Yellow Dog

This list of environmental rollbacks and industry-friendly rules during Bush's first term is unbelievable. Bush's leadership stinks, and we'll be lucky to be able to breath clean air and drink clean water after four more years of his dangerous environmental policies.

Here's the list of actions by the Toxic Texan:

Industry rewrites government article on perchlorate dangers (12/19/04)

Outgoing EPA head approves increased use of cancer-causing pesticide (12/16/04)

EPA ponders delaying Superfund listings and cleanups (12/02/04)

EPA will accept pesticide studies of human subjects (11/30/04)

Bush administration officials win exemption from international pesticide ban (11/26/04)

EPA to make more frequent updates of toxins report (11/23/04)

USDA rule could triple use of ozone-depleting pesticide (09/16/04)

EPA proposes easing standard on toxic metal (08/31/04)

Health agency colludes with industry to downplay risks of toxic metal (08/15/04)

EPA scrutinized for issuing industry-friendly laundry rule (08/13/04)

EPA tells General Electric: more dredging, not less (07/22/04)

Bush administration pushes for pesticide waiver (07/13/04)

GAO criticizes Pentagon for perchlorate pollution (06/30/04)

Scientific panel labels EPA-approved chemical a carcinogen (06/16/04)

Court questions industry-friendly EPA fertilizer rule (04/23/04)

Bush budget cuts lead poisoning prevention funding (04/11/04)

EPA lets rat poison industry weaken safety rules (04/06/04)

U.S. strong-arms E.U. to back down on chemical safety requirements (04/01/04)

Montreal Protocol shirked for U.S. pesticide interests (03/26/04)

FDA misleads public on tuna health risks (03/19/04)

Bush administration pushing hard for pesticide exemptions (03/03/04)

EPA considers exempting small business from toxic release reporting (11/12/03)

Superfund cleanups lag for third straight year (11/04/03)

EPA tricks public, treats industry on dangerous pesticide (10/31/03)

EPA will not regulate dioxins from sewage sludge (10/17/03)

EPA shields pesticide makers from lawsuits (10/06/03)

More Superfund sites, but less money (10/01/03)

EPA balks at court ruling to protect waterways from pesticide pollution (09/03/03)

EPA lifts ban on selling polluted sites for development (09/02/03)

DOD reneges on plan to test for perchlorate pollution at U.S. bases (06/20/03)

Pentagon accused of covering up perchlorate pollution (05/16/03)

White House bans EPA from discussing perchlorate pollution (04/28/03)

White House unveils its pro-industry chemical security bill (04/24/03)

EPA cooks fish data to allow more pollution (03/21/03)

GAO slams Bush administration for stalling on chemical security (03/18/03)

EPA halts the use of toxic wood preservative (03/17/03)

New EPA guidelines assess cancer risks for children (03/03/03)

Bush administration using guise of security to expand corporate secrecy (02/25/03)

Bush administration pushing for pesticide exemptions from international environmental treaty (02/07/03)

Ignoring health risks, EPA chooses not to ban dangerous weed killer (01/21/03)

EPA sticking with unsafe perchlorate standard (01/16/03)

EPA halts funding at several Superfund sites (10/31/02)

EPA lagging in Superfund cleanups (10/16/02)

Justice Department lax on chemical security (10/10/02)

Bush stacks panel on lead poisoning with industry experts (10/08/02)

Bush replacing health scientists who don't favor industry views (09/17/02)

EPA fails to meet pesticides review deadline (08/03/02)

EPA's scientific review on pesticides questioned (07/19/02)

EPA may allow the use of Carbofuran, a formerly banned toxic pesticide (07/08/02)

EPA signs off on safety of all but two of 30 pesticides (06/10/02)

White House backtracks on plan to ease lead testing regulations (05/14/02)

Administration may weaken lead testing for kids (04/16/02)

White House moves one step forward, two steps back, on chemical treaty (04/11/02)

EPA enlists National Academy of Sciences on issue of human pesticide studies (12/15/01)

EPA may lift ban on human testing of pesticides (11/28/01)

Bush supports U.N. treaty on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (04/09/01)

Bush administration settles pesticides lawsuit brought by NRDC against EPA (03/19/01)

NRDC: The Bush Record - Pesticides & Other Toxic Chemicals