Bush Legacy

He couldn't stop at gutting agency funding and morale in the environmental and natural resource protection agencies... he is now trying to make his tragic environmental legacy even more powerful. Through midnight regulations Bush is attempting to dismantle the Endangered Species Act by removing requirements for federal agencies to conduct independent studies before proceeding with federal projects that may result in species take. Good ol' Dick Kempthorne (Secretary of the Interior) said that this will not have any deleterious effects... because they still can't take protected species. Too bad this does not work on the ground... too bad agencies' actions would potentially harm, harass, or take protected species at greater rates without the protection of these independent scientific opinions. Boo on the Bush Administration for trying to make it's legacy of environmental rape a lasting one. Luckily Nick Rahall (D-WV) is poised to introduce legislation in January to undo this stupid decision.