The Viridian Design Movement

Viridian Note 00411: The NRDC's Long Memory

Bruce Sterling [
bruces@well.com]


Key concepts
Bush Administration, environmental grievances, National Resources Defence Council
Attention Conservation Notice:
A long, painstaking, one might even say nitpicking, list of outrages that the NRDC assembled for Earth Day 2004. Also includes more entries for the Viridian Aromatizer Contest.

Links
The ancestors of our cuddly Viridian mascot, "Big Mike" the microbe, used to devour fresh lava on the primeval Earth.
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/24873/story.htm

"National Cyber Security Day." Ever heard of it? Me neither. No wonder the Net's a mess.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/04/05/HNnationalcybersecurityday_1.html

Hey, nice fonts. Nice HP Lovecraft fonts.
http://www.cthulhulives.org/toybox/PROPDOCS/PropFonts.html

Source: National Resource Defense Council

(((Wow, computers sure are good at memory!)))

NRDC's Timeline of the Bush Environmental Record

Dateline: April 22, 2004

2004
April

Bush budget cuts lead poisoning prevention funding
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_04.asp (04/11/04) White House altered scientific findings on mercury threat

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_04.asp (04/07/04) Pentagon again seeking immunity from environmental laws
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_04.asp (04/06/04) Investigator resigns in protest over Interior's cheating Native Americans out of energy royalties
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_04.asp (04/06/04) Mining company gets price break on federal land
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_04.asp (04/02/04)

March

Court orders Energy Department to release more Cheney task force records

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_03.asp (03/31/04) EPA chief Leavitt failing to lay down the law
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_03.asp (03/31/04) Yellowstone bison slaughtered to please ranchers
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_03.asp (03/31/04) EPA letting Clean Water Act violators off the hook
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_03.asp (03/30/04) EPA uses utility company memos to craft controversial mercury policy

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_03.asp (03/30/04) Interior Dept. defends loosening of ESA import ban
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_03.asp (03/29/04) Montreal Protocol shirked for U.S. pesticide interests
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_03.asp (03/26/04) Army Corps bends to pressure on Missouri River
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_03.asp (03/26/04)

February

More drilling slated for Padre Island
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_02.asp (02/27/04) DOE holds nuke cleanup funds hostage
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_02.asp (02/26/04) More industry materials borrowed by EPA for its mercury rule
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_02.asp (02/26/04) Missouri River management plan ignores fish protections
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_02.asp (02/26/04) Fish and Wildlife Service gives sucker fish a break
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_02.asp (02/25/04) Bush cuts funding for endangered species
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_02.asp (02/25/04) Federal mining whistleblower silenced, demoted
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_02.asp (02/24/04) Get the lead out: EPA fails to protect D.C. drinking water

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_02.asp (02/23/04)

January

EPA's mercury pollution plan mirrors industry's recommendations
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_01.asp (01/30/04) Bush administration leaves nuclear plant safety up to contractors
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_01.asp (01/29/04) Energy Department promoting carbon sequestration
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_01.asp (01/27/04) White House wants to let EPA ignore pesticide consultations

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_01.asp (01/27/04) EPA touts new, cleaner cars
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_01.asp (01/26/04) White House offers small funding boost for Northwest salmon recovery

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_01.asp (01/26/04) (((Hey wait a minute -- those sound like two rather nice things there. What gives?)))


Forest Service to boost logging in Appalachian forests
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_01.asp (01/23/04) Forest Service drops "survey and manage" rule for loggers

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2004_01.asp (01/23/04)

2003
December

Federal court blocks EPA plan to cripple Clean Air Act
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_12.asp (12/24/03) Court blocks Bush administration's Clean Air Act changes

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_12.asp (12/24/03) EPA revs up motorcycle pollution plan
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_12.asp (12/23/03) Another senior EPA official resigns in protest to Bush administration policies
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_12.asp (12/23/03) Forest Service clears way for logging in Tongass
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_12.asp (12/23/03) Bush administration streamlining oil and gas permits
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_12.asp (12/23/03) Forest Service opens grizzly bear habitat to snowmobiles

