Anything industry wants: environmental policy under Bush II.(Natural Resources Policy Under the Bush Administration)

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum, March, 2004 by Parenteau, Patrick

I. PREFACE

I would like to begin with two caveats. First, this critique is not intended to be an exhaustive analysis of the Bush Administration's entire environmental record. Rather, the purpose is to illustrate, through selected examples, how this administration abuses science, law, and democratic processes to make bad public policy. Second, I make no claim to objectivity here. My view is that this administration has compiled the worst environmental record of any administration in history. To the extent others see it differently, so be it.

II. INTRODUCTION

From day one, the Bush Administration has set about the task of systematically and unilaterally dismantling over thirty years of environmental and natural resources law. It started with...

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