Joined at the hip with Grover Norquist. Have you heard about their environmental non profit with Gale Norton? It was going before Gale was named sec. of Interior.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Council_of_Republicans_for_Environmental_Advocacy History
CREA was founded in 1998 by Gale Norton, George W. Bush's Bush's Secretary of the Interior.
In a profile of Norton, the Natural Resources Defense Council wrote of CREA that "true pro-environment Republicans, the Republicans for Environmental Protection, have called her group a 'green scam'."
1. BACK SCRATCHING AND GREENWASHING
http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/030105/DOJ.html
The Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy, a nonprofit organization founded by Interior Secretary Gale Norton and Grover Norquist, has been subpoenaed by "an interagency criminal task force investigating former lobbyist Jack Abramoff." Abramoff and associates are being investigated for "their dealings with Indian tribes." CREA received significant contributions from tribes represented by Abramoff, as a quid pro quo for help with "the tribes' lobbying of the Interior Department," according to anonymous sources. CREA is a "staunch supporter of the Bush administration's environmental policies," and has been called a "greenscam" by Republicans for Environmental Protection, for taking mining, logging, chemical and coal industry money.
SOURCE: The Hill, March 1, 2005
http://www.organicconsumers.org/politics/prwatch30305.cfm
“CREA is a “staunch supporter of the Bush administration’s environmental policies,” and has been called a “greenscam” by Republicans for Environmental Protection, for taking mining, logging, chemical and coal industry money.”
LOL! That’s an *endorsement* of this group in my book. They support Bush and are standing up to eco-extremists like NDRC!
How on earth did I miss you ping, above?
C.O., Were you aware of what AuntB posted in this reply? I sure wasn’t!!! (I mean about Norton in particular)