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Environment suffers under Bush

Texas is always on top of things. It is, after all, the biggest state in the contiguous United States. We’re also No. 1 in pollution.

According to the Environmental Defense Fund, Texas is also No. 1 in overall toxic releases, recognized carcinogens in the air and developmental toxins, which affect the brain and nervous system in children and increase the risk of cancer.

The environment has been this way since the 1980s, and it seems things aren’t going to change with George W. Bush as president. European Union leaders are upset about Bush’s decision to pull out of a global warming agreement.

Environmentalists say that because of air pollution and other misguided funding priorities done by the Bush administration, national parks are in danger. Bush has issued $4.9 billion to the parks budget this year, but environmentalists said they think he will use this money for “brick and mortar” projects rather than plant and animal species.

When it comes to air pollution, Bush has lobbied to weaken the Clean Air Act. In his position papers, there is no mention of clean water. In fact, Bush opposes the ban of logging on roadless areas of national forests.

Rather than killing the trees and allowing our environment to go to waste, more people need to pressure the Bush administration to take steps into making this world a cleaner place to live.

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