18 JAN 2013 by ideonexus

 Bush Administration Science Abuses

After President Bush's 2004 reelection, scientists noticed that the problem was becoming even worse. One example was Bush's appointment of George Deutsch, a twenty-four-year-old Texas A&M University dropout and Bush campaign intern, to a key position in NASA's public relations department. Deutsch set to work muzzling NASA's top climate scientist. James Hansen, once refusing to allow Hansen to interview with National Public Radio because it was "the most liberal" media outlet in the countr...
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From prohibiting studies that didn't fit their agenda, to refusing to approve drugs approved by the FDA, "faith-based initiatives", etc, etc.

22 MAR 2012 by ideonexus

 Republican Environmental Acts

Recently, President Bush declared the vast ocean and archipelago known as the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands as a national monument. At 1,400 miles long and 100 miles wide, the site is loo times larger than Yosemite National Park, larger than forty-six of the fifty states, and home to more than 7,000 marine species. American presidents have the authority to make far-reaching environmental commitments. President Richard M. Nixon's environmental legacy was the Endangered Species Act. It appears ...
Folksonomies: politics environmentalism
Folksonomies: politics environmentalism
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Bush Jr. declared an area near the Hawaiian ocean a national monument and Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act.