usnews.com - 1/15/2009
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In its closing months, the Bush administration has issued at least a dozen new important regulations and notices on energy and environmental issues , hitting upon everything from power plant emissions to safeguards for endangered species. In some cases, the new rules, which are part of the ...
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
supereco.com - 1/22/2009
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supereco.com —
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 ...
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Breaking News: Obama calls full stop to Bush rules
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Greenews: Bush Makes a Move for Marine Life on His Way Out
Daily Greenz, the Blog from Greenzer.com —
... is ushered in, Bush has announced one plan that won’t be met with such cries of disdain (unlike the vast majority of his last minute regulations and notices). For this step, however, Bush has gone straight to the sea, where he’s set three new marine monuments into action and created what will be the largest conservation area in the world (the previous largest conservation area, in the ...
Claim the oil beneath rising waters
Space and Culture —
... In concert with this policy, US News and World Report mentions that in one ‘midnight regulation‘ by which the outgoing President is attempting to tie the hands of incoming US President Barack Obama,, the Administration recently eliminated an important provision in the US Endangered Species Act requiring “independent scientific reviews” before construction or drilling can occur in an endangered species’ habitat - such as polar bears. ...
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