MacDonald, who oversaw the endangered species program, gave documents to lobbyists and overruled scientists. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, May 2, 2007 An Interior Department official who was recently rebuked for altering scientific conclusions to reduce protections for endangered species and providing internal documents to lobbyists resigned Read more…
Regulations were not subjected to environmental reviews or public comment, she rules. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, March 31, 2007 A federal judge on Friday overturned Bush administration regulations for national forests that critics said expedited logging and energy exploration, weakened wildlife protection, and shut the public Read more…
The White House is choosing the president’s past words carefully in its portrayal of him as a longtime ally in the fight against global warming. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, February 11, 2007 WASHINGTON — President Bush is widely considered one of the world’s most prominent skeptics Read more…
Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, December 15, 2006 If ever there was a Congress in which Republicans were positioned to remake the nation’s environmental laws, it was the 109th. But by the time the session ended last week, the GOP’s environmental agenda had been largely thwarted. Whether Read more…
The EPA must address warming, California and others will tell justices. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, November 25, 2006 By David G. Savage, Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON — The polar icecaps are melting, summers growing hotter and hurricanes becoming more powerful, but the Bush administration has insisted Read more…
Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, November 15, 2006 Washington — The Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that would repeal a new law allowing big-game hunts on Santa Rosa Island. The measure was added by California’s Democratic senators, Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, to a military construction spending Read more…
Officials say the ruling against the White House would help shield about 44 million acres. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, September 21, 2006 By TIM REITERMAN, Times Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has restored broad protection to about one-third of national forestland in the Read more…
A group for disabled veterans shows little interest in a measure to set aside land on Santa Rosa for their use. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, August 3, 2006. By Steve Chawkins, Times Staff Writer A controversial plan to establish a hunting haven for disabled veterans on Read more…
Measure opens a section in the Gulf of Mexico but must be reconciled with a House version that allows production along the Pacific coast. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, August 2, 2006 WASHINGTON — With political anxiety on Capitol Hill rising along with gasoline prices, the Senate Read more…
Even with volunteer help, many short-staffed federal recreation sites have cut back visitor center hours, patrols and educational talks. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, June 11, 2006 SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA — Visitors to California’s national parks may be in for some unpleasant surprises this Read more…