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_12.asp (12/22/03) New EPA mercury rule fails to account for 'lost' emissions

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_12.asp (12/19/03)

November

Bush administration finally takes blame for Klamath fish kill

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_11.asp (11/18/03) Judge criticizes White House pro-industry mining rules

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_11.asp (11/18/03) EPA moves to fill landfills with radioactive waste
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_11.asp (11/18/03) Bush administration seeks increase in use of ozone-depleting pesticide

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_11.asp (11/14/03) Park Service workers speak out against Bush policies
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_11.asp (11/13/03) EPA considers exempting small business from toxic release reporting

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_11.asp (11/12/03) Revised Everglades recovery plan not worth the wait
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_11.asp (11/04/03) Superfund cleanups lag for third straight year
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_11.asp (11/04/03)

October

White House considers dropping some fish protections to promote logging
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_10.asp (10/31/03) EPA tricks public, treats industry on dangerous pesticide

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_10.asp (10/31/03) Bush administration ignores damming evidence
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_10.asp (10/29/03) EPA refuses to tackle rising mercury pollution in Great Lakes region

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_10.asp (10/29/03) EPA may allow continued phosphate dumping in Gulf of Mexico

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_10.asp (10/28/03) Costly USFS and BLM outsourcing studies prove unhelpful
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_10.asp (10/23/03) EPA changes rule to exempt hazardous waste requirements

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_10.asp (10/23/03) EPA developing ways around the Clean Water Act
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_10.asp (10/22/03)

September

EPA to issue daily air quality alerts
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_09.asp (09/30/03) White House study: benefits of environmental regulation far outweigh costs
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_09.asp (09/29/03) BLM opens millions of acres of wilderness to energy development

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_09.asp (09/29/03) EPA strikes deal with polluting factory farms
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_09.asp (09/25/03) White House recommendations could shut the public out of environmental review
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_09.asp (09/24/03) GAO finds that energy production pollutes wildlife refuges

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_09.asp (09/24/03) Corps of Engineers violates judge's ruling, won't lower Missouri River flows for wildlife
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_09.asp (09/24/03) Forest Service to sell Tongass timber at a loss
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_09.asp (09/23/03)

August

EPA passes the buck on regulating global warming pollution from cars
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_08.asp (08/28/03) EPA on global warming gases: Bring 'em on!
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_08.asp (08/28/03) EPA officially rolls back Clean Air Act protections
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_08.asp (08/27/03) New EPA rules ignore mercury pollution from chlorine plants

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_08.asp (08/27/03) Corporations shaped Bush energy policy, GAO says
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_08.asp (08/25/03) Park Service spending less than promised
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_08.asp (08/21/03) Oily deal on offshore drilling rights
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_08.asp (08/21/03) President making empty promises on parks funding, critics say

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_08.asp (08/15/03)

July

EPA hides research on Senate clean air plan
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_07.asp (07/30/03) Bush administration taking on illegal logging abroad
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_07.asp (07/29/03) U.S. Forest Service exempts some logging projects from environmental review

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_07.asp (07/29/03) Forest Service rewriting Yellowstone plans with a grizzly ending

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_07.asp (07/26/03) Out with outsourcing, Bush administration decides
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_07.asp (07/25/03) EPA reconsidering proposal to weaken Clean Air Act rule

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_07.asp (07/25/03) Criticism forces NPS not to raid Mount Rainier repair funds

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_07.asp (07/24/03) Bush climate plan all study, no action
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_07.asp (07/24/03)

June

EPA rejects temporary ozone waiver for power plants
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_06.asp (06/26/03) Bush administration calls for more gas drilling on public lands

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_06.asp (06/24/03) White House whitewashes EPA environment report
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_06.asp (06/23/03) Fish and Wildlife Service reduces protected habitat for threatened mouse by half
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_06.asp (06/23/03) EPA concerned about Yellowstone snowmobiles
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_06.asp (06/21/03) DOD reneges on plan to test for perchlorate pollution at U.S. bases

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_06.asp (06/20/03) BLM vows to fix maligned land appraisal process
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_06.asp (06/19/03) Bush administration undermines critical habitat designations

