Bush Administration

  • Bush legacy leaves uphill climb for U.S. parks, critics say

    Ralph Maughan

    Bush legacy leaves uphill climb for U.S. parks, critics say. By Julie Cart. LA Times. The more I think of what Bush and has cronies did; the more I think it was like the United States was occupied by a foreign power for 8 years, and an unfriendly one at that. I want a trial!

  • Bush midnight regulations charted by ProPublica

    Ralph Maughan

    Here is the whole dirty list- Midnight Regulations. By Joaquin Sapien and Jesse Nankin, ProPublica . This is depressisng to see, but they have to be dealth with.

  • House passes the FLAME Act

    Ralph Maughan

    “Diary of a Mad Voter: Joan McCarter”  Wildfires: House Passes Proactive (Really?) FLAME Act “When it comes to being forward thinking, proactive and strategically-thinking, the last organization that comes to mind is Congress. But this time, with the FLAME Act, they’ve done it.” By Joan McCarter, New West. 7-15-08 McCarter argues, correctly I think, that…

  • Governor Otters keeps Idaho out of national mercury pollution permit trading program — good news!

    Ralph Maughan

    Otter: Pollution trading program still unfit for Idaho. The governor also wants the DEQ [Dept of Environmental Quality] to expand its efforts with surrounding states to reduce mercury emissions. By Rocky Barker. Idaho Statesman. Gov. Butch Otter wants to keep Idaho out of a mercury pollution trading program promoted by the Bush Administration. The program…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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