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License to Bill
Clinton, late convert to climate-change cause, now preaching up a storm |
Amanda Griscom Little |
13 Dec 2004 |
Muckraker |
| He wasn't known as the eco-warrior president. Nor was he a visionary on energy independence. But Bill Clinton is now using his legendary charisma and silver tongue to help mobilize the shift away from fossil fuels. Bill gets heated up over climate. Photo: Clinton Presidential Foundation. "[T]he decisions we make or fail to make in this area may have a bigger impact on ... |
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| Topics: Bill Clinton, climate, energy, Muckraker, politics (all these topics) |
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Energy Bill
Clinton says clean-energy backers should quit whining and get to work |
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07 Dec 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Energy Bill Clinton says clean-energy backers should quit whining and get to work Former President Bill Clinton yesterday said that energy issues, with their links to national security and environmental decline, "may have a bigger impact on America and the world than virtually all the things that were debated" in the run-up to the recent election. At a symposium at New York University, Cl ... |
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| Topics: Bill Clinton, politics, renewable energy, United States (all these topics) |
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Snowmobefuddlement
Judge Issues Yet Another Reversal of Yellowstone Snowmobile Ban |
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11 Feb 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Snowmobefuddlement Judge Issues Yet Another Reversal of Yellowstone Snowmobile Ban An already-confusing winter for tourists and tour operators in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks got more muddled yesterday, when a federal judge overturned severe restrictions on snowmobiling in the parks. For those of you keeping score at home, a quick rundown of the ... |
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| Topics: Bill Clinton, environmental justice, national parks, outdoor recreation, politics, wilderness (all these topics) |
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A Monumental Decision
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Challenge to National Monuments |
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07 Oct 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| A Monumental Decision Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Challenge to National Monuments The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a pillar of former President Clinton's environmental legacy yesterday when it refused to hear challenges to the creation of seven national monuments in five Western states. The Mountain States Legal Foundation, a conservative law firm, argued that Clinton overstepped the bounds of the 1 ... |
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| Topics: Bill Clinton, politics, United States, West, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Bill Clinton Gathers No Moss
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03 Feb 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Bill Clinton Gathers No Moss Former President Bill Clinton will take to the stage with the Rolling Stones this Thursday at an L.A. concert aimed at raising awareness about the looming problem of climate change. Clinton won't be playing the sax, but he will be blowing his metaphorical horn in a speech about the need to tackle global warming, says the Natural Resources Defense Council, organizer of the gig. The show will ... |
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| Topics: Bill Clinton, climate, green living (all these topics) |
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Staircase Closed
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21 Oct 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Staircase Closed Former President Clinton acted within his authority when he created new national monuments during his final year in office, a federal court ruled Friday. The ruling was a victory for environmentalists and a blow for property-rights advocates and others who had challenged seven of the 15 monument designations in court. The Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., heard two separate ca ... |
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| Topics: Bill Clinton, politics, United States, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Day of Antiquity
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16 Nov 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: Bill Clinton Day of Antiquity A federal judge yesterday upheld former President Clinton's designation of six national monuments in Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington, dashing the hopes of the Denver-based Mountain States Legal Defense Fund. The conservative group challenged the constitutionality of the 1906 Antiquities Act, which gives the president the power to designate monuments, and argued that Clinton had exceeded his authority under the act. U.S. District Judge Pa ... |
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| Topics: Bill Clinton (all these topics) |
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Where Everybody Knows Your Name
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04 Oct 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Where Everybody Knows Your Name Former President Bill Clinton paid a visit to Hollywood yesterday to speak at a fundraising dinner for the American Oceans Campaign. Leonardo DiCaprio, Barbra Streisand, Dennis Quaid, Rhea Perlman, and other stars were on hand to honor the president for his past environmental work. The event raised $600,000 for American Oceans, which was founded by ... |
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| Topics: Bill Clinton, celebrity, environmental non-government organizations, oceans (all these topics) |
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Habitat's Where Babbitt's At
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17 Jan 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: Bill Clinton Habitat's Where Babbitt's At President Clinton created seven new national monuments this morning, protecting about 1 million more acres of federal land. The new monuments, all recommended by Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, include 377,000 acres along the Upper Missouri Breaks in Montana; 204,000 acres of grassland in Central California; and 486,000 acres of the Sonoran Desert; as well as other lands in Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In ... |
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ANWR Sedate