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_06.asp (06/18/03)

May

White House buries mountaintop mining regulation
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_05.asp (05/30/03) White House forest-fire plan axes environmental protections

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_05.asp (05/30/03) Park Service opens Maryland seashore to Jet Skis
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_05.asp (05/30/03) Interior giving up on endangered species protection
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_05.asp (05/29/03) EPA failing to keep track of water quality
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_05.asp (05/27/03) BLM opens fragile dunes ecosystem to off-road recreation

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_05.asp (05/23/03) BLM vows to fix flawed land-exchange program
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_05.asp (05/23/03) Bush administration cuts wildlife protection, boosts logging in Northwest forests
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_05.asp (05/23/03)

April

EPA reports record drop in fuel economy
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_04.asp (04/30/03) BLM approves Powder River Basin development
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_04.asp (04/30/03) White House bans EPA from discussing perchlorate pollution

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_04.asp (04/28/03) EPA Administrator Whitman misusing agency investigators

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_04.asp (04/26/03) White House says "ready, aim, shoot" on wilderness
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_04.asp (04/25/03) Fish and Wildlife Service holds the line on habitat protection plans for imperiled wildlife in California

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_04.asp (04/24/03) White House unveils its pro-industry chemical security bill

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_04.asp (04/24/03) Forest Service permits grazing in violation of federal law, says judge

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_04.asp (04/24/03)

March

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes stream protection in Alabama
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_03.asp (03/28/03) Whitman changes her tune on Pentagon environmental exemptions

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_03.asp (03/26/03) Interior Department favors boosting offshore drilling by reducing corporate costs
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_03.asp (03/26/03) National Park Service officially adopts snowmobile plan

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_03.asp (03/25/03) EPA backtracks on pledge to close loophole for California air polluters
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_03.asp (03/25/03) EPA cooks fish data to allow more pollution
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_03.asp (03/21/03) GAO slams Bush administration for stalling on chemical security

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_03.asp (03/18/03) Interior ordered to continue protecting manatees
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_03.asp (03/18/03)

February

Interior officials escalate rhetoric over Arctic Refuge

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_02.asp (02/28/03) Bush administration rejects wilderness protection in Alaska's Tongass

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_02.asp (02/28/03) Department of Transportation to expedite more environmentally harmful road projects
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_02.asp (02/27/03) Bush administration to build world's first emission-free power plant (((Wow!)))
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_02.asp (02/27/03) U.S. EPA seeks to weaken endangered-species protections

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_02.asp (02/27/03) Bush air pollution plan weakens current law, threatens public health

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_02.asp (02/27/03) Bush administration flunking on salmon recovery
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_02.asp (02/26/03) Bush administration sets sights on drilling in Western Arctic Reserve

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_02.asp (02/26/03)

January

New EPA air rules for ocean vessels too weak
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_01.asp (01/31/03) GAO faults EPA oversight on factory farms
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_01.asp (01/31/03) Bush administration seeks waiver on ozone-destroying pesticide

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_01.asp (01/30/03) BLM putting grazing restrictions out to pasture
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_01.asp (01/30/03) Bush snowmobile decision defies logic, not to mention scientific findings
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_01.asp (01/30/03) Polluting industries getting off easier under Bush administration

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_01.asp (01/29/03) Sierra Nevada forest protections under fire by Bush administration

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_01.asp (01/29/03) Bush administration wins court victory on mountaintop removal mining

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2003_01.asp (01/29/03) 2002

December

EPA exempts oil and gas industry from stormwater pollution rules

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_12.asp (12/30/02) Bush administration backtracking on policy of 'no net loss" of wetlands

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_12.asp (12/26/02) Judge deals setback to Bush oil drilling plans in Utah

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_12.asp (12/23/02) Bush administration weakens federal program for cleaning up dirty waters
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_12.asp (12/21/02) Judge slaps restraining order on plan to dredge Snake River

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_12.asp (12/20/02) BLM denies drilling access in Colorado wildlife range

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_12.asp (12/20/02) Judge gives Department of Interior extension on manatee plan

