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Article: SCORCHED EARTH POLICY.(environmental policy of the George W. Bush administration)
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- E Magazine
- Article date:
- May 1, 2001
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When environmental leaders talk about the Bush Administration's team--Secretary of Interior Gale Norton, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Christine Todd Whitman and Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham--the operative word is "scary."
About Norton, an extremist advocate of private property rights during a long public career, Endangered Species Coalition Executive Director Brock Evans says, "This is the scariest nomination for Secretary of Interior I have witnessed in 20 years. The implications for just about every place, every value, every resource protection that Americans have fought for over two decades are frightening." Mark Helm, a spokesperson for ...