Federal Judge Says: Bush Administration Broke Environmental Laws
August 3rd, 2005
It’s pretty obvious by now that George W. Bush is not environmentally friendly. During the election cycle, although the topic of the environment was not widely discussed, there were plenty of cries against Bush’s disastrous environmental policies. He has systematically dismantled environmental protections across the board. He’s installed corporate polluters to any and all cabinet positions that have anything to do with the environment. His minions have doctored science, doctored reports and given way to the corporate dollar instead of protecting the environment, our most precious resource.
A federal judge has concluded that the Bush administration broke environmental laws last year when it cleared the way for more commercial logging of old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest and Northern California.
In 1994, the government adopted environmental protections and limits on timber harvesting — the Northwest Forest Plan — to halt the decline of the northern spotted owl and other wildlife that depended on large, old trees.
Last year, the administration dropped part of the plan — a requirement that before logging, federal forest managers search for rare plants and animals associated with old growth, and that if the species turn up, managers alter logging plans to prevent harm to the ecosystem.
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