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"George W. Bush is working at a breakneck pace to dismantle at least 10 major environmental safeguards protecting America's wildlife, national parks and rivers before he leaves office in January.

The flurry of new rules - known as midnight regulations - is part of a broader campaign by the Bush administration to leave a lasting imprint on environmental policy.'This is Bush trying to leave a legacy that supports his ideology," said Gary Bass, executive director of OMB Watch.'

Other presidents have worked up to the final moments of their presidency to impose their legacy on history. But Bush has been particularly organized in his campaign to roll back years of protections - not only on the environment, but workplace safety and employee rights.

The last-minute rules passed during the "midnight hours" of the George Bush presidency differ from his predecessors because they are basically a project of deregulation - not regulation. Among the most far-reaching:

1) Industrial-size pig, cow and chicken farms can disregard the Clean Water Act and air pollution controls.
2) The interior department can approve development such as mining or logging without consulting wildlife managers about their impact.
3) Restrictions will be eased so power plants can operate near national parks and wilderness areas.
4) Pollution controls on new power plants will be downgraded.
5) Mountain-top mine operators could dump waste into rivers and streams.
6) 2 million acres of land in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado opened to development of oil shales, the dirtiest fuel on Earth."

by Suzanne Goldenberg

Unbelievable! This man is already the most unpopular President ever and yet he is grimly determined to go down in history as the most destructive!