President to give Earth Day speech in Wells

[MaineDem]

President Bush will highlight efforts to protect natural resources during his Earth Day visit to Maine today, but he faces protests by environmentalists who say his administration's policies are polluting the state's air and water, and putting Mainers' health at risk.

Bush is scheduled to give his annual Earth Day speech just before noon today at the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve. He is expected to talk about the role of citizen stewardship and conservation partnerships in protecting the country's natural resources.

"When we were collecting our short list of places that best demonstrate the spirit of partnership, the combination of the Wells Reserve, the Rachel Carson refuge and the Laudholm Trust Farm was high on our list as a great example of how that can work well," said James Connaughton, chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality and Bush's senior environmental adviser.

/snip/

The issue that has perhaps received the most attention in Maine is clean air. More than 13 percent of Maine children have asthma, a problem that is exacerbated by air pollution that blows in from out-of-state industrial facilities. The state also has the second-highest rate of adult asthma in the country.

Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency listed more than 100 coastal Maine towns - including Wells - as places where there is a serious summer smog problem.

http://www.pressherald.com/news/state/040422bush.shtml

I overslept this morning and I won't be able to join the protests in Wells it's over 2 hours away). This visit is such an insult to the state of Maine. This is the state of Ed Muskie who did more for clean air and clean water than Bush has ever done in his lifetime. I am highly offended by this visit. How dare he!!!

[NC_Nurse]

1. Actually...

he has tried to GUT the clean air act with his deceptively titled "Clear Skies" initiative. As usual, he's a complete hypocrite and a disgusting pig...:puke: :puke: :puke:

[montana_hazeleyes]

2. bush,annual Earth Day speech

about the same as fox,annual hen house speech.

[central scrutinizer]

17. Wouldn't this be a great day for him to plant...

WMD's in Iraq?

[Judi Lynn]

3. That speech should be memorable. For him.

Does anyone remember reading about his first "Earth Day" observance as the pResident?

I read it was harsh outside, so he and his people all sat in their vehicles until ALL the press had arrived and gotten in place before ever sticking one toe outside.

Here's a visual treat from his trip to the Adirondacks, 4/22/02.




(Ha ha ha!)

http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/bush.html

Almost embarrassing, isn't it? Jeezus.

[0007]

6. ...are you talking to me again JudiLyn?

[Judi Lynn]

8. Hi, there, 0007!

I may just be rambling, so caught up in anticipation of Dubya's last (I hope) Earth Day Speech!

You have to wonder if it's easy for him to show up at these things, considering the catastrophe he's inflicted on the entire world as we know it. He probably had to slam down several pretzels to get after it.

[G_j]

14. Tear them all down!

The trees are strong my Lord
Their roots go deep...



Tear them all down!

[seemslikeadream]

15. Be Patriotic -- Plant Smoke Stacks

[Judi Lynn]

18. Just right! Couldn't be more fitting. n/t

[laruemtt]

4. it would be so cool

if the Great Spirit decided to open up the skies and throw out a huge lightning bolt just as that idiot dares to open his mouth speaking about protecting the earth. :puke:

[symbolman]

5. I'd heard that he was going to

help maintain the wetlands, by taking a big steaming whiz in them..

TIme for a big cuppo arsenic kids? Courtesy of our wonderful WHite HOuse Squatter..

[BRLIB]

7. Kerry says Bush ignoring coast (Louisiana Visit)

http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/042204/new_kerry001.shtml
(also on Advocate home page at this time)

Good picture of Kerry included by a Baton Rouge photographer for this Baton Rouge paper.


(Sorry to piggy-back on this one but just recently registered and can't start new thread)

[newyawker99]

16. Hi BRLIB!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[seemslikeadream]

9. WHEN BUSH LIES OUR PLANET DIES

Watch this video
Dust bin America
http://www.bushflash.com/sp.html

[seemslikeadream]

10. The record 2001

December

Sierra Nevada plan limits logging, grazing activities in California national forests (12/27/01)

Forest Service won't allow drilling in New York's Finger Lakes (12/18/01)

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

USFS guts protections for undeveloped forest lands (12/14/01)

DOE weakens standards for Yucca nuclear storage (12/14/01)

NRDC sues Department of Energy to expose Cheney energy task force secrets (12/11/01)

Interior calls for fiscal reform of mining law (12/10/01)

Snowmobile ban unlikely to be implemented in Yellowstone and Grand Teton (12/10/01)


