Bush’s Last-Ditch Destruction

With his presidency nearing completion, Bush is making a final effort to negate many environmental protections. These “midnight regulations” are the final policies that will be enacted before Bush leaves office. A required 60-day waiting period coincides with Bush’s remaining days, meaning the detrimental changes can be in effect before Obama takes office. Included in the changes is the use of 2 million acres for oil shale, one of the dirtiest byproducts. Another policy will make industrial-scale cattle and pig farms exempt from obeying the Clean Water Act. Bush is determined to leave his legacy, however detrimental it may be.