Bush Policy Irks Judges in West

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Rulings Criticize Agencies for Not Protecting the Environment
Using language that suggests they are fed up with the Bush administration, federal judges across the West have issued a flurry of rulings in recent weeks, chastising the government for repeated and sometimes willful failure to enforce laws protecting fish, forests, wildlife and clean air.

In decisions in Oregon, California, Montana and Wyoming, judges have criticized the judgment, expertise and, in some cases, integrity of the federal agencies that manage natural resources on public lands.

The rulings come at a time when an emerging bipartisan coalition of western politicians, hunters, anglers and homeowners has joined conservation groups in objecting to the rapid pace and environmental consequences of President Bush's policies for energy extraction on federal land.

Specialists in environmental law cite a noticeable increase in the number of recent court rulings in which federal judges in the West have ruled against the administration, using blunt language that shows impatience and annoyance.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/05/AR2006100501644.html

[Ecumenist]

1. There are still sane judges here in the west

and I believe that they will be instrumental in stopping this murderous bunch. Thank God, I'm a Western Girl, born and bred.

[anitar1]

2. I wish we in the West could secede.

I love the West with all my heart, but especially Oregon. That dirty liar is destroying the country. glad the judges are fed up too..

[patrick t. cakes]

3. just returned from portland, ore.

its the god damn promised land.

[SpiralHawk]

4. Irked by the jerk

Welcome to the club.

It's a big one.

[G_j]

5. "fed up"

yes, there are still some sane people.