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All Your Base Are Befouled By Us Military base closures leave behind toxic, uninhabitable land		30 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
All Your Base Are Befouled By Us Military base closures leave behind toxic, uninhabitable land Military bases frequently serve as economic engines for the communities they inhabit, and with what could be the biggest round of base closures ever on its way from the Department of Defense, those communities hope that developing the land freed up by the closed bases will replace some of the lost revenue. But the ...
Topics: Department of Defense, news, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Martial Flaw Bush admin fights off environmental restraints on military		14 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Martial Flaw Bush admin fights off environmental restraints on military In the presidential campaign of 2000, Bush vowed to force the military to "comply with environmental laws by which all of us must live," but according to a comprehensive investigation by USA Today, he has done the opposite. Since assuming power, the Bush White House has worked closely with the Defense Depa ...
Topics: Department of Defense, politics, pollution and waste, United States (all these topics)

We Will Rocket You EPA and DOD Square Off Over Rocket-Fuel Pollution		02 Mar 2004	Daily Grist
We Will Rocket You EPA and DOD Square Off Over Rocket-Fuel Pollution The U.S. EPA is squaring off against the Department of Defense and NASA over ammonium perchlorate, a chemical long used by DOD and NASA for munitions and rocket fuel, and typically disposed of by being diluted in water and dumped on the ground. Based on studies of rodents and children, the EPA contends that perchlorate ...
Topics: Department of Defense, pollution and waste, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Permission to Pollute, Sir! Pentagon Requests Exemption From Three More Environmental Laws		15 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Permission to Pollute, Sir! Pentagon Requests Exemption From Three More Environmental Laws The Department of Defense plans to petition Congress for exemption from three federal environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act and two toxic waste statutes. This will mark the third time in three years the Pentagon has made the appeal; Congress denied the first two requ ...
Topics: air pollution, Department of Defense, John Dingell, pollution and waste, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

The Few, the Proud, the Exempt Defense Bill Will Exempt Military from Species-Protection Laws		24 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
The Few, the Proud, the Exempt Defense Bill Will Exempt Military from Species-Protection Laws The U.S. military may be having trouble achieving its goals in Iraq, but at least it's getting what it wants on Capitol Hill: exemptions from key environmental laws. President Bush today is scheduled to sign a $401 billion defense authori ...
Topics: air pollution, Department of Defense, marine life, oceans, politics, pollution and waste, US Military, US Navy, wildlife (all these topics)

Someone Set Up Us the Bomb		28 Mar 2003	Daily Grist
Someone Set Up Us the Bomb U.S. EPA Administrator Christie Whitman announced this week that she is "very comfortable" with the Pentagon's proposals to exempt the military from a broad swath of environmental regulations. In response to the war in Iraq, the Defense Department has stepped up its longstanding efforts to obtain military waivers for rules ranging from endangered species protect ...
Topics: air pollution, Department of Defense, US EPA, wilderness (all these topics)

Wolfowitz at the Door		21 Mar 2003	Daily Grist
Wolfowitz at the Door As part of the Defense Department's ongoing effort to exempt the U.S. military from environmental regulations, the Pentagon's Paul Wolfowitz has called on military service heads to provide examples of situations in which President Bush should invoke national security to trump eco-protections by fiat. In a memo to the chiefs of the Armed Forces, Wolfowitz, who is deputy defense secretary, wrote, "it ...
Topics: Department of Defense, politics (all these topics)

Military Might What?		06 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Military Might What? After failing last year to wrest from Congress a wholesale exemption from many environmental laws, the Pentagon is trying to rally public support for its campaign this year. The Defense Department says that laws such as the Endangered Species Act have interfered with training and other programs in the past. It's a hassle to have to worry about the well-being of critter ...
Topics: Department of Defense, John Dingell, politics, US Army, wildlife (all these topics)

You're in the Army Now		16 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
You're in the Army Now Environmentalists and the Pentagon have never been the best of friends -- in fact, the folks at the Department of Defense are currently trying to wiggle out of complying with as many environmental regulations as possible in the name of national security -- but it would seem that military leaders can think green when it suits them. The U.S. Army and General Mot ...
Topics: Department of Defense, placemaking, politics, renewable energy, US Army (all these topics)

This Ain't Rocket Science. Oh Wait, Yes It Is.		16 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
This Ain't Rocket Science. Oh Wait, Yes It Is. The U.S. Pentagon is a major source of perchlorate, the main ingredient of solid rocket fuel and a toxic chemical that can cause neurological problems and developmental damage in infants and children, and possibly cancer and other serious ailments in adults. For decades, millions of Americans have been exposed unknowingly to perchlorate through their ...
Topics: Department of Defense, health, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics)

The Eagle Has Landed -- With a Thump		23 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
The Eagle Has Landed -- With a Thump The U.S. Department of Defense would be permanently exempted from an international law protecting more than 850 species of migratory birds, under a tentative agreement reached between negotiators from the House and Senate and disclosed by environmental groups yesterday. The negotiations began after the Bush administration complained that the 1918 Migratory Bird Tr ...
Topics: Department of Defense, politics, US Military, wildlife (all these topics)

Don't Gag Me With a Heavy Metal Spoon		10 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Don't Gag Me With a Heavy Metal Spoon Despite taking an oath of secrecy regarding their jobs, employees at a nuclear weapons plant in Iowa will be allowed to talk to doctors and scientists about hazardous chemicals to which they may have been exposed, the Pentagon determined in a report issued yesterday. The oaths have posed problems for thousands of current or former employees of the Iowa Arm ...
Topics: Department of Defense, health, Iowa, nuclear power, politics (all these topics)

Mustard Greens		29 Mar 2002	Daily Grist
Mustard Greens In a hard-won triumph for environmentalists, the Pentagon announced yesterday that it will use a water-neutralization process, rather than incineration, to destroy 2,600 tons of mustard gas stored at Colorado's Pueblo Chemical Depot and other sites. The Chemical Weapons Working Group, a watchdog organization, applauded the decision, calling neutralization safe and effective. But in Oregon, Gov. John ...
Topics: Department of Defense, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Military Unintelligence		15 Mar 2002	Daily Grist
Read more about: Department of Defense Military Unintelligence The House Subcommittee on Military Readiness held a hearing yesterday to discuss whether environmental regulations are impeding the full functioning of the U.S. military. Subcommittee Chair Joel Hefley (R-Colo.) said his goal was to "find a balance between the need to protect national security and the environment." He then proceeded to criticize "ever-increasing limitations and restrictions on land and waters" as ...
Topics: Department of Defense (all these topics)

Interior's Ulterior Motive Behind the scenes at the Bush administration's renewable energy summit	Amanda Scott	07 Dec 2001	Main Dish
Ever since the White House declared energy independence a matter of national security, some unlikely evangelists in the Bush administration have been belting out the clean energy gospel. Case in point: Last week, Gale Norton presided over the first national renewable energy summit in history, co-hosted by the Departments of Interior and Energy. Gale Norton. With its cathe ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Interior, energy, green living, politics, renewable energy, United States, wilderness (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)

Home, Home on the Bombing Range Will the military protect the West's last best place?	Susan Zakin, Writers on the Range	07 May 1999	Main Dish
By Susan Zakin and Writers on the Range 07 May 1999 As parks and forests in the West get overrun by tourists who love too much, the millions of acres controlled by the Department of Defense are suddenly looking sexier. In the Sonoran desert, for example, the last best place is a bombing range. It is a sign of the times that the 2.7 million-acre Barry M. Goldwater Bombing Range is now being fought over by conse ...
Topics: Arizona, Department of Defense, politics (all these topics)

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