http://www.thewildperspective.com/TWP/Words/Words.html Words<br/>Essays, Journals, Reactions<br/> iWeb 3.0.3 http://www.thewildperspective.com/TWP/Words/Entries/2011/3/11_Chronicling_the_Republican_Assault_on_the_Environment..html 88f936a7-0f04-42bf-abce-80ede348a620 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:37:41 -0500 8/9/11 While I was gone, this pretty much sums up the last few months: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/08/01/01greenwire-house-democrats-take-aim-at-gop-environmental-16909.html">In the last 6 months (since winning the House) Republicans have voted 110 times to block or weaken legislation intended to protect the environment.<br/></a><br/>3/16/11 <a href="http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/03/16/republicans_unanimous_in_denying_climate_change.html#disqus_thread">GOP unanimous in their denial of climate change.</a><br/> and <a href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2011/03/15/koch-committee-climate-denial/">Koch Industries shows its might in Congress.</a><br/><br/>3/11/11 <a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2011-03-10-fred-upton-pursues-epa-down-the-rabbit-hole">GOP pursuing bill to strip EPA of its authority to regulate CO2.</a> <br/><br/>3/11/11 <a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2011-03-11-guess-what-else-the-gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-monitoring">Do we really need to cut Tsunami monitoring from the budget?</a><br/><br/>3/10/11 <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/10/gop-republican-light-bulb-mandate_n_834294.html">Republicans prefer inefficient energy wasting incandescent lightbulbs to CFLs.</a><br/><br/>3/10/11<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/10/house-gop-epa-climate-bill_n_834256.html"> GOP uses rising gasoline prices as their argument for stripping the EPA of the authoirty to regulate green house gases.</a><br/><br/>3/9/11 <a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/corbett-pa-energy-exec-authority-environment">As evidence about the risks of ‘Fracking” mounts, the Republican Gov from Penn. gives Energy Executive ultimate authority on key environmental decisions</a>.<br/><br/>3/8/11 <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2287539/">Conservatives are against high speed rails.</a><br/><br/>3/7/11 <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-environment-cuts-20110307,0,6685930.story">GOP uses budget concerns as backdoor strategy to attack environmental regulations and chip away at the Endangered Species Act.</a> <br/><br/>3/4/11 <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gop-defunds-nancy-pelosis-green-capitol-environment-initiative/story?id=13022195">GOP Defunds “Green the Capital” Initiative and brings back styrofoam to the Hill.<br/></a>