Rushed Interior Dept. Rule Overrides Congress; Allows Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon
After only 15 days' review -- less than half the normal period -- the Department of the Interior issued its final rule (PDF) today th … more…
Midnight Reg Watch: In Turnabout, EPA Allows Mining Debris Near Streams
Ignoring its own scientific study, the Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday that dumping debris from coal mining into moun … more…
Midnight Reg Watch: More Conflicts for Investment Advisers
The Bush administration is rushing to pass a regulation that would relax the rules on when investment advisers can recommend products … more…
Midnight Regs Update: Pollution in National Parks And More!
We have more proposed and finalized regulations from the Bush administration to share. Six, to be precise.
Today’s additions to … more…
Bush Moves Forward With ‘Secret’ OSHA Rule
Remember that "secret" Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule? The one that would make it tougher to protect workers from … more…
New Midnight Regs!
Today we added five rules to our Midnight Regulations Chart, where we're tracking the rules and regulations that the Bush administrat … more…
Bush Rule on Oil Shale Highlights Partisan Divide in West
This story was co-published with Politico.
Seven weeks after a congressional moratorium on oil shale development expired, the Bush a … more…
Can Obama Turn Back The Clock On Bush’s Midnight Rules?
This story was originally published in Politico.
Whether it’s relaxing pollution-control standards for power plants or allowing lo … more…
How to Ferret Out Midnight Regs Yourself
Tracking the life of a rule through the federal bureaucracy is an arduous process, but here are some tips and Web sites to help you g … more…
April 28, 2009
Interior Secretary Pushes to Reverse Bush Mining Rule Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, April 28, 2009
March 20, 2009
Judge Blocks Bush Rule Allowing Guns in Parks Juliet Eilperin and Del Quentin Wilber, Washington Post, March 20, 2009
March 10, 2009
Gov’t Forcing Wildlife Group to ID Leak’s Source Pete Yost, AP, March 10, 2009
March 04, 2009
Obama Overrides Bush Rule on Endangered Species Jim Tankersley, Los Angeles Times, March 04, 2009
March 03, 2009
Sources: Obama Putting Bush Species Rule on Hold Dina Cappiello, AP, March 03, 2009
February 27, 2009
Obama Administration May Rescind ‘Conscience Rule’ Noam N. Levey, Chicago Tribune, February 27, 2009
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