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_12.asp (12/19/02) White House begins process of relaxing government regulations for industry
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_12.asp (12/19/02)

November

Forest Service rewriting rules to increase logging, remove wildlife safeguards
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_11.asp (11/26/02) Bush administration wants to expedite logging at expense of fish in Northwest forests
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_11.asp (11/25/02) EPA proposes weakening of Clean Air Act
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_11.asp (11/22/02) Bush administration opens national park to drilling

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_11.asp (11/22/02) Interior plans to limit environmental reviews for grazing

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_11.asp (11/18/02) EPA agrees to clean up smog pollution
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_11.asp (11/14/02) Bush administration outlines steps for nuclear security

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_11.asp (11/14/02) Bush administration reverses snowmobile ban for national parks

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_11.asp (11/12/02)

October

EPA halts funding at several Superfund sites
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_10.asp (10/31/02) Bush administration doles out political treats on Halloween

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_10.asp (10/31/02) EPA set to launch new study on causes of asthma
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_10.asp (10/31/02) Interior Department finally designates manatee-protection zones

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_10.asp (10/31/02) Interior Department joining fight for Nevada cat litter mine

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_10.asp (10/31/02) Energy Task Force: Tsk, Tsk, Tsk
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_10.asp (10/30/02) Interior Department to oppose commercial whaling
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_10.asp (10/30/02) EPA approves Louisiana's controversial pollution-trading program

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_10.asp (10/29/02)

September

New EPA water quality report shows U.S. waters are getting dirtier

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_09.asp (09/30/02) Bush administration rewriting rules to boost logging in Northwest

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_09.asp (09/30/02) Bush administration relinquishing federal water rights

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_09.asp (09/30/02) Bush administration revives controversial California gold mine

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_09.asp (09/27/02) Bush administration plans to lift federal protection on wolves

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_09.asp (09/25/02) Bush administration to reconsider Clean Water Act protections

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_09.asp (09/19/02) Forest Service smoothing the rails for Bush's logging proposals

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_09.asp (09/19/02) Bush orders agencies to streamline environmental review of transportation projects
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_09.asp (09/18/02)

August

Bush's new wildfire expert no friend of forests
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_08.asp (08/30/02) Interior Dept. approves water storage under Mojave Desert

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_08.asp (08/29/02) U.S. undermines renewable energy proposal at World Summit

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_08.asp (08/27/02) White House Utah drilling plans under fire from local businesses

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_08.asp (08/26/02) Bush administration abandons California water plan
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_08.asp (08/23/02) Bush calls for increased logging in the name of fire prevention

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_08.asp (08/22/02) Interior Department allows more air pollution at national park
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_08.asp (08/22/02) Bush administration weakens whale protections that hindered oil and gas industry
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_08.asp (08/22/02) (((This must surely be the ultimate such headline)))

July

Bush administration supports protecting endangered foreign fish

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_07.asp (07/31/02) EPA seeks cleaner motorbikes, boats
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_07.asp (07/29/02) Bush uses national security to gain corporate secrecy and immunity
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_07.asp (07/26/02) Another EPA official resigns in protest over Bush policies

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_07.asp (07/25/02) Bush administration plans to give away oil and coal holdings in Utah

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_07.asp (07/25/02) Fish and Wildlife Service reneges on manatee protection plan

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_07.asp (07/24/02) Bush's revised Everglades plan falls short of restoration goals

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_07.asp (07/23/02) EPA restores some Superfund monies
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_07.asp (07/21/02)

June

Bush slashing EPA funding for toxic cleanups
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_06.asp (06/30/02) FWS flip-flops on trout protection
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_06.asp (06/26/02) EPA stymied investigation of Yucca Mountain radiation standards

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_06.asp (06/25/02) Snowmobiles to be restricted, not banned in parks

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_06.asp (06/25/02) Bush administration blames wildfires on environmentalists

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_06.asp (06/25/02) EPA backs off mandatory plan to clean up stormwater pollution

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_06.asp (06/24/02) Bush administration backtracks on land preservation
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_06.asp (06/19/02) Judge rejects Corps request to lift ban on mining pollution

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_06.asp (06/17/02)

