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What Else Is on the Menu? With a CAFE boost looking out of reach, enviros check out other options	Amanda Griscom Little	01 Dec 2005	Muckraker
Is CAFE kaput? Since 1975, CAFE -- or corporate average fuel economy -- standards have stood as America's defining energy-efficiency strategy. Yet, despite much wailing and gnashing of teeth by activists and a handful of politicians, the standards for passenger cars haven't been raised since 1985 -- they still call for automakers' car fleets to get an average ...
Topics: fuel efficiency, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

School of Barack Obama and a bipartisan crew of colleagues unveil eco-friendly bills on energy	Amanda Griscom Little	22 Nov 2005	Muckraker
Caterwauling over the Iraq War last week brought Congress to a rancorous new low, drowning out calls from both sides of the aisle for a clean and sane energy future. A handful of senators and reps unveiled proposals pressing for the Bush administration and automakers to shrink America's outsized energy demands and tackle the climate crisis. They got little to no ...
Topics: Barack Obama, Congress, energy, Jay Inslee, legislation, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

What's Yours Is Mine Mining-law revamp could put millions of public acres up for sale	Amanda Griscom Little	17 Nov 2005	Muckraker
Greens beamed and GOP leaders bristled last week after language paving the way for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and on the Outer Continental Shelf was stricken from the House budget reconciliation bill. But many Democrats and enviros are now sounding the alarm over another provision in the bill, one that's stirred up far less of a public ruckus but is ...
Topics: legislation, mining, Muckraker, politics, public lands (all these topics)

Powering Up for 2006 -- and Beyond Hillary Clinton joins the pack in calling for greener energy policy	Amanda Griscom Little	08 Nov 2005	Muckraker
Hillary Clinton has joined a growing claque of both Democrats and Republicans swigging from the cup of clean-energy Kool-Aid as they gear up for the 2006 congressional elections. In the past two months, the New York senator has popped up at a major Arctic Refuge rally, a high-profile global-warming conference, and a clean-technology investor symposium to mak ...
Topics: climate, energy, Hillary Clinton, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

The Sum of Alito Fears Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito has enviros worried	Amanda Griscom Little	01 Nov 2005	Muckraker
Samuel Alito, to the right of President Bush (ahem). Photo: Paul Morse/The White House. Enviro advocates in D.C. have spent the last 24 hours digging through Samuel Alito's extensive paper trail for clues as to how he might vote on environmental cases were he confirmed as a U.S. Supreme Court justice. A staunchly conservative judge who's served on the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. ...
Topics: Department of Justice, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

Raiders of the Lost Arctic Oil drills getting closer than ever to the Arctic Refuge	Amanda Griscom Little	20 Oct 2005	Muckraker
The future of the Arctic Refuge? "The threat to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has never been greater than it is today," according to Brian Moore, legislative director for the Alaska Wilderness League. And, though the battle over the refuge has a Groundhog Day quality to it -- haven't we heard this same alarm sounding before? -- this time advocates on both sides ...
Topics: Arctic Refuge, Congress, energy, legislation, Muckraker, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Refiner Madness Senate's stab at energy legislation may be more moderate than House bill	Amanda Griscom Little	13 Oct 2005	Muckraker
A refinery at Anacortes, Wash. "Shame, shame, shame, shame!" That's the furious chant that erupted from the Democratic section of the House of Representatives last Friday after Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) managed to eke out a victory for his Gasoline for America's Security (GAS) Act, which would loosen environmental laws and boost industry incentives to accele ...
Topics: Congress, energy, James Inhofe, legislation, Muckraker, oil, politics (all these topics)

Speak Now, or Forever Hold Your Species Enviros anxious as Senate gears up to reform Endangered Species Act	Amanda Griscom Little	07 Oct 2005	Muckraker
There's been much wailing and gnashing of teeth in the environmental community since Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Calif.) pushed his overhaul of the Endangered Species Act through the House of Representatives last week. All eyes are now on the Senate to see whether Pombo's bill -- described as "so toxic it's radioactive" by Jamie Rappaport Clark, wh ...
Topics: endangered species, legislation, Muckraker, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

O Brother, Where Artificial Thou? Fight over synthetic ingredients splits organics community	Amanda Griscom Little	29 Sep 2005	Muckraker
What do xanthan gum, an artificial thickener, ammonium bicarbonate, a synthetic leavening agent, and ethylene, a chemical that accelerates the ripening of fruit, have in common? These and other synthetic additives commonly lurk behind that "USDA Organic" stamp of approval you see on the organic products increasingly crowding the shelves of big-box stores and ...
Topics: Department of Agriculture, food, Muckraker, organic food (all these topics)

The Apollo of Their Eye Apollo Alliance now shooting for the statehouse instead of the moon	Amanda Griscom Little	28 Sep 2005	Muckraker
By now the mission of the two-year-old D.C.-based Apollo Alliance -- to mobilize a grand-scale federal commitment to energy independence, with the triple-whammy promise of creating good jobs with new technology, bolstering national security with energy independence, and saving the planet from carbon emissions -- has become something of a clich�. Apollo: No longer shoot ...
Topics: Apollo Alliance, energy, Muckraker (all these topics)

