Last-minute mischief in Utah: Bush administration gutting land-use rules - Salt Lake Tr... - 0 views
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Energy Net on 24 Oct 08All presidents indulge in end-of-the-term environmental rule-making, partly to tie up bureaucratic loose ends but mainly to lock in policies that their successor will be hard pressed to reverse. President Bill Clinton's midnight regulations were mostly good, including a rule protecting 60 million acres of national forests from road-building and most commercial development. Not surprisingly, most of President Bush's proposals are not.