November
Voyageurs National Park reopening areas to snowmobiles (11/29/01)

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

White House plans deep cuts in environmental spending (11/28/01)

Forest Service makes hasty salvage logging decision, forces court battle (11/27/01)

Bush administration shutting down Everglades restoration office (11/06/01)

Bush signs Interior bill that boosts spending, but includes harmful riders (11/05/01)

Corps of Engineers ignores "no net loss" wetlands policy (11/02/01)


October
EPA issues an arsenic-in-tap-water standard higher than that recommended by public health advocates (10/31/01)

Norton Guts Tough Mining Protections (10/25/01)

EPA considers standards that could slow cleanup of PCBs in the Hudson River (10/04/01)

Forest chief asks Norton to end Oregon mining ban (10/02/01)

GAO slams Forest Service for poor fiscal management (10/01/01)


September
White House rule change could inflict "paralysis by analysis" on regulatory process (09/24/01)

Corps official uses terrorist attacks as excuse to weaken environmental protection (09/21/01)

USFS to reduce public participation (09/20/01)

DOE to fund biomass research (09/19/01)

Bush administration wants farm policy overhaul (09/19/01)

Bush backing away from pledge to clean up federal facilities (09/07/01)


August
Bush administration considers disposing of radioactive waste in consumer products (08/28/01)

Bush administration seeks to fast-track missile defense program, but coalition sues to force drafting of environmental impact statements (08/28/01)

Norton reneges on agreement to protect endangered desert tortoise (08/27/01)

Forest Service stalls roadless protection, allows logging to continue (08/22/01)

Bush administration appeals federal judge's decision to ban drilling off California's coast (08/17/01)

EPA postpones action on power plants, expected to favor limited approach (08/14/01)

Tongass and other forests open to roadbuilding, logging (08/12/01)

Army Corps of Engineers to weaken wetlands protections (08/08/01)


July
George W. Bush, the "vampire" slayer (07/31/01)

EPA wants to scrap air pollution regulations for power plants (07/26/01)

Bush unlikely to offer alternative global warming plan (07/26/01)

NRDC praises global warming agreement; calls on Bush to reconsider (07/23/01)

Norton balks at defending wildlife in the face of local opposition (07/23/01)

Bush seeking to weaken federal environmental enforcement (07/23/01)

White House favors limiting president's authority to protect federal lands (07/17/01)

Bush outlines an 'all talk, no action' approach to global warming (07/13/01)


June
President Bush's visit to Department of Energy a vain attempt to shore up his energy conservation credentials (06/28/01)

The Bush-Cheney Energy Plan: Players, Profits and Paybacks (06/20/01)

U.S. Department of Energy sued over final rule on air conditioners (06/19/01)

Bush will not change fuel efficiency standards (06/19/01)

NRDC Calls on Bush Administration to Abolish Current U.S. Nuclear War Plan (06/18/01)

BLM upholds "non-controversial" portion of hard rock mining rules (06/15/01)

NRDC to President Bush: Get serious about global warming (06/11/01)

EPA announces final radiation standards for Yucca Mountain waste repository (06/06/01)


May
Bush pledges improvements to maintenance of national parks (05/31/01)

EPA moves ahead with Clinton-era rule that will reduce haze over wildlands (05/29/01)

Bush administration formally suspends arsenic-in-drinking-water protections; NRDC rips decision (05/22/01)

President Bush releases his energy plan; NRDC offers a responsible alternative (05/17/01)

Agriculture secretary undercuts forest management process (05/17/01)

BLM fails to comply with agreement to protect threatened desert tortoises (05/12/01)

Bush administration won't release information on industry participants in Cheney energy task force (05/10/01)

NRDC's John Adams to President Bush: Don't take the teeth out of the Clean Air Act (05/07/01)


April
Cheney sketches out a misguided energy policy (04/30/01)

Bush administration marks 100 days in office (04/29/01)

EPA drops objections to Florida rule that undermines Clean Water Act protections (04/26/01)

Interior will not reintroduce grizzly bears into Idaho, Montana wildlands (04/25/01)

Gale Norton nominates William G. Myers III as solicitor for Department of the Interior (04/24/01)

Yellowstone snowmobile ban goes into effect, but perhaps not for long (04/23/01)

Bush seeks to relax requirements of Endangered Species Act (04/09/01)

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

March
Bush administration suspends the "contractor responsibility rule" (03/30/01)

Bush administration rejects Kyoto Protocol (03/28/01)

