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How Now, Brown Cow?		19 Sep 2001	Daily Grist
How Now, Brown Cow? The 450,000 dairy cows in Southern California are contributing to some of the dirtiest air in the country -- and regulators want to clamp down. The cows kick up tons of dust and their manure emits ammonia that joins with nitrogen oxide from vehicle tailpipes to create particulate pollution. Dairies in the area account for only 1 percent of the emissions that lead to ...
Topics: air pollution, California, food and agriculture, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Missile Offense		28 Aug 2001	Daily Grist
Missile Offense Enviros and arms-control groups are suing the Pentagon today over its plans for a new missile defense test range in the Pacific. The Natural Resources Defense Council, Greenpeace, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and a number of Alaska-based plaintiffs charge that the Defense Department must cond ...
Topics: Alaska, California, Department of Defense, environmental non-government organizations, fishing, Greenpeace, Hawaii, pollution and waste (all these topics)

In the Drink		27 Aug 2001	Daily Grist
In the Drink The gasoline additive MTBE, a known carcinogen, has already leaked into 48 public wells that provide water to hundreds of thousands of Californians, according to a San Francisco Chronicle analysis of state data. The additive is leaking from 1,189 underground storage tanks within 1,000 feet of public wells or drinking water aquifers, threatening the water supplies of millions in the state. That's not the ful ...
Topics: California, toxics, water pollution (all these topics)

Footloose and Fancy Fleet		24 Aug 2001	Daily Grist
Footloose and Fancy Fleet In a decision that could affect air pollution policy nationwide, a federal judge ruled yesterday that California officials can order public agencies to buy cleaner vehicles. Two industry associations challenged a rule by the South Coast Air Quality Management District that requires agencies to purchase low-emission or alternative-fuel cars, buses, and trucks, instead of diesel-powered vehicl ...
Topics: air pollution, California, placemaking (all these topics)

The Day the Earth Didn't Stand Still		23 Aug 2001	Daily Grist
Read more about: California The Day the Earth Didn't Stand Still Water-hungry Los Angeles is pumping so much groundwater that the area is rising and falling each year in tune with the seasons, according to a report published today in the journal Nature. Using global positioning system satellites, a research team from the U.S. Geological Survey calculated that some parts of the L.A. area have been sinking half an inch a year, while others are rising a quarter-inch every year. In some parts, the s ...
Topics: California (all these topics)

Bug Bang Boom		15 Aug 2001	Daily Grist
Bug Bang Boom A California appeals court ruled yesterday that pesticide companies can be sued over concerns that home bug sprays are making people sick. The court in Los Angeles rejected arguments by Dow Chemical and other chemical manufacturers that they were protected from suits covering chemicals approved by the U.S. EPA for residential use. It said the EPA-approved warning labels could not be challenged, but a jury ...
Topics: California, health, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Green Lantern		14 Aug 2001	Daily Grist
Read more about: California Green Lantern Thanks to new LED lamps, thousands of green traffic lights in the Los Angeles area have been retrofitted to use 80 percent less electricity than in the past. The old green lights used 135-watt incandescent bulbs that lasted about a year; the new LEDs require only 17 watts and last from 10 to 15 years (however, their $65 price tag is a steep climb up from the old bulbs that sold for $2.50 each). LED lamps have lit red traffic lights for more than a decade ...
Topics: California (all these topics)

Flat-bottomed Lizards, You Make the Rockin' World Go 'round		01 Aug 2001	Daily Grist
Flat-bottomed Lizards, You Make the Rockin' World Go 'round The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered U.S. Interior Secretary Gale Norton to reconsider her decision not to list the flat-tailed horned lizard as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Norton argued that the lizard has plenty of public land on which to live in southwestern Arizona ...
Topics: Arizona, California, Department of Interior, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Crazy Like a Red Fox		01 Aug 2001	Daily Grist

Topics: California, wildlife (all these topics)

EV Rider		25 Jul 2001	Daily Grist
EV Rider As part of a pilot program by California to reduce pollution and increase the popularity of gas-free vehicles, Anaheim is offering free use of 10 electric cars in some of its lower-income neighborhoods. The golf cart-like cars are available to people who have a valid driver's license and a decent driving record. With a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour, the cars are ...
Topics: air pollution, California, cars, electric vehicles, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

Irrigation Irritation		25 Jul 2001	Daily Grist
Irrigation Irritation U.S. Interior Secretary Gale Norton said yesterday that she had the legal authority to release a small amount of irrigation water for farmers to use in the Klamath Basin on the Oregon-California border. All irrigation water from Upper Klamath Lake has been cut off since April to protect endangered suckerfish and threatened coho salmon ...
Topics: California, Department of Interior, food and agriculture, Oregon, rivers and watersheds, wildlife (all these topics)

Dude, Where's My Pipe?		24 Jul 2001	Daily Grist
Dude, Where's My Pipe? Many problems with the U.S.'s vast network of oil and natural gas pipelines don't get reported or are underreported to the federal Office of Pipeline Safety, and even if major mishaps are reported, the agency rarely fines companies for them, reports the Austin American-Statesman after a yearlong investigation. Past problems that didn't show up in the agen ...
Topics: California, commercial and industry organizations, energy, Florida, politics (all these topics)

Succor Fish		16 Jul 2001	Daily Grist
Succor Fish The U.S. Interior Department has rejected a request to convene the cabinet-level Endangered Species Committee -- known as the "God Squad" -- to consider whether allocating water to farmers in the Klamath River Basin on the Oregon-California border should rank above saving several species of fish. Farmers in the region have protested a move by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to al ...
Topics: California, marine life, Oregon, rivers and watersheds (all these topics)

Another Alternative Energy Source in California	Suzy Becker	14 May 2001	Ha.

