Let the rollbacks begin, vol. II

Part of a continuing series on the Bush administration's rollbacks of our environmental protections coming out of the 2004 election. No lack of material here.

You might have missed this one: White House Overhauls U.S. Forest Rules (NPR).

That's because the Bush administration announced these changes on December 22, 2004, smack dab in the middle of the holiday season. It's part of a proud Bush tradition of unveiling shitty environmental policies exactly when the least number of journalists, activists, and plain ordinary people are likely to notice--say, on a Friday afternoon at 4:45.

It got so predictable a year or two ago that one national environmental group actually sent out a press release to the effect of, "It's Friday at 4 p.m., and you know what that means! Another environmental rollback by the Bush administration."