"Wilderness rules restored for public lands" by Associated Press / December 23, 2010
DENVER—The Obama administration plans to reverse a Bush-era policy and make millions of undeveloped acres of land once again eligible for federal wilderness protection, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Thursday....
Congressional Republicans pounced on the "Wild Lands" announcement as an attempt by the Obama administration to close land to development without congressional approval.
"This backdoor approach is intended to circumvent both the people who will be directly affected and Congress," said Washington Rep. Doc Hastings, a Republican tapped to lead the House Natural Resources Committee when the GOP takes control of the House in January.
Conservationists praised the reversal, though there has been grumbling that it took the Obama administration nearly two years to overturn the Bush-era policy.
It's the THOUGHT that counts -- and they sure thought about it a long time.
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"The EPA’s takeover of Texas’s air permit program came on the same day the agency announced it would begin developing standards to reduce heat-trapping gases at power plants and refineries.
Together, the developments show the EPA is taking a hard line on regulating the pollution blamed for global warming....
Something is stinking around here -- although its harder to smell in the cold.
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Also see: GE to continue PCB dredging in Hudson
The REAL ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT!
Related:
"Obama jetted off to join his family in Hawaii....
Thanks for the taxpayer-funded carbon footprint, hypocrite.
Maybe you all stay at the White House next time, huh?
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