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May 22, 2001 | Press Release

Bush Administration Disregards Congressional Deadline, Finalizes Delay of Arsenic Rule

Bush administration will delay until February a rule to strengthen the standards for arsenic in drinking water.

May 17, 2001 | Press Release

Earthjustice Statement on Bush Administration Energy Plan Released Today; Another Payback for Industry

Responding to today's release of the Bush administration's energy policy, Buck Parker, executive director of Earthjustice said, "We are deeply concerned by several aspects of President Bush's energy policy..."

May 4, 2001 | Press Release

President Bush Moves to Gut Forest Service Roadless Rule

In yet another rollback of Clinton-era environmental protection measures, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman announced that the Bush administration would seek to reverse a nation-wide rule protecting roadless lands on the national forests.

May 2, 2001 | Press Release

House Bill Introduced Yesterday Takes Aim at Clean Air & Water, Species and More; A Polluter Gift Package

Reacting to a bill introduced in the House of Representatives yesterday, Earthjustice warned that the measure is the latest in an increasingly long line of efforts to roll back environmental protections in the United States.

May 1, 2001 | Press Release

Conservationists, Congressional Members Urge Bush to Listen to Americans, Record 1.6 Million Comments; Leave Forests Protected

Reacting to indications from the Bush Administration that it intends to roll back protections for the nation's national forests, leaders from Congress and the environmental and religious communities today held a press conference on Capitol Hill to demand full and immediate implementation of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

April 11, 2001 | Press Release

Bush Administration Seeks to Gut Endangered Species Act

Instead of asking Congress to adequately fund the US Fish and Wildlife Service's division that enforces the Endangered Species Act the administration is seeking to strip key provisions from the Act to make it cheaper to administer.

March 30, 2001 | Press Release

Bush Administration Fails to Defend Forest Conservation Policy

In federal court, the Bush Administration failed to defend the Roadless Area Conservation Rule pertaining to national forests in the United States and delayed commenting on the process until May 4, 2001.

January 17, 2001 | Press Release

Environmentalists Charge Ashcroft's Claim to be "Private Environmentalist" Hard to Believe

Earthjustice letter to Senators on Ashcroft

January 12, 2001 | Press Release

Earthjustice Opposes Nomination of Gale Norton to Head Interior

Norton favors opening Arctic Refuge to drilling, favors property rights and reduced corporate responsibility

December 15, 2000 | Press Release

Sea Lion Compromise Reached

Efforts by Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) to waive the Endangered Species Act (ESA) have failed. The endangered Steller sea lions, while still victims from large-scale, intensive trawl fishing, are no longer victim to a hostile effort from Stevens to suspend federal environmental laws for the sake of industrial fishing special interests.

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