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The Bush Administration's Environmental Record

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  1. (2001 and After): NOAA Scientists’ Communications with Congress Screened by NOAA ‘Policy Shop’
  2. Late September 2005: NOAA Asks Scientists Not to Use Term ‘Climate Change’ in Titles and Abstracts of Papers Presented at CO2 Conference
  3. (Spring 2005): Bush Appointee Instructs Two NOAA Scientists Not to Give Their Opinions on Global Warming to Media
  4. (2004): NOAA Public Affairs Officer Pressured to Silence Scientists
  5. October 2003: Pentagon Report Predicts Global Warming Will Result in Resource Wars, Chaos
  6. (May 2004): Former EPA Official Says Pollution Cases against Farms Needed Political Appointees’ Approval
  7. Early 2002: EPA Official Resigns over Livestock Industry Influence
  8. (Early 2003): EPA Official Seems to Be ‘Partner with the Industry his Agency Is Supposed to Be Regulating’
  9. February 2003: Report Faults EPA over Enforcement of Water Regulations
  10. (2003-July 2003): EPA Suppresses Alternatives to Bush’s “Clear Skies” Plan
  11. 2002: EPA Exaggerates Enforcement Record
  12. (August 2003): White House Drafts Proposal to Shift Authority for Emergency Declarations
  13. February 2004: Department of Energy Attempts to Downgrade Classification of Nuclear Waste
  14. December 2003: EPA Reviews of Some Coal Power Plants Shut Down
  15. October 2002: Consultant Finds Forest Service’s Team Is Working Really Well
  16. December 2002: Forest Service Says Content Analysis Team Is Being Reviewed for Possible Outsourcing
  17. March 2003: Forest Service Decides to Outsource Work by Model Department
  18. (Between 2001 and 2002): Bush Administration Pushes Forest Service Team to Stop Accepting Form Letters
  19. (Between 2001 and 2002): Bush Official Instructs Forest Service Employees to Play Down Public Opposition to Roadless Rule
  20. June 2004: Study Finds Forest Service Outsourcing Will Cost More
  21. (Between August 2003 and Early 2004): Forest Service Outsources Work of Content Analysis Team
  22. April 2002: Biologist’s Opinion Overridden in Water Project; Thousands of Fish Die
  23. September 2002: Thousands of Fish Die After River Flow Is Cut
  24. February 2004: EPA Sets New Formaldehyde Rule, Ignoring Expert Studies
  25. March 2003: EPA Lawyer Questions Legality of Pollution Exemption
  26. Early January 2002: Court Orders EPA to Draft Formaldehyde Regulations
  27. November 2003: Study Does Not Find Link between Formaldehyde and Leukemia
  28. November 2003: Link Found between Leukemia and Formaldehyde
  29. Early 2004: Study Finds Link between Leukemia and Formaldehyde
  30. (Late January 2006): NASA Officials Insist that Reporter’s Interview with Scientist be Monitored by Spokeswoman
  31. October 2004: Scientists Accuse Bush Administration Politicizing Science
  32. (January 2006): Bush Appointee Blocks Reporter’s Access to Climate Scientist
  33. Early 2006: NASA Terminates Satellite that Would Have Provided Data on Earth’s Changing Climate
  34. October 2002: Bush Official Edits Global Warming Report to Make it Less Alarming
  35. 2004: NASA Announces in Email that White House is Reviewing All ‘Climate Related Press Releases’
  36. (2001): Former ExxonMobil Lobbyist to Manage Energy Department’s Office of Climate Change Policy
  37. (2001): Energy Department Official Says Bush’s Withdrawal from Kyoto Based on Input from Oil Industry Representatives
  38. May 2001: Bush Abandons Deadline for 80 mpg ‘Supercars’
  39. 2001-2005: Criminal and Civil Environmental Violations Fall off Sharply during Bush Administration’s First Term
  40. 2003: Beach Problems Mount
  41. December 2003: Administration Says It Will Abandon Limitation on Clean Water Act
  42. (Late 2003): Forest Service Removes Experienced Biologist from Work on Nevada Forest Plan
  43. Late January 2004: US Forest Service Uses Misleading Pamphlet to Promote Bush Administration’s Forest Policy
  44. April, 2001: James Watt Says Bush’s Environmental Policies Are Just Like His
  45. September 2001: White House Blocks EPA from Warning Citizens of Dire Toxin Threat; Block Benefits Halliburton
  46. May 2002: EPA Admits Human Role in Global Warming