May

Bush blocks Florida Gulf, Glades drilling
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_05.asp (05/29/02) Bush administration lets construction companies off the hook for protecting environment
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_05.asp (05/24/02) Bush-Putin Summit Produces Deeply Flawed Nuclear Arms Treaty

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_05.asp (05/24/02) Bush administration rolls back air conditioner energy efficiency standards
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_05.asp (05/23/02) Army Corps of Engineers' flip-flops on project reviews further damage its credibility
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_05.asp (05/23/02) Bush administration sends conflicting signal on Clean Air Act enforcement
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_05.asp (05/21/02) Bush administration lifts ban on mining in Oregon national forest

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_05.asp (05/21/02) Federal scientists say Columbia dredging won't hurt salmon

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_05.asp (05/20/02)

April

Powder River drilling leases ruled illegal
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_04.asp (04/30/02) Huge win in the battle over snowmobiles in national parks

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_04.asp (04/30/02) NRDC issues subpoena to former head of White House energy task force

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_04.asp (04/29/02) White House rejected more stringent EPA air-pollution proposal before issuing so-called "Clear Skies" plan
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_04.asp (04/28/02) Bush administration debates management of monuments
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_04.asp (04/24/02) Administration establishes habitat protections for endangered kangaroo rat
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_04.asp (04/23/02) Norton vows to limit Florida oil drilling
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_04.asp (04/23/02) EPA watchdog resigns in protest over Bush policies
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_04.asp (04/22/02)

March

BLM proposal could doom California dunes
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_03.asp (03/29/02) Forest Service reverses mine approval
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_03.asp (03/29/02) Pentagon seeks exemption from environmental laws
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_03.asp (03/29/02) Bush administration revisiting Rocky Mountain Front protections

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_03.asp (03/28/02) BLM sets sights on drilling Powder River basin
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_03.asp (03/27/02) Energy Department papers show industry is the real author of administration's energy policy
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_03.asp (03/27/02) White House misuses clean energy funds to print dirty energy plan

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_03.asp (03/25/02) Endangered species habitat under attack
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_03.asp (03/19/02)

February

Energy Dept. ordered to release task force records to NRDC

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_02.asp (02/27/02) Top EPA official resigns in protest of Bush's pro-polluter policies
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_02.asp (02/27/02) Bureau of Reclamation Klamath plan endangers fish
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_02.asp (02/27/02) EPA official admits that Bush clean air plan is weak

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_02.asp (02/26/02) Bush administration intends to shift Superfund cleanup from polluters to taxpayers
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_02.asp (02/23/02) BLM rule could block federal land protection
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_02.asp (02/22/02) Corps doesn't give a dam for Snake River salmon
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_02.asp (02/21/02) Snowmobile ban dealt another blow
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_02.asp (02/19/02)

January

Court asked to force immediate release of secret energy task force details
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_01.asp (01/30/02) Bush administration refusing to release energy task force records

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_01.asp (01/28/02) Agency pushes oil exploration near Utah park
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_01.asp (01/24/02) New NRDC report documents sweeping rollback of environmental protections by federal agencies
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_01.asp (01/23/02) Forest Service appeals salvage logging legal decision
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_01.asp (01/22/02) BLM backs gas drilling in national monument
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_01.asp (01/21/02) Interior proposes spending boost for refuges
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_01.asp (01/21/02) Coming Soon: More logging in the Pacific Northwest
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002_01.asp (01/18/02) 2001

December

Sierra Nevada plan limits logging, grazing activities in California national forests
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_12.asp (12/27/01) Forest Service won't allow drilling in New York's Finger Lakes

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_12.asp (12/18/01) EPA enlists National Academy of Sciences on issue of human pesticide studies
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_12.asp (12/15/01) USFS guts protections for undeveloped forest lands
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_12.asp (12/14/01) DOE weakens standards for Yucca nuclear storage
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_12.asp (12/14/01) NRDC sues Department of Energy to expose Cheney energy task force secrets
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_12.asp (12/11/01) Interior calls for fiscal reform of mining law
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_12.asp (12/10/01) Snowmobile ban unlikely to be implemented in Yellowstone and Grand Teton
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_12.asp (12/10/01)