Bush administration delays hard-rock mining regulations that protect watersheds (03/21/01)

Bush withdraws new arsenic-in-drinking-water standard (03/20/01)

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

Bush administration seeks to roll back Roadless Area Conservation Plan (03/16/01)

Bush retreats from campaign promise to reduce carbon pollution (03/13/01)

President nominates J. Steven Griles as deputy secretary of Interior (03/09/01)


February
EPA upholds Clinton decision to clean up diesel pollution (02/28/01)

Bush administration to try to adjust the boundaries of 19 new national monuments (02/20/01)

EPA delays, then upholds, new rule protecting wetlands (02/15/01)

Administration seeks to weaken efficiency standards for air conditioners (02/12/01)

January
Bush seeks to open Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil development (01/20/01)

New raw-sewage rules delayed by Bush regulatory freeze (01/20/01)

White House announces regulatory freeze (01/20/01)

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2001.asp

[seemslikeadream]

11. The record 2002

December
EPA exempts oil and gas industry from stormwater pollution rules (12/30/02)

Bush administration backtracking on policy of 'no net loss" of wetlands (12/26/02)

Judge deals setback to Bush oil drilling plans in Utah (12/23/02)

Bush administration weakens federal program for cleaning up dirty waters (12/21/02)

Judge slaps restraining order on plan to dredge Snake River (12/20/02)

BLM denies drilling access in Colorado wildlife range (12/20/02)

Judge gives Department of Interior extension on manatee plan (12/19/02)

White House begins process of relaxing government regulations for industry (12/19/02)


November
Forest Service rewriting rules to increase logging, remove wildlife safeguards (11/26/02)

Bush administration wants to expedite logging at expense of fish in Northwest forests (11/25/02)

EPA proposes weakening of Clean Air Act (11/22/02)

Bush administration opens national park to drilling (11/22/02)

Interior plans to limit environmental reviews for grazing (11/18/02)

EPA agrees to clean up smog pollution (11/14/02)

Bush administration outlines steps for nuclear security (11/14/02)

Bush administration reverses snowmobile ban for national parks (11/12/02)

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

Bush administration doles out political treats on Halloween (10/31/02)

EPA set to launch new study on causes of asthma (10/31/02)

Interior Department finally designates manatee-protection zones (10/31/02)

Interior Department joining fight for Nevada cat litter mine (10/31/02)

Energy Task Force: Tsk, Tsk, Tsk (10/30/02)

Interior Department to oppose commercial whaling (10/30/02)

EPA approves Louisiana's controversial pollution-trading program (10/29/02)







September
New EPA water quality report shows U.S. waters are getting dirtier (09/30/02)

Bush administration rewriting rules to boost logging in Northwest (09/30/02)

Bush administration relinquishing federal water rights (09/30/02)

Bush administration revives controversial California gold mine (09/27/02)

Bush administration plans to lift federal protection on wolves (09/25/02)

Bush administration to reconsider Clean Water Act protections (09/19/02)

Forest Service smoothing the rails for Bush's logging proposals (09/19/02)

Bush orders agencies to streamline environmental review of transportation projects (09/18/02)


August
Bush's new wildfire expert no friend of forests (08/30/02)

Interior Dept. approves water storage under Mojave Desert (08/29/02)

U.S. undermines renewable energy proposal at World Summit (08/27/02)

White House Utah drilling plans under fire from local businesses (08/26/02)

Bush administration abandons California water plan (08/23/02)

Bush calls for increased logging in the name of fire prevention (08/22/02)

Interior Department allows more air pollution at national park (08/22/02)

Bush administration weakens whale protections that hindered oil and gas industry (08/22/02)


July
Bush administration supports protecting endangered foreign fish (07/31/02)

EPA seeks cleaner motorbikes, boats (07/29/02)

Bush uses national security to gain corporate secrecy and immunity (07/26/02)

Another EPA official resigns in protest over Bush policies (07/25/02)

Bush administration plans to give away oil and coal holdings in Utah (07/25/02)

Fish and Wildlife Service reneges on manatee protection plan (07/24/02)

Bush's revised Everglades plan falls short of restoration goals (07/23/02)

EPA restores some Superfund monies (07/21/02)


June
Bush slashing EPA funding for toxic cleanups (06/30/02)

FWS flip-flops on trout protection (06/26/02)

EPA stymied investigation of Yucca Mountain radiation standards (06/25/02)

