Big Book of Bush Main   Week 1   Week 2   Week 3   Week 4   Week 5   Week 6   Week 7   Week 8   Week 9   Week 10 Tell Some Friends About This Page! Sierra magazine article W. Watch Congressional VoteWatch Care for America

Since taking office, the Bush administration has gutted all of the following environmental rules except for one. Can you find the regulation W. missed? Select a regulation to discover what W. has done. 1. Regulations minimizing raw sewage discharges and requiring public notice of overflows 2. A rule prohibiting the federal government from awarding contracts to companies that violate federal laws, including environmental regulations 3. Forest Service regulations giving watershed health, wildlife, and recreation higher priority than timber sales while carving out a larger role for scientists, and providing for more and earlier public input in developing forest plans 4. National Park Service rules phasing out snowmobiles in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks 5. A provision allowing the secretary of the Interior to stop new mines from being created on federal land if they would result in "substantial irreparable harm" to people or the environment 6. Requirements that mining companies protect waterways and clean up mine-related pollution 7. A portion of the Endangered Species Act requiring the Fish and Wildlife Service to respond to private lawsuits seeking to add new species to the list 8. Army Corps of Engineers regulations mandating the replacement of destroyed wetlands and banning the destruction of seasonal streams 9. New National Park Service rules banning personal watercraft at eight national parks 10. Army Corps regulations stating that rivers and streams may not be used for dumping industrial waste 11. A 1989 federal law requiring states to test all children on Medicaid for lead poisoning Illustration by Simon Shaw