In an article, "Environmentalists See Trouble Ahead," published November 30 the Associated Press updates the threats to decades of environmental legislation under the returning Bush administration. Clearly there can be no unity on these issues. A few of the troubling issues raised in the AP story include the following. Citing a mythical mandate from a narrow victory in November, the Bush administration feels it can push through the drilling in the Alaska Wildlife Refuge. The administration will reopen 162 land management plans and decisions about whether wildlife protections or new oil and gas projects are favored will be made on managing about 1 in 10 acres in the United States. Upcoming is a decision on opening 58 million acres of remote forests to roads and logging. Implementation of the "healthy forests" law will be expanded, this is the law that allows clear cutting of national forests.

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