Snowmobiles to be restricted, not banned in parks (06/25/02)

Bush administration blames wildfires on environmentalists (06/25/02)

EPA backs off mandatory plan to clean up stormwater pollution (06/24/02)

Bush administration backtracks on land preservation (06/19/02)

Judge rejects Corps request to lift ban on mining pollution (06/17/02)


May
Bush blocks Florida Gulf, Glades drilling (05/29/02)

Bush administration lets construction companies off the hook for protecting environment (05/24/02)

Bush-Putin Summit Produces Deeply Flawed Nuclear Arms Treaty (05/24/02)

Bush administration rolls back air conditioner energy efficiency standards (05/23/02)

Army Corps of Engineers' flip-flops on project reviews further damage its credibility (05/23/02)

Bush administration sends conflicting signal on Clean Air Act enforcement (05/21/02)

Bush administration lifts ban on mining in Oregon national forest (05/21/02)

Federal scientists say Columbia dredging won't hurt salmon (05/20/02)

April
Powder River drilling leases ruled illegal (04/30/02)

Huge win in the battle over snowmobiles in national parks (04/30/02)

NRDC issues subpoena to former head of White House energy task force (04/29/02)

White House rejected more stringent EPA air-pollution proposal before issuing so-called "Clear Skies" plan (04/28/02)

Bush administration debates management of monuments (04/24/02)

Administration establishes habitat protections for endangered kangaroo rat (04/23/02)

Norton vows to limit Florida oil drilling (04/23/02)

EPA watchdog resigns in protest over Bush policies (04/22/02)


March
BLM proposal could doom California dunes (03/29/02)

Forest Service reverses mine approval (03/29/02)

Pentagon seeks exemption from environmental laws (03/29/02)

Bush administration revisiting Rocky Mountain Front protections (03/28/02)

BLM sets sights on drilling Powder River basin (03/27/02)

Energy Department papers show industry is the real author of administration's energy policy (03/27/02)

White House misuses clean energy funds to print dirty energy plan (03/25/02)

Endangered species habitat under attack (03/19/02)


February
Energy Dept. ordered to release task force records to NRDC (02/27/02)

Top EPA official resigns in protest of Bush's pro-polluter policies (02/27/02)

Bureau of Reclamation Klamath plan endangers fish (02/27/02)

EPA official admits that Bush clean air plan is weak (02/26/02)

Bush administration intends to shift Superfund cleanup from polluters to taxpayers (02/23/02)

BLM rule could block federal land protection (02/22/02)

Corps doesn't give a dam for Snake River salmon (02/21/02)

Snowmobile ban dealt another blow (02/19/02)


January
Court asked to force immediate release of secret energy task force details (01/30/02)

Bush administration refusing to release energy task force records (01/28/02)

Agency pushes oil exploration near Utah park (01/24/02)

New NRDC report documents sweeping rollback of environmental protections by federal agencies (01/23/02)

Forest Service appeals salvage logging legal decision (01/22/02)

BLM backs gas drilling in national monument (01/21/02)

Interior proposes spending boost for refuges (01/21/02)

Coming Soon: More logging in the Pacific Northwest (01/18/02)

more
http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/2002.asp

[hatrack]

12. Thank you, Seems!

Outstanding coupla lists!!

[seemslikeadream]

13. Go to the link

There is so much information -- and watch the video!

[sjgman9]

19. George Bush? Environmentalist?!?

Dont make me laugh!!!

[Phelix_Dacat]

20. Bush spews the 'no souls' line again

We've got to continue to work together; those of us who love freedom must work together to do everything we can to disrupt, deny, and bring to justice these people who have no soul, no conscience, people who hate freedom.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10/20021014-2.html

We've got to be strong and resolute and determined. We will never show weakness in the face of these people who have no soul, who have no conscience, who care less about the life of a man or a woman or a child. We've got to do everything we can here at home. And there's no doubt in my mind that, with the Almighty's blessings and hard work, that we will succeed in our mission.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/04/20040419-4.html

Who is George W. Bush to decide who does and does not have a soul?

The "arguement" that a group of human beings did not have a soul was used to support the decision they were mere animals and could be enslaved.

Why is George W. Bush deciding another group of nonwhite, nonchristian, human beings have no soul?

This is horrible. George W. Bush is a bigot.

[Bluebear]

21. Are those the "brown skinned" people?

Who don't know if they like democracy?

I am in agreement, for any human to judge another's lack of a soul is arrogant.