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11 Jan 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: Bill Clinton ANWR Sedate The White House said yesterday that President Clinton will not designate the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska as a national monument because he believe that the area is already protected from oil and gas drilling. President-elect Bush and his nominees for Interior and Energy secretaries vigorously support drilling in the refuge. Enviros have been pressing Clinton since the presidential election to add protections to the 19 million-acre area. ... |
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Everglades Super Fresh
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12 Dec 2000 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: Bill Clinton Everglades Super Fresh President Clinton yesterday signed into law what was the only piece of major environmental legislation passed by Congress this year, a $7.8 billion plan to restore the Florida Everglades over the next 30 year to 40 years. The signing drew an enthusiastic Bush to the White House -- that'd be Jeb, the Florida governor. Meanwhile, a federal study of what to do with the former Homestead Air Force Base found on Friday that redeveloping the base int ... |
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| Topics: Bill Clinton (all these topics) |
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Don't Let Clinton Succumb to Senioritis
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29 Nov 2000 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: Bill Clinton Don't Let Clinton Succumb to Senioritis Enviros are crossing their fingers -- as well as waging letter-writing campaigns and purchasing newspaper ads -- in hopes that President Clinton will declare a few more national monuments before he leaves office. Top on their list is the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, but not far down are about half a dozen more, including a proposed Siskiyou Wild Rivers National Monument in southwestern Oregon. So far, Clinton h ... |
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Fleet Enemy
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17 Nov 2000 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: Bill Clinton Fleet Enemy Japan sent its whaling fleet to sea today with much fanfare, including fireworks and a brass band. Despite angry international protests and the possibility of U.S. sanctions, the Japanese intend to kill 400 minke whales over the next five months, part of an expanded whaling effort that the Japanese insist is for research purposes. Critics contend that the research program is merely an excuse to provide Japanese restaurants with pricey whale meat. Yest ... |
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Swapping Spat
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13 Nov 2000 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: Bill Clinton Swapping Spat With two weeks of international negotiations over how to implement the Kyoto climate change treaty beginning today in The Hague, Netherlands, President Clinton on Saturday called for the first time for federal regulations that would limit emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from power plants in the U.S. Clinton proposed a trading system, similar to the one now in place for the pollutants that cause acid rain, under which the government woul ... |
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For the Crater Good
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10 Nov 2000 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: Bill Clinton For the Crater Good While George W. Bush and Al Gore continued to duke it out over the White House, President Clinton exercised his executive authority yesterday by creating a new national monument in northern Arizona and substantially expanding one in central Idaho. The Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in Arizona -- 293,000 acres near the Colorado River north of the Grand Canyon -- is the 11th monument Clinton has created. Clinton also added 661,000 acres to th ... |
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Go With the Flow
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03 Oct 2000 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: Bill Clinton Go With the Flow President Clinton said yesterday that he will veto a big energy and water appropriations package passed by Congress because it contains a rider that would block the administration from implementing a plan to restore a more natural water flow to the upper Missouri River to benefit endangered wildlife. Clinton said the rider would "jeopardize the survival of three threatened and endangered species" and set "a dangerous precedent" i ... |
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A Slade of Hand
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22 Sep 2000 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: Bill Clinton A Slade of Hand Over the objections of Democrats and enviros, Sen. Slade Gorton (R-Wash.) tacked a rider onto a budget bill yesterday that would bar the U.S. government from conducting studies over the next year on the possibility of removing four dams on the Snake River in Washington to help salmon populations. Federal officials say they have no immediate plans to breach the dams, but they want to keep the option on the table and continue studying it. Enviros are a ... |
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Underbrush With the Law
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11 Sep 2000 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: Bill Clinton Underbrush With the Law President Clinton on Saturday endorsed a report by Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman calling for a big increase in the number of national forest acres to be swept clean of the thick, flammable underbrush that led to many of the wildfires in the West this summer. Clinton's comments came during his weekly radio address, in which he outlined a $1.6 billion package that he hopes Congress will approve to aid c ... |
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Pulling Another Babbitt Out of the Hat
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14 Aug 2000 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: Bill Clinton Pulling Another Babbitt Out of the Hat U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt on Friday recommended the creation of a new national monument near the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona and the expansion of an existing monument in Idaho. The proposed Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in Arizona would protect 293,000 acres, including a number of scenic cliffs and canyons; the expansion in Idaho would add 661,000 acres to the 54,440 already in the Craters of the Moon Nati ... |
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Do You Sea What I Sea?
