COVER STORY: America's War on Nature ; for Decades, US Corporate Interests Have Systematically Sabotaged Efforts to Protect the Environment. but the Bush Years Have Seen the Polluters Encouraged to Despoil as Never before. ROBERT F KENNEDY Jr Laments

Robert F Kennedy, Jr., The Independent (London, England)

George Bush will go down in history as America's worst environmental president. In a ferocious three-year attack, the Bush administration has initiated more than 200 major rollbacks of America's environmental laws, weakening the protection of our country's air, water, public lands and wildlife. Cloaked in meticulously crafted language designed to deceive the public, the administration intends to eliminate the nation's most important environmental laws by the end of the year. Under the guidance of the Republican pollster Frank Luntz, the Bush White House has hidden its anti-environmental programme behind deceptive rhetoric, telegenic spokespeople, secrecy and the intimidation of …

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Publication information: Article title: COVER STORY: America's War on Nature ; for Decades, US Corporate Interests Have Systematically Sabotaged Efforts to Protect the Environment. but the Bush Years Have Seen the Polluters Encouraged to Despoil as Never before. ROBERT F KENNEDY Jr Laments. Contributors: Robert F Kennedy, Jr. - Author. Newspaper title: The Independent (London, England). Publication date: December 4, 2003. Page number: 2,3,4. © 2009 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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