I read this in the California section of the LA Times this morning:

“California’s environmental protection laws, among the toughest in the nation, are being challenged frequently as the Bush administration acts to blunt regulations viewed as inconsistent with national policy.
The administration has weighed in on matters ranging from offshore oil drilling to air pollution to toxic waste cleanups, outraging state officials and environmentalists, who warn that the actions threaten to undermine the role California has played as a laboratory for innovative environmental solutions intended to improve the quality of people’s lives.
Since President Bush took office, the administration has joined with the auto industry in a successful lawsuit to weaken California’s mandate to build nonpolluting electric cars. The administration has consistently challenged California’s right to have a say in regulating drilling in federal waters three or more miles off the coast.”

And this is only the effects in California! In the words of Winston Hickox, California’s environmental protection secretary, “This is crazy what’s going on. The assault is unending and astonishing in its size and scope. I find it astonishing that this is going on, and the pace with which the Bush administration is showing its anti-environment colors.”

I honestly can’t understand why anyone would be so against preserving the environment. It’s something that affects all of us so much. Definitely not voting for Bush at the next election.