Bush Appoints an Environmentalist to Head.... The Treasury Department

ThinkProgress.org- 3/20/2006 - Henry Paulson, our new Treasury Secretary, is the Chairman of a non-profit called "The Nature Conservancy." Now if only the EPA head thought in the same way.

Bush's Four Year Effort to Loosen Emission Standards on Coal Plants Is Rejected by Federal Court

CSMonitor - 3/20/2006 - The Environmental Protection Agency asked the court to have Coal Plant exempted from the Clean Air Act.

Federal Judge Says EPA Chief Christine Todd Whitman Lied About Conditions at Ground Zero

CnsNews.com : Federal Judge lashed out at EPA Chief for misleading public about safety of conditions around Ground Zero after 9/11.

White House Point Man on the Environment, Philip Cooney, Edits Climate Reports to Undermine Concern About Global Warming

NYTimes.com (Free Article):Before working at the White House for the Environment, Mr. Cooney was a lobbyist for the American Petroleum Institute. He is now at Exxon.

Arctic Ice Caps Melting at Record Pace

BBCNews.com : The area covered by sea ice in the Arctic has shrunk for a fourth consecutive year, according to new data released by US scientists. This month sees the lowest amount of ice cover for more than a century.

Ex-UK Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook, says Mr. Bush was "spectacularly out on a limb" Over Climate Change

BBCNews.com : The Foreign Secretary asks Bush to "accept the science."

UN Warns 1 in 6 Countries Will Face Food Shortages This Year

gaurdian.co.uk : These conditions could become semi-permanent under climate change, UN Scientists warned.

For the White House Web Site, Environment Not An "Issue."

It seems appropriate that this administration does not place the environment on its list of issues on its web site. It is buried under "more issues" Energy, of course, is on the list.

10 States Sue the Environmental Protection Agency for Loosening Standards of Pollution

MSNBC - 4/27/2006 - NY, CA, CT, ME, MA, NM, OR, RI, VT, WI are suing the agency that is supposed to protect the environment, for actually reversing rules of pollution.

60 Top Scientists Write Bush A Letter Condemning His Distortion of Science

Knight-Ridder (repub. Commondreams.org)- 2/19/2006 - The group called the Union of Concerned Scientists included 2 Nobel Laureates, and past Pres. Science Advisors.

Bush Tries to Silence Environment Chief at NASA.

WashPost.com :"In my more than three decades in government, I have never seen anything approaching the degree to which information flow from scientists to the public has been screened and controlled."

Overview: Bush's "Unprecedented Assault on the Environment"

RollingStone.com :A Great Overview of the Bush Administration's continuous exploitation of the laws of pollution and environmental protection for monetary sake.

Leaked Document: US Wants Climate Statements "Watered Down."

CSMonitor.com : The draft to the G8 Nations shows that the Bush Administration is engaged in an "extraordinary effort" to "undermine completely the science of climate change."

QUOTE: George W. Bush on Global Warming, 2000 Campaign

"I think it's an issue we need to take very seriously, but I don't think we know the solution to global warming yet. And I don't think we've got all the facts before we make decisions."

QUOTE: George W. Bush on Global Warming, 2005, Press Conference with Tony Blair

"We want to know more about it. It's easier to solve a problem when you know a lot about it."

Someone please show Mr. Bush this graph below.