Policy and Legislation

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August 8, 2001 | Press Release

Bush Administration Proposes to Weaken Vital Clean Water Act Permitting Program

Earthjustice called today's announcement by the Bush administration that it will weaken a key program under the Clean Water Act another extreme example of pandering to the special interests that helped get the President elected.

August 1, 2001 | Press Release

Senate Environment Committee Gives Nominee the Green Light

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted today to confirm Donald R. Schregardus of Ohio for the position of assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.

July 13, 2001 | Press Release

Earthjustice Statement on Decision not to Empanel Endangered Species Committee in Klamath Basin.

Earthjustice agrees with Interior Dept. decision rejecting God Squad petition to review Klamath Basin issues.

June 29, 2001 | Press Release

Residents of Louisiana and Texas Demand Bush Administration Safeguard Public Health in Their Communities

Gulf coast citizen activists battling for clean air traveled today to Washington, D.C. to confront the Bush administration on the public health impacts of its energy plan.

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.

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