The following is a re-post:
  Just for fun -- Imagine how things would have been on earth if the
  Klinton Administration did this (would we EVEN be here??? hehehe):
    Not Found in Genesis
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    In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
    Quickly, God was faced with a class action suit for failure
    to file an environmental impact statement. God was granted
    a temporary permit for the project, but was stymied with the
    cease and desist order for the earthly part.
    Then God said, "Let there be light!"
    Immediately, the officials demanded to know how the light would
    be made.
    Would there be strip mining? What about thermal pollution? God
    explained that the light would come from a large ball of fire.
    God was granted provisional permission to make light, assuming
    that no smoke would result from the ball of fire, and that he
    would obtain a building permit and to conserve energy, He would
    have the light out half the time. God agreed and offered to call
    the light "Day" and the darkness "Night". The officials replied
    that they were not interested in semantics.
    God said, "Let the earth put forth vegetation, plant yielding
    seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit."
    The EPA agreed, so long as only native seed was used.
    Then God said, "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living
    creatures, and let birds fly above the earth."
    The officials pointed out that this would require approval from
    the Department of Game coordinated with the Heavenly Wildlife
    Federation and the Audubon Society. Everything was okay until
    God said the project would be completed in six days.
    The officials said it would take at least two hundred days to
    review the applications and the impact statement. After that
    there would be a public hearing. Then there would be ten to
    twelve months before...
    At this point, God created Hell.
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