8 Years Of Bush And The Environment (TIMELINE)

We've run a lot of stories lately about midnight regulations -- laws that President Bush and his administration are slipping in before the end of his term that affect the environment, for the most part negatively.

Be they handouts, auctions or easing regulations that stop companies from poisoning US citizens and resources and clearing forests, it's been quite a rush.

But it's important to recognize that the administration has been up to similar stuff for eight years. Here's an interesting graphic from the Natural Resources Defense Council illustrating the last eight years in environmental policy.

Follow the timeline below to see some of the 'lowlights' of the Bush administration's environmental actions between 2001 and 2008 -- dismantling safeguards, ignoring climate concerns, marginalizing sound science and catering to industries that endangered Americans' health and natural heritage.

Comments

[iowamiddleguy]

11:54 AM on 01/19/2009

any doubt he was the worst president in history?

[Kaminsrocks]

08:23 PM on 01/17/2009

I'm not Bush loyal, but he did do a few good things that are not listed. The protected expanse of Ocean around the Trench last month, for example. The chart would be better if it wasn't only showing his mistakes, which I agree are legion.

[GrayOwl]

07:57 PM on 01/07/2009

What's done may be done. But we need to be reminded, and often. One cannot begin to resolve problems without knowing what they are.

[Exusian]

03:13 PM on 01/07/2009

What's done is done.

Now let's get on with reversing the damage and making real gains.