November

Voyageurs National Park reopening areas to snowmobiles
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_11.asp (11/29/01) EPA may lift ban on human testing of pesticides
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_11.asp (11/28/01) White House plans deep cuts in environmental spending
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_11.asp (11/28/01) Forest Service makes hasty salvage logging decision, forces court battle

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_11.asp (11/27/01) Bush administration shutting down Everglades restoration office

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_11.asp (11/06/01) Bush signs Interior bill that boosts spending, but includes harmful riders
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_11.asp (11/05/01) Corps of Engineers ignores "no net loss" wetlands policy

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_11.asp (11/02/01)

October

EPA issues an arsenic-in-tap-water standard higher than that recommended by public health advocates

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_10.asp (10/31/01) Norton Guts Tough Mining Protections
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_10.asp (10/25/01) EPA considers standards that could slow cleanup of PCBs in the Hudson River
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_10.asp (10/04/01) Forest chief asks Norton to end Oregon mining ban

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_10.asp (10/02/01) GAO slams Forest Service for poor fiscal management
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_10.asp (10/01/01)

September

White House rule change could inflict "paralysis by analysis" on regulatory process
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_09.asp (09/24/01) Corps official uses terrorist attacks as excuse to weaken environmental protection
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_09.asp (09/21/01) USFS to reduce public participation
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_09.asp (09/20/01) DOE to fund biomass research
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_09.asp (09/19/01) Bush administration wants farm policy overhaul
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_09.asp (09/19/01) Bush backing away from pledge to clean up federal facilities

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_09.asp (09/07/01)

August

Bush administration considers disposing of radioactive waste in consumer products
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_08.asp (08/28/01) Bush administration seeks to fast-track missile defense program, but coalition sues to force drafting of environmental impact statements
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_08.asp (08/28/01) Norton reneges on agreement to protect endangered desert tortoise

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_08.asp (08/27/01) Forest Service stalls roadless protection, allows logging to continue

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_08.asp (08/22/01) Bush administration appeals federal judge's decision to ban drilling off California's coast
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_08.asp (08/17/01) EPA postpones action on power plants, expected to favor limited approach

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_08.asp (08/14/01) Tongass and other forests open to roadbuilding, logging

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_08.asp (08/12/01) Army Corps of Engineers to weaken wetlands protections

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_08.asp (08/08/01)

July

George W. Bush, the "vampire" slayer
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_07.asp (07/31/01) EPA wants to scrap air pollution regulations for power plants

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_07.asp (07/26/01) Bush unlikely to offer alternative global warming plan

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_07.asp (07/26/01) NRDC praises global warming agreement; calls on Bush to reconsider
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_07.asp (07/23/01) Norton balks at defending wildlife in the face of local opposition

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_07.asp (07/23/01) Bush seeking to weaken federal environmental enforcement

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_07.asp (07/23/01) White House favors limiting president's authority to protect federal lands

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_07.asp (07/17/01) Bush outlines an 'all talk, no action' approach to global warming

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_07.asp (07/13/01)

June

President Bush's visit to Department of Energy a vain attempt to shore up his energy conservation credentials

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_06.asp (06/28/01) The Bush-Cheney Energy Plan: Players, Profits and Paybacks

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_06.asp (06/20/01) U.S. Department of Energy sued over final rule on air conditioners

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_06.asp (06/19/01) Bush will not change fuel efficiency standards
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_06.asp (06/19/01) NRDC Calls on Bush Administration to Abolish Current U.S. Nuclear War Plan
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_06.asp (06/18/01) BLM upholds "non-controversial" portion of hard rock mining rules

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_06.asp (06/15/01) NRDC to President Bush: Get serious about global warming

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_06.asp (06/11/01) EPA announces final radiation standards for Yucca Mountain waste repository
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_06.asp (06/06/01)

May

Bush pledges improvements to maintenance of national parks

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_05.asp (05/31/01) EPA moves ahead with Clinton-era rule that will reduce haze over wildlands
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_05.asp (05/29/01) Bush administration formally suspends arsenic-in-drinking-water protections; NRDC rips decision

