Bending the Third Rail
Because We Should, We Can, We Do
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Worst. President.Ever.
The Bush administration has opened up a portion of Alaska that even the Reagan administration protected.


From the LA Times:
"They're notorious for granting waivers to their own rules," said Stanley E. Senner, a biologist who is executive director of Audubon Alaska.

"This plan is utterly unbalanced. Even the Reagan administration protected the waterfowl habitat around Teshekpuk Lake because of its world-class ecological and cultural value," Senner said. "No one should be fooled by the window dressing … this plan makes every last acre available for oil development."

Chuck Clusen, director of the Natural Resource Defense Council's Alaska Project, said the BLM "is supposed to balance all values of our public lands. Giving 100% to the oil industry is not what anyone would call balanced."


It's going to be a monumental challenge for the next administration to undo all the damage this bunch of greedy bastards has done.
Written at 9:21 AM by Lynne.
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