100 Reasons to Get Involved

Reason # 58: Chase the Foxes from the Henhouse

J. Stephen Griles, former energy industry lobbyist, now presides over the nation's public lands as Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Former coal company exec David Lauriski heads up the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Mark Rey, former timber lobbyist, oversees the national forests. These are just a few of the Bush administration bureaucrats appointed to regulate the industries they once shilled for.