Bush's Environmental Policy

Bush chose Utah Governor Michael Leavitt to head up the EPA, after Christie Todd Whitman left the agency. This changing of the guard comes amidst ongoing criticism of the Administration's environmental policies. Defenders of Bush's environmental record say that his Clean Air Act has done a great deal to help air quality. They say that managed logging is not a problem, as it is a sustainable industry; that water pollution has decreased, and note how Bush has ordered stricter emissions standards. Critics of the Administration's environmental record say that Bush's policies are a disaster on all fronts, and that California's emission standards will be undermined by the EPA. Greg Wetstone, Director of Advocacy at the National Resources Defense Council and Jim Di Peso, Policy Director for Republicans for Environmental Protection join guest Host Patt Morrison to discuss the Administration's environmental record.