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...SELF-STYLED "ENVIRONMENTAL PRESIDENT," George Bush has been anything but. The list of his Administration's antigreen positions is long, but high up on it is a reluctance to add animals and plants to the endangered-species list. The Bush argument: overprotecting species threatens businesses and jobs. And spotted owls, unlike loggers, can't vote. Last spring the Administration's stonewalling led to a lawsuit by several environmental groups...
...This antigreen brigade advocates economic development in wilderness areas, arguing that land can be used wisely for human benefit without destroying Mother Nature. The timing of the campaign is excellent, since two landmark pieces of environmental legislation are up for renewal in Congress this year: the Endangered Species Act, which prohibits development that drives a species to extinction; and the Clean Water Act, which contains a provision protecting wetlands from uncontrolled exploitation. The wise-users are pressuring Congress to weaken those laws as a way to spur economic growth. Another goal is to block proposed reforms of the federal mining...
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