As the Bush administration tries to cement W's anti-environmental legacy by pushing through last-minute evildoing, ProPublica is keeping a close eye on the shenanigans.
Here is a big-picture article on 11th-hour regulations, including speculation as to what President Obama could do to reverse 'em.
Here is a list of 20 rules and regulations that the Bushies are trying to push through -- from opening the Grand Canyon to uranium exploration to easing restrictions on mountaintop-removal mining to mucking with the Endangered Species Act -- along with notes on whether there's still time to bitch them out send in a comment.
And for the ambitious with time to spare, here is it a do-it-yourself guide to tracking regulatory actions.
Can EPA regulations on CO2 be blocked?
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caniscandida Posted 4:02 pm
19 Nov 2008
https://secure.defenders.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1239&s_e
interest=C3C4
Chickens deserve our true friendship! So do fish! So do other sentient beings! Let us learn to be kind.
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caniscandida Posted 2:02 am
20 Nov 2008
http://www.truthout.org/112008M
Chickens deserve our true friendship! So do fish! So do other sentient beings! Let us learn to be kind.
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Pompey Road Posted 1:11 pm
21 Nov 2008
This is the coal company that did a Moutain Top Removal and Hollow fill on John Bevins Branch in Pike Co. Ky. The stream is just a shadow of its former self. Water flow is now almost non-existent.
Elkhorn Coal Corporation was also caught this summer with two illegal hollow fills on the Army Corps of Engineer's flood control project, "Fishtrap Dam" also in Pike Co. Ky. The Corp said they did not know about the MTR's until the mining company turned themselves in. They even do MTR's on Federal Controlled Projects that have to sign off on the water quality.
I can't imagine how they will act under weaker regulations than they have now. I believe we will suffer a lot more devistation before this last round of Midnight regulations can be overturned.
The eons of time and nature was good to us down here. It was not until we become civilized that destroying our habitat become fathomable or fashionable.
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