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May 27, 2008
Bush And The Environment
Posted by Rachel Pepling on May 27, 2008 in Ripped From the Pages, The Editor's Blog
From this week’s editorial:
What’s with the Bush Administration and environmental regulation? What is it about President George W. Bush and his closest advisers that has led to an almost complete rejection of the 30-plus-year consensus in the U.S. that legislative and regulatory means are required to ensure a healthy environment for us and for future generations?
I’m not talking here about efforts to prevent global climate change. We now know that President Bush’s 2000 campaign promise to regulate greenhouse gases was as bogus as his claim to be a “uniter, not a divider.”
No, I’m talking about the more mundane, but still vitally important, control of mercury from coal-fired power plants, ozone in urban environments, air quality in national parks, and reporting toxic releases from industrial plants, to name just a few examples. In every one of these cases, and in many others, the Bush Administration has worked for seven years to undermine coherent regulation on these issues and the agencies, especially the Environmental Protection Agency, responsible for that regulation.
Read on, then share your thoughts here.
Chemistry Newsbytes
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Posted by Bethany Halford on May 27, 2008 in Chemistry is Everywhere
Mosquito repellents that beat DEET. NPR
CSI: Grocery Store. The scientists who get the call when something is amiss with your food. LA Times
Keeping man’s best friend forever. Biotech company plans to clone dogs. NY Times
How aluminum give vaccines a boost. ScienceNOW
Is it a good idea to drink urine when water is scarce? Slate
Canadian student discovers a microbe that chows down on plastic bags. The Record
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