This blog post takes a deep look at a sliver of the Bush legacy that on the surface appears regional in scope. In reality it provides an example of industry intrusion on government regulation that even 10 years ago would have been unthinkable. One doesn't have to know much about coal to see the relevance of this piece to the discussion of the Bush Legacy.

The article is sufficiently thorough and extensive to fully convey the Bush/Cheney legacy of turning over the environment to be exploited for short term profit at the expense of ordinary people and the environment.

Wellington, a News Trust editor, has written extensively on this topic and knows it well. Here she provides a lot of context and a pretty clear pattern of behavior that amply proves her point.

The author details her extensive previous exposition of coal industry damages to the Appalachian mountains, with numerous useful links. She proceeds to detail the affronts to environment through favors bestowed on vested energy interests by the Bush administration, including the most recent, the massive toxic coal waste flood under the supervision of the TVA. A thoughtful ending; she asks if it is time to turn our time and energy away from Bush's "Legacy" to concentrate on holding Obama accountable.

An excellent report on the Bush/Cheney ties with Big energy, some who believe wrote the majority of the Bush enegy policy (what policy). While this admin., gave into every big money companies that could grease the republican coffers, Cheney hid behind the conservative Supreme Court.Deregulating the damage done by this Admin., will take decades.