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supereco.com - 1/22/2009
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President Barack Obama has put the brakes on all new and pending rules hustled through by former President George Bush. In a memo from Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Obama directed that “…no proposed or final regulation should be sent to the Office of Federal Register for ...
nytimes.com - 1/26/2009
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nytimes.com —
President Obama will direct regulators to move swiftly
on an application by California and 13 other states...
to set strict automobile emissions and fuel efficiency standards. >
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Obama to Direct Shift in Emissions Regulations
climateprogress.org - 1/21/2009
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climateprogress.org —
In one of his first acts, Obama, through
his chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, “ordered a halt...
to all pending federal regulations until the new White House team conducts a legal and policy review of the last-minute Bush administration rules,” ...
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Obama halts Bush’s final rules
guardian.co.uk - 1/16/2009
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guardian.co.uk —
The document released by the White House to
commemorate George Bush's exit from the most powerful job...
on the planet describes a president who spent much of the last eight years as a careful steward of the planet. "Throughout his administration, ...
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The worst of times: Bush's environmental legacy examined
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Obama Halts Bush's Eco-Unfriendly Rules
Green Daily —
... Well fret no more, as it turns out newly-appointed president Barack Obama has come to the rescue by halting all new and pending regulations thrown in at the last minute by Bush. In Obama's own words, he insisted that "no proposed or final regulation should be sent to the Office of Federal Register for publication unless and until it has been reviewed and approved by a department or agency head appointed or designated by the President after noon on Jan. 20, 2009." The worrisome part comes when we'll discover which of these rules made it in just before the inauguration. ...
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