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Title: George W. Bush Speech Re: Forestry Bill
Summary:
In a December 3rd, 2003 speech, George W. Bush addresses the administrations decision to pass the “Healthy Forest bill”–a bill that would allow forest clear-cuts to prevent forest fires. Sean Cosgrove, who is the national forest policy expert for the Sierra Club, asserts that the passing of this bill will have severe environmental repercussions.
Topic:
The Bush forestry policy.
The Bush forestry policy.
Category:
Multimedia/ Journalistic.
What is it?
News broadcast.
Publication Information:
Aired by CNN on December 3rd, 2003.
Author:
No author listed.
Location:
http://0-tvnews.vanderbilt.edu.janus.uoregon.edu/diglib-fulldisplay.pl?SID=20090303685882568&code=tvn&RC=751273&Row=4
Accessed:
March 3rd, 2009.
Support:
George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States of America.
Sean Cosgrove, national forest policy expert of the Sierra Club.
George W. Bush speaks on behalf of the intent, implementation, and benefits of the Healthy Forestry Act. Bush states that “uncontrolled growth leads to devastating fires” which consequently harms air quality and ruins water supplies. He suggests that these are some of the harmful consequences of “years of unwise forest policy.” The passage of the Healthy Forest Restoration Act is intended to remove some causes of severe wildfires. Sean Cosgrove, who is the national forest policy expert of the Sierra Club, asserts that the passing of this bill will have severe environmental repercussions. He states that this “is a bill that is going to leave a lot of communities at risk, it is going to increase commercial logging in some our most sensitive wildlife areas and rare ancient forests.” Cosgrove asserts that the passing of the Healthy Forestry bill does not do enough to protect the forests that Bush promises to secure.
Audience and Agenda:
The CNN.com website produces major news stories, detailed background analysis of current events and multimedia coverage. CNN.com is a top 50 site that reaches over 27 million U.S. monthly people. The site attracts a more educated, rather male, fairly wealthy audience.
Usefulness:
This act provides an example of legislature used to override scientific review, litigation, and public opinnion. The Bush administration supported a bill that expedites the environmental review process so the administration can “move more quickly to address restoration projects—we don’t want our intentions bogged down by regulations.” The bill also places time limits on litigation—projects will no longer be delayed by lawsuits. Sean Cosgrove, who is national forest policy expert of the Sierra Club, provides a counter argument, stating that “This is just another piece of legislation that the administration is pushing in a long line of anti-environmental provisions.”
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