Topics: California, politics, water pollution (all these topics)

California Condos Back from the Brink? Species to be bred in captivity and released back to the wild	Deborah Knight	01 Apr 2001	Main Dish
In the latest initiative by developers to go green, a consortium of builders has created the "Condo Restoration Fund." Condos, which once ranged freely over the California landscape, are now being displaced by red-legged frogs, pocket mice, giant kangaroo rats, and other ridiculous creatures, said Diggem Fast, the president of the fund. Can these condos be ...
Topics: California, endangered species, placemaking (all these topics)

Car and Drivel		25 Jan 2001	Daily Grist
Car and Drivel With California regulators poised today to set in stone the state's zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate, automakers have been mounting a last-ditch effort to prevent the rule from being so tough. The rule would require that thousands of ZEVS be sold in the state by 2003. Among their complaints, automakers are contending that the electricity used by electric cars would bring California's already ...
Topics: California, cars, electric vehicles, energy (all these topics)

Electric Slide Deregulation in California didn't help consumers, or the environment	Donella H. Meadows	22 Jan 2001	Global Citizen
As blackouts roll through California, the New Hampshire Supreme Court cleared the way for electrical restructuring, while a Vermont utility assured legislators that what is happening out West can't happen here. Why not? The powers that don't have to be. As I hear people try to explain California's electricity problem, I wonder whether anyone really understands the market syste ...
Topics: California, electricity grid, energy (all these topics)

How Will the West Be Won?	Ben White	27 Mar 2000	Muckraker
In our last column, we promised to put the presidential campaign on the back burner and take a look at some of the key House and Senate races likely to decide control of the 107th Congress, as well some of the competitive gubernatorial contests. Instead of attempting to cover the entire country in one column (a feat exhausting for both reader and columnist), we will begin this week with the Pacific region and move on in subsequent columns thr ...
Topics: Alaska, California, climate, Greenpeace, Hawaii, Muckraker, Oregon, politics, Washington (all these topics)

Birds of a Feather Don't Always Stick Together Wind power is dividing enviros and spurring some odd alliances	Peter Asmus	10 Jan 2000	Main Dish
The National Audubon Society hosted a news conference in September 1999 to denounce Enron Wind Corp.'s plans to build a wind farm near the town of Gorman in Southern California, with enough capacity to power 40,000 homes. "It is hard to imagine a worse idea than putting a condor Cuisinart next door to critical condor habitat," said Audubon Vice Pres. ...
Topics: California, energy, renewable energy, wildlife, wind power (all these topics)

It's Miller Time in Cali	Ben White	10 Dec 1999	Muckraker
Bill Bradley has not been particularly competitive with Vice Pres. Gore in the world of endorsements and establishment support within the Democratic Party. In fact, he's been roundly trounced. Gore boasts scores of supporters in Congress and among various and sundry party potentates scattered across the country. Gore also leads in endorsements from labor unions and other traditional Democratic interest groups. (Readers know that greenie groups bu ...
Topics: California, Greenpeace, Muckraker, politics, United States, water conflicts (all these topics)

Where the Sidewalk Ends	Ben White	02 Sep 1999	Muckraker
Texas Gov. George W. Bush dodged one legal bullet this week when a judge ruled that he could not be subpoenaed in a whistle-blower lawsuit filed by the state's former funeral commission director, who claims she was fired after attempting to investigate a funeral services company that has contributed large sums to Bush's gubernatorial campaigns. Bush was not quite as lucky Monday, when a group of environmentalists filed suit against him personal ...
Topics: California, elections, Muckraker, politics, Sierra Club, Texas (all these topics)

Endless Summer?	Ben White	12 Aug 1999	Muckraker
It's August, Washington is on vacation, and your faithful columnist has just returned from four blissful days soaking up sweet rays and digging his toes into the soggy, welcoming sand of Rehoboth Beach, Del. In fact, slathered in sunscreen and buffeted by crisp breezes rippling off the Atlantic, we couldn't help but notice how much sand there was. Rehoboth, a beach that earlier in the decade suffered serious erosion after being battered by a series of ...
Topics: California, Coastal Erosion, elections, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

A Bum Deal		26 Jul 1999	Daily Grist
A Bum Deal Nevada's two Democratic senators are pressing a bill that would force the Bureau of Land Management to sell land near California's Mojave National Preserve as a site for a second Las Vegas airport, even before environmental studies can be done to determine its potential impact. The Interior Department, on behalf of both the BLM and the National Park Service, is fighting the bill s ...
Topics: air pollution, California, Harry Reid, health, water conflicts (all these topics)

Greens Mourn Brown	Ben White	23 Jul 1999	Muckraker
Americans have been transfixed these last few days by the passing of a dazzling cultural icon, son of one of the most compelling -- and tragic -- political figures of the 20th century. A Green Brown Far less remarked upon has been the death last week of California Rep. George Brown (D), one of the environmental movement's "greatest champions," in the words of the Sierra Club. Brown spent much of his time during 18 terms in the House pressing ...
Topics: California, elections, local politics, Muckraker, politics, San Francisco (all these topics)

White Flight, Green Fright? The Intermountain West becomes a California suburb	Richard Manning, Writers on the Range	17 May 1999	Main Dish
By Richard Manning and Writers on the Range 17 May 1999 One does not expect enlightenment from a barber shop conversation, but there it was. I'd always had hunches about the nature of demographic change in Western mountain towns, nasty hunches, hunches counter to the conventional wisdom that immigration was motivated by the newcomers' love of the land, so the newcomers would become allies in environmental struggles. ...
Topics: California, Montana, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics)

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