Friday, December 24, 2010

Trying to Post Unequivocal Good News Out of This Administration

Just ain't easy.

The Interior Department reversed a Bush-era policy on wilderness on Thursday, restoring the authority of its Bureau of Land Management to identify and recommend new areas for protection.

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The rules for managing areas that come under the new designation “wild lands” are not yet clear and will be decided after a 60-day comment period, the Interior Department said.

  NYT

Oh, yeah. Always a catch.

The Obama administration likes that 60-days buffer, don’t they? In 60 days, the news will have long faded from the public mind, and whatever is “decided” will be overshadowed by some other news.

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