This Pretty Planet may be a casualty of this "war" in another sense, too. There is talk among backers of G W Bush's domestic agenda, and among his opponents as well, that he may use this time of bipartisanship to push forward with his energy policy (focusing on oil, gas, coal, and nuclear and giving only scraps to development of sustainable technologies) and other controversial aspects of his domestic agenda.
In other words, the terrorist attacks are being seen by many, both Democrats and Republicans, as reason not to oppose the Bush administration in anything it proposes -- as justification for shelving all our other concerns about protecting our environment for either the short term or the long term. It's as though people are saying, "So what if we destroy our forests, pollute our air and water, and ensure the extinction of many other species--we're at war!"

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