Friday, July 08, 2011

Dept of Interior Appropriations Bill Is 'Declaration of War' On America's Basic Environmental Protections

The new appropriations bill for funding the Department of Interior from the House of Representatives is out in draft form. Among the more egregious parts of it include: Prohibiting any new plants or animals being added to the Endangered Species List, prohibiting any of the funds being used to prevent mountaintop removal mining, exempts all logging activities from Clean Water Act permitting, forbids protecting bighorn sheep if doing so will reduce grazing permits, expands off road vehicle access on some Forest Service roads, and limits the ability of EPA and states to require Clean Water Act permits for discharge of pesticides or residues of a pesticide into rivers and lakes...more

As you can see, the enviros aren't happy.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

And I'm sure those who have no qualms what so ever in ripping apart, poisoning, polluting, and contaminating the planetary life support system that we humans depend upon for our own life and that of our children's children's children are jumping for glee and wallowing and having orgasms in the extra profits they will surely earn .

Anonymous said...

This should free up enough money for a few more cruise missiles, drones, and bullets to kill more brown people that Israel wants out of the way..