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Regions at Risk
Learn more about the places threatened by the administration's policies.

OF NOTE:
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The Powder River Basin
Tongass National Forest


Behind the Curtain:
Click on the names to learn more about the men and women leading the administration's assault on environment laws.

The Bush Record
Learn more about the often-overlooked rule changes the administration is using to roll back protections.

OF NOTE:
The Clean Air Act
Energy Development


Mark Rey
Dale Bosworth
 
Mike Smith

Thomas Sansonetti

James L. Connaughton

Patricia Lynn Scarlett
Allan Fitzsimmons
Kathleen Clarke
David Bernhardt
William G. Myers
Bennett William Raley
Rebecca Watson

Marianne L. Horinko
Jeffrey Holmstead
 

It's no secret that in Washington, the most important decisions are made by bureaucrats, and George W. Bush has learned that lesson well. More than any president in recent history, he has filled key behind-the-scenes jobs with lawyers and lobbyists plucked from the industries they now regulate -- people who have spent their careers seeking to dismantle or circumvent environmental rules and who, in their new jobs, are continuing to do just that.
-- Jennifer Hahn

 





Re:Action
· Earthjustice
· Rewriting the Rules, from the Natural Resources Defense Council
· More resources to learn about, or get involved in, the issues featured in this Mother Jones Special Report







The Bottom Line

Tons of additional air pollutants permitted to be released by 2020 under Bush's "Clear Skies" plan: 42 MILLION

Estimated number of premature deaths that will result: 100,000

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