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08 Aug 2000 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: Bill Clinton Do You Sea What I Sea? Standing at a scenic spot along the Massachusetts shore yesterday, President Clinton signed into law a bipartisan bill intended to protect the nation's oceans and coastal areas. The law will establish a 16-member commission to study ocean issues and recommend a long-term strategy for protecting marine resources, restoring fish and marine mammal populations, strengthening coastal communities, and balancing environmental and economic needs. Eli ... |
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The Hansen Bothers
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16 Jun 2000 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: Bill Clinton The Hansen Bothers The House yesterday decisively voted down a conservative attempt to curb President Clinton's ability to create and manage new national monuments. Forty-six Republicans joined Democrats in voting to kill an amendment sponsored by Rep. Jim Hansen (R-Utah) that would have prohibited the Interior Department from spending money to design or manage the eight national monuments that have been designated by Clinton this year. Since 1996, Clinton has prote ... |
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Hanford and Sons
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01 Jun 2000 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: Bill Clinton Hanford and Sons Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt recommended yesterday that President Clinton declare four new national monuments that would protect more than 500,000 acres of federal land in the West, and Clinton is expected to heed his advice. The proposed monuments include the Hanford Reach along the Columbia River in Washington; the Soda Mountain area of Oregon; canyons in Colorado that contain more than 20,000 remains from ancient civilizations; and a stretch ... |
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To Protect and Surf
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26 May 2000 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: Bill Clinton To Protect and Surf President Clinton will unveil a system today to create "marine protected areas" in sensitive ocean waters, comparable to creating parks or wilderness areas on land. Offshore oil drilling, mining, dumping, fishing, and other activities could be banned in the protected areas, which will be designated by the Commerce and Interior departments. Specifically, Clinton will call today for permanent protection of a coral reef system in the north ... |
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Bubba Drubbing
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12 May 2000 |
Daily Grist |
| Bubba Drubbing President Clinton went on the attack against Texas Gov. George W. Bush (R) yesterday, accusing him of being wrong-headed on the environment and other issues. During an interview on National Public Radio, Clinton said that if Bush wins, "he will do what he did in Texas -- he will let the people who basically are the primary polluters control environmental policy." In contrast, Clinton said that Al Gore woul ... |
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| Topics: Bill Clinton, George Bush (all these topics) |
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Bill vs. Bill
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26 Apr 2000 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: Bill Clinton Bill vs. Bill Keeping a long-standing promise, President Clinton yesterday vetoed a bill that would have required the Department of Energy to move nuclear waste from commercial reactors around the country to a central site in Nevada before completion of a planned permanent waste repository in the state. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is expected to decide as early as 2006 whether the Yucca Mountain waste repository in Nevada should be licensed; the site is propos ... |
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| Topics: Bill Clinton (all these topics) |
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