Contaminants
  15. 2004-04-05 April 5, 2004: Published Wildlife Conservation Study Omits Section on Economic Benefits
  16. 2004-04-06 April 6, 2004: Pentagon Asks Congress for Exceptions from Environmental Regulations
  17. 2004-04-08 April 8, 2004: Pacific Fisher in Danger of Extinction, but No Money to Save It
  18. 2004-04-17 April 17, 2004: White House Argues for Near-Complete Immunity from Oversight
  19. 2004-04-19 April 19, 2004: Attorneys General Protest Pentagon Request for Exemptions from Environmental Regulation
  20. 2004-04-23 April 23, 2004: NOAA Official Urges Minding of Media Interviews with Scientists
  21. 2004-04-27 April 27, 2004: Supreme Court Hears Arguments for and against Keeping Cheney Energy Task Force Records Sealed
  22. 2004-04-28 April 28, 2004: Rule Changed Proposed for Determining whether Wild Salmon Are at Risk
  23. 2004-05-14 May 14, 2004: Federal Biologist Resigns, Complains His Recommendations Are Politicized
  24. 2004-05-28 May 28, 2004: US Army Relaxes Water Protections for Mining
  25. 2004-06-03 (June 3, 2004): Bush Wants to Reduce Budget for Climate Change Research by $9.2 million
  26. 2004-06-24 June 24, 2004: Supreme Court Sends Cheney Energy Task Force Case Back to Appeals Court
  27. 2004-06-28 June 28, 2004: New Media Policy at NOAA Restricts Scientists’ Access to Media
  28. 2004-07-12 July 12, 2004: New Rule Proposed to Allow More Roads in Forests
  29. 2004-07-19 July 19, 2004: Former Nixon and Ford EPA Chief Says He Will Vote for Kerry
  30. 2004-08-06 August 6, 2004: Associated Press Summarizes Investigation of Amendment to Nevada Forest Plan
  31. 2004-08-25 August 25, 2004: US Government Report: Global Warming Caused by Humans
  32. 2004-10-26 October 26, 2004: NASA Scientist Says Bush Administration Suppressing Evidence of Global Warming
  33. 2004-11-08 November 8, 2004: Report Concludes that Arctic Temperatures Rising Twice as Fast as Other Parts of World
  34. 2004-11-29 November 29, 2004: Bush Administration Asks for Increase in Use of Ozone-Depleting Chemical
  35. 2005-03-15 March 15, 2005: Bush Official Questions Science on Global Warming
  36. 2005-05-10 May 10, 2005: Appeals Court Rules that Cheney Task Force May Continue to Keep Information Secret
  37. 2005-05-12 May 12, 2005: Bush Official Asserts There Is Still ‘a Lot to be Known’ about Global Warming
  38. 2005-06-01 June 1, 2005: US Official Says Bush Appointees’ Meddling is Undermining Research on Global Climate Change
  39. 2005-06-08 June 8, 2005: White House Press Secretary Cites 2001 Report Insisting Lingering Uncertainties about Global Warming
  40. 2005-06-10 June 10, 2005: Top Environmental Official Resigns and Finds Work with Exxon
  41. 2005-07-26 July 26, 2005: Bush Administration Delays Release of EPA Report Showing Decline in Fuel Efficiency among Cars in US
  42. 2005-08-08 August 8, 2005: Energy Policy Act, Product of Cheney Task Force, Gives Huge Financial, Regulatory Breaks to Energy Industry
  43. 2005-10-16 October 16, 2005: NOAA Rejects Media Request for Interview with Climate Scientist; Scientist Believes His Views are Being Censored
  44. 2005-10-19 October 19, 2005: Commerce Official Approves Media Request for Interview with Scientist Skeptical of Link between Hurricane Intensity and Climate Change
  45. 2005-11-16 November 16, 2005: Energy CEOs Lied to Congress about Meeting with Cheney Task Force, White House Document Proves
  46. 2005-11-29 November 29, 2005- December 2005: NOAA Magazine Claims Scientists Agree That Increased Hurricane Activity Not Due to Rising Sea Temperatures
  47. 2005-12-06 After December 6, 2005: NASA Scientist Silenced by Order from Top Agency Officials
  48. 2005-12-15 December 15, 2005: NASA Scientist : 2005 Warmest Year on Record
  49. 2006-02-06 February 6, 2006: NASA Cuts Back on Programs that Would Help Scientists Understand Global Climate Change
  50. 2006-02-10 February 10, 2006: NOAA Scientist Says Agency Wants to Make Minders Present for Media Interviews with Scientists