Read more midnight regulation stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/35983/midnight-regulation.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/52307/obama-rethinks-bushs-species-protection-rule.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar are expected to announce today a review of a controversial, last-minute Bush administration rule on the environment, the Wall Street Journal reports. In December Bush’s Interior Department exempted developers and businesses from usual checks with the Fish and Wildlife Service to see if...http://www.newser.com/story/52307/obama-rethinks-bushs-species-protection-rule.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Mar 2009 13:31:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48499/obama-blocks-bush-midnight-orders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne of President Barack Obama's first acts from the Oval Office was to block the last orders of his predecessor executed in his final days of power, Reuters reports. The White House sent a memo to every federal agency yesterday putting a stop to dozens of so-called "midnight regulations" enacted...http://www.newser.com/story/48499/obama-blocks-bush-midnight-orders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Jan 2009 2:12:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45166/bush-loosens-endangered-species-act.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe White House incensed environmental groups yesterday by announcing sweeping changes to the Endangered Species Act, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Federal agencies will no longer have to consult with scientists before approving potentially harmful building or logging projects, and the government will not recognize the threat that global warming...http://www.newser.com/story/45166/bush-loosens-endangered-species-act.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Dec 2008 9:59:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43287/score-card-on-late-white-house-rules-changes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the Bush White House pushing through a raft of last-minute rules, the nonprofit journalism group ProPublica offers a running list, with the status of each: Business-friendly safety regulations would loosen restrictions on exposure to toxic chemicals in the workplace. Local police would get increased surveillance ability. Loaded guns would...http://www.newser.com/story/43287/score-card-on-late-white-house-rules-changes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Nov 2008 8:28:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42488/dems-find-end-run-around-late-bush-regs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Bush White House thought it was pretty clever rushing to get all its so-called midnight regulations finalized by Nov. 1 so they couldn't be immediately overturned by the next president, as many of Bill Clinton's parting gifts were. But congressional Democrats say they've found an obscure Clinton-era law that...http://www.newser.com/story/42488/dems-find-end-run-around-late-bush-regs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Nov 2008 13:58:01 CST