By taking environmental policymaking away from scientists, and turning it over to industry cronies, Bush has made a mockery of the nation's environmental laws and values.
Bush's myriad environmental sins could have him serving penance for years. But we decided to highlight seven of his most deadly. We also invited leading environmentalists to outline Barack Obama's mission for cleaning up the nation's land, water and air.
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The framing of "Seven Deadly Sins" weakens the story. To make the numerology work, the author has to stretch for seven distinct failures. The article would work better if the author simply enumerated the major Administration failures, starting with the largest. Which is certainly not their refusal to agree to mandatory reductions: this would never have passed Congress in Bush's first 6 years, and probably not in his last two. The counterposition of the "Obama Mission" segments is weak as well. These segments would have benefited from some political realism. I'm not sure Congress has the teeth for any of these things.
