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The Bush Administration's Environmental Record

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  1. 2006-03-10 March 10, 2006: Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton Resigns; Then Gets Hired by Shell Oil
  2. 2006-03-13 March 13, 2006: Regional EPA Administrator Gives Notice to Employees of Library Closures
  3. 2006-04-03 April 3, 2006: NOAA Officials Block Media Access to Agency Technocrats
  4. 2006-05-18 May 18, 2006-May 28, 2006: Global Warming Skeptic Organization Launches Pro- Greenhouse Gas Advertising Campaign
  5. 2006-06-07 June 7, 2006: Senior Government Scientist Accuses Bush Administration of Suppressing Information on Global Warming
  6. 2006-06-20 June 20, 2006: Study Finds Dramatic Increase of Global Warming Emissions Since 1960
  7. 2006-06-21 June 21, 2006: Study Says 60 Percent Reduction in Canada Greenhouse Gas Emissions Possible
  8. 2006-06-29 June 29, 2006: 10,000 EPA Scientists Condemn Closures of Research Libraries in Letter
  9. 2006-08-15 August 15, 2006: EPA Drafts Plan to Close Agency Libraries; Will Not Wait for Congressional Approval
  10. 2006-08-16 August 16, 2006: EPA Scientists Union Files Grievance Protesting Closures of EPA Libraries
  11. 2006-09-04 September 4, 2006: Britain’s Royal Society Demands that ExxonMobil Stop Supporting Efforts to Spread Misinformation on Global Warming
  12. 2006-09-19 September 19, 2006: House Democrats Ask GAO to Investigate Impact of EPA Library Closures
  13. 2006-09-20 September 20, 2006: EPA Announces Closure of Headquarters Library
  14. 2006-09-29 September 29, 2006: Democratic Lawmakers Call for Investigations into Whether Bush Appointees Suppressed Climate Change Data
  15. 2006-10-01 October 1, 2006 and After: EPA Cutting Off Employee’s Access to Online Journals and Publications
  16. 2006-10-20 October 20, 2006: EPA Quietly Closes Agency’s Chemical Library
  17. 2006-10-20 October 20, 2006 and After: Documents from Closed EPA Library Sent to Other Libraries or Tossed in Garbage Bins
  18. 2006-11-20 November 20, 2006: EPA Employee Describes ‘Atmosphere of Fear, Intimidation, and Suppression’
  19. 2006-11-30 November 30, 2006: House Democrats Demand that EPA Cease the Dismantling of its Library Network
  20. 2006-12-05 December 5, 2006: EPA Declares It May Do Away with National Standards for Lead
  21. 2006-12-08 December 8, 2006: EPA Sells off Public Assets for Less Than a Penny on the Dollar
  22. 2006-12-13 December 13, 2006: USGS to Screen All Documents by Agency Scientists of a ‘Policy-Sensitive Nature’
  23. 2007-02-01 February 1, 2007: Cheney’s Fund Manager Blasts Administration for Inaction on Global Warming
  24. 2007-06-27 June 27-28, 2007: Cheney’s Role in Klamath Fish Kill to Be Investigated
  25. 2007-07-18 July 18, 2007: White House Reveals Participants in Cheney Energy Task Force Meetings
  26. 2007-08-01 August 1, 2007: House Hearing Fails to Find Blame in Klamath River Fish Kill
  27. 2008-07-09 July 9, 2008: Bush: ‘Goodbye from the World’s Greatest Polluter’
  28. 2009-03-30 March 30, 2009: Obama Signs Omnibus Land, Water Protection Legislation
  29. 2012-01-09 January 9, 2012: Obama Administration Blocks Mining in Grand Canyon Region for 20 Years
  30. 2001: Bush Makes Oil Industry Lobbyist ‘Climate Team Leader’
  31. January 2002: Cheney Lies about GAO Records Request
  32. January 2004: EPA Allows Industry Lobbyists to Write Mercury Regulation
  33. January 2006: NASA Scientist Reveals Government Attempt to Censor, Restrict Statements on Global Warming
  34. May 16 - 17, 2001: Cheney’s Lawyer Tells GAO It Has No Authority to Investigate Energy Task Force
  35. December 2006: Bush Administration Imposes Restrictions on Scientists’ Discussions, Presentations on Global Warming
  36. July 2006: Exxon-Funded Organization Offers to Pay Scientists to Critique 2007 IPCC Report
  37. Mid-2001 - Early 2002: Cheney Agitates for Water Release that Leads to Massive Fish Kill
  38. Mid-February, 2001: National Mining Association Succeeds in Keeping EPA out of Greenhouse Gas Regulations
  39. Mid-February, 2001: Exxon, Enron Executives Meet with Cheney Energy Task Force
  40. June 2005: Republican Senator Launches Investigation of Top Climate Scientists
  41. Early February 2006: Bush Administration Plans to Close EPA Research Libraries
  42. 2005: Commerce Department Press Officer Rejects Media Request for Interview with Climate Scientist
  43. July 2002: Study Finds that a Fifth of All CO2 Emissions Come from Cars and Light Trucks
  44. Mid-August 2006: Internal EPA Memo Warns that Library Closures Will Undermine Enforcement of Environmental Laws
  45. 2001 and After: Under Bush Number of Cooperative Research Agreements between EPA and Private Sector Increases
  46. Early March 2006: EPA Reshuffles Bush’s 2007 Proposed Budget; Will Restore Funds for Electronic Catalog, But Make Deeper Cuts Elsewhere
  47. July 2006: ExxonMobil Says it Will Stop Funding Groups that Misrepresent Climate Change
  48. 2002: Republican Pollster Issues Briefing Book on How GOP Needs to Confront Global Warming and Other Environmental Issues
  49. Fall 2004: NASA Informs Scientists of New Restrictive Media Policy via Oral Communication Only
  50. May 2006: NOAA Blocks Release of Report Linking Climate Change to Hurricane Intensity