By taking environmental policymaking away from scientists, and turning it over to industry cronies, Bush has made a mockery of the nation's environmental laws and values.
Bush's myriad environmental sins could have him serving penance for years. But we decided to highlight seven of his most deadly. We also invited leading environmentalists to outline Barack Obama's mission for cleaning up the nation's land, water and air.
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Author developed a list of seven of Bush's environmental acts that placed corporate interests above the environment and human health. Some interviews were conducted with environmentalists but there was no rationale provided on how the seven 'sins' were selected. The format of listing Bush’s environmental sins combined with an environmentalist’s position on the sin followed by steps that can be taken by Obama was interesting. I would have like more sources for each sin. The majority of the sins dealt with global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, and air pollution with no mention on environmental justice issues, contaminated soil and groundwater, and mining practices.
For the last 8 years we have seen our public resources sold to the highest bidder with little consideration to the impact to the environment and at the same time the EPA was controlled not by scientists but by White House staff. It will be interesting to see who Obama selects to head the EPA, Dept of the Interior, FDA, etc. and how much pressure is put on him by industry.