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_05.asp (05/22/01) President Bush releases his energy plan; NRDC offers a responsible alternative
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_05.asp (05/17/01) Agriculture secretary undercuts forest management process

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_05.asp (05/17/01) BLM fails to comply with agreement to protect threatened desert tortoises
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_05.asp (05/12/01) Bush administration won't release information on industry participants in Cheney energy task force

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_05.asp (05/10/01) NRDC's John Adams to President Bush: Don't take the teeth out of the Clean Air Act
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_05.asp (05/07/01)

April

Cheney sketches out a misguided energy policy
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_04.asp (04/30/01) Bush administration marks 100 days in office
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_04.asp (04/29/01) EPA drops objections to Florida rule that undermines Clean Water Act protections
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_04.asp (04/26/01) Interior will not reintroduce grizzly bears into Idaho, Montana wildlands
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_04.asp (04/25/01) Gale Norton nominates William G. Myers III as solicitor for Department of the Interior
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_04.asp (04/24/01) Yellowstone snowmobile ban goes into effect, but perhaps not for long

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_04.asp (04/23/01) Bush seeks to relax requirements of Endangered Species Act

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_04.asp (04/09/01) Bush supports U.N. treaty on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_04.asp (04/09/01)

March

Bush administration suspends the "contractor responsibility rule"
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_03.asp (03/30/01) Bush administration rejects Kyoto Protocol
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_03.asp (03/28/01) Bush administration delays hard-rock mining regulations that protect watersheds
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_03.asp (03/21/01) Bush withdraws new arsenic-in-drinking-water standard

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_03.asp (03/20/01) Bush administration settles pesticides lawsuit brought by NRDC against EPA
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_03.asp (03/19/01) Bush administration seeks to roll back Roadless Area Conservation Plan
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_03.asp (03/16/01) Bush retreats from campaign promise to reduce carbon pollution

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_03.asp (03/13/01) President nominates J. Steven Griles as deputy secretary of Interior
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_03.asp (03/09/01)

February

EPA upholds Clinton decision to clean up diesel pollution

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_02.asp (02/28/01) Bush administration to try to adjust the boundaries of 19 new national monuments
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_02.asp (02/20/01) EPA delays, then upholds, new rule protecting wetlands
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_02.asp (02/15/01) Administration seeks to weaken efficiency standards for air conditioners
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_02.asp (02/12/01)

January

Bush seeks to open Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil development

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_01.asp (01/20/01) New raw-sewage rules delayed by Bush regulatory freeze
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_01.asp (01/20/01) White House announces regulatory freeze
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001_01.asp (01/20/01)


The Viridian Aromatizer Contest entry deadline is May 11, 02004.


From: bhughes*satx.rr.com (Brian Hughes)


I can see a security application. In addition to barbed wire for crowd control we could rapidly deploy "smell fences" -- a multi layer system -- the first layer is "skunk that sprayed 30 minutes ago". Keep going where they don't want you and you get a dose of rotting eggs. The final layer of defense is Hell's own sewer.

Brian


From: stewarts*mailblocks.com
(Duncan Stewart of the Viridian Curia)


Hot WheelsTM NASCARTM racing!

Can't make to Indianapolis this summer ('cause you're, like, 10 years old)? Experience it in the comfort of your own den, with the latest in remote-controlled automotive engineering. As race day gets underway, you can smell the tarmac cooking in the Indiana sun, and petrol accents mingle with the usual hot plastic smells of good ol' fashioned slot car action!

Rear-end accelerometers (okay -- weights-on-a-wire) detect spin outs and release rubber-scented RealSmokeTM. Or go for the Deluxe edition, where micro spritzers release catalysts that actually catch the slicks ON FIRE!! (Incidental property damage and/or bodily injury caused by Hot WheelsTM NASCARTM, or reactions therefrom, are the responsibility of the buyer.)

Coming Soon -- My Pretty PonyTM 'A Day at the Races' playset, with NewMown HayTM, JewelepTM and PrairiePattyTM scents!!

Duncan Stewart

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