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U.S. Environmental Laws Being Eroded

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Michael Dudley
20 January 2003 - 7:00am

The Bush administration is quietly eroding environmental protection laws in favor of landowners and corporations.

While the US rejection of the Kyoto treaty on global warming focused world attention on President Bush's environmental policies, many of the administrative changes have gone almost unnoticed, although they may have just as much impact.

Full Story: Bush Cuts into Green Laws by Stealth
Source: The Guardian Unlimited, January 17, 2003
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The circumstances that many localities and planning departments are suffering in the current economic winter will no doubt generate stress on administrations and service levels. The economy, combined with the housing bubble, has dealt a double blow to local budgets and revenue streams.
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