a common refrain for the last eight years
The inspector general of the Interior Department has found that agency officials often interfered with scientific work in order to limit protections for species at risk of becoming extinct, reviving attention to years of disputes over the Bush administration’s science policies.
In a report delivered to Congress on Monday, the inspector general, Earl E. Devaney, found serious flaws in the process that led to 15 decisions related to policies on endangered species.
[From Report Finds Interference in Interior Dept. Actions – NYTimes.com]
Some of these actions are at least reversible, unlike other last minute fuck you’s delivered by Still-President Bush