Drill Bill: Vol. 2 Katrina prompts new energy proposals -- some green, most not	Amanda Griscom Little	16 Sep 2005	Muckraker
Hurricane Katrina has triggered a whirlwind of new energy proposals in Congress -- some gratifying to environmental activists, most galling. The long-awaited energy bill that President Bush gleefully signed into law a mere month ago started looking sadly outdated when viewed against a backdrop of slackened oil production along the Gulf Coast, crippled refineries, gasoline short ...
Topics: Congress, energy, legislation, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

A Broken Reid Passage of energy bill highlights lack of united Democratic opposition	Amanda Griscom Little	08 Aug 2005	Muckraker
Four years, two failed conference attempts, and one filibuster after the Republican leadership first introduced the Bush-backed energy bill into Congress, the controversial legislation is being signed into law today by the president, yielding a major victory for the White House -- and exposing Democrats' continued inability to rally around a unified vision and stay on message ...
Topics: energy, Harry Reid, legislation, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

Pact or Fiction? New Asia-Pacific climate pact is long on PR, short on substance	Amanda Griscom Little	04 Aug 2005	Muckraker
Staunch U.S. allies, enviro activists, and just about everyone else was caught flat-footed last week when the U.S., Australia, and four Asian countries unveiled a new pact intended to help curb greenhouse-gas emissions. In the days since, some details about the surprise alliance have trickled out, but its mission and intended impact remain murky. Known as the Asia-Pacific Par ...
Topics: Asia, Australia, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, international treaties, Muckraker, politics, United States (all these topics)

Shuffling the Deck New nominees for top spots at EPA worry enviros	Amanda Griscom Little	29 Jul 2005	Muckraker
While the green community and the press fixate on the energy bill that's finally wending its way to President Bush's desk, a changing of the guard under way at the U.S. EPA is sliding by virtually unnoticed. Who are these three jokers? When Stephen Johnson assumed his post at the head of the agency in May, he vacated the No. 2 spot of deputy administrator, which the White House has finally got ...
Topics: Muckraker, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

So Three Judges Walk Into a Car ... Appeals court rules EPA doesn't have to regulate CO2 emissions from cars	Amanda Griscom Little	18 Jul 2005	Muckraker
It's a simple but powerful question: Does the U.S. EPA have the power -- and the obligation -- to regulate carbon dioxide as an air pollutant under the Clean Air Act? Strangely, it still remains partially unanswered, even though it was a central issue in a landmark court case decided on Friday. Spew away, appeals court says. In a major legal victory fo ...
Topics: air pollution, cars, climate, Muckraker, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

The Revolution Will Be Localized Sundance getaway converts mayors into climate activists	Amanda Griscom Little	14 Jul 2005	Muckraker
Salt Lake City played host to mayors getting up to speed on climate issues. City leaders from around the U.S. were treated to a rare bird's-eye view of the environment earlier this week at the Sundance Summit, a three-day mayors' retreat on climate change hosted by Robert Redford in Salt Lake City and at his 6,000-acre resort nestled beneath Utah's Mount Timpanogos, near ...
Topics: Bill Richardson, climate, green living, local politics, Muckraker, politics, Robert Redford (all these topics)

Solar Derby Schwarzenegger's solar-roof plan could get sidelined by partisan squabbling	Amanda Griscom Little	23 Jun 2005	Muckraker
Fiddling on the roof. Photo: AstroPower/NREL. The Golden State could soon enact the most ambitious solar-energy initiative ever proposed in the U.S. -- legislation intended to put photovoltaic panels on a million California rooftops. Unless, that is, the bill gets derailed by a behind-the-scenes political pissing match between Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, energy, legislation, Muckraker, politics, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Esprit de Gore Gore is transforming into fiery climate evangelist	Amanda Griscom Little	09 Jun 2005	Muckraker
Al Gore. Photo: The House Policy Committee. Al Gore, once derided by the right as a stiff, wooden Ozone Man, is now recasting himself as the fiery, headstrong Climate Avenger -- a blunt and passionate spokesperson about what he calls "a collision between our civilization and the earth." He is currently in negotiations to play a starring role in a big-budget, feature-length documentary ...
Topics: Al Gore, climate, Muckraker, politics, San Francisco, United Nations (all these topics)

Foreign Predations Foreign corporations spend big to influence U.S. environmental law	Amanda Griscom Little	03 Jun 2005	Muckraker
Cold, hard, foreign cash. Lobbying has become as much a part of American culture as apple pie, blue jeans, and monster trucks, but it's not just U.S. companies playing the game. Increasingly, foreign corporations are spending big bucks to push their interests in Washington, D.C., many with the intent of weakening environmental protections -- from changing rules on the dispos ...
Topics: business, lobbying, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

Amend and Hallelujah Climate finally getting more notice in Senate with energy-bill amendments	Amanda Griscom Little	26 May 2005	Muckraker
The climate-change debate is beginning to move forward inside the Beltway -- at a glacial pace relative to the rest of the industrialized world, of course, but these days even glaciers are moving at a discernable clip. Heat is on in Senate as climate starts getting more attention. As the energy bill goes through the markup process in the Senate and security hawks an ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, Muckraker, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

DestiNY's Child Mega-mall in upstate New York could give birth to a clean-energy awakening	Amanda Griscom Little	20 May 2005	Muckraker
Could a mall mogul's dream project give a big boost to renewables? Image: DestiNY USA. As the Senate deliberates over the Bush-backed energy bill and enviros send out another round of distress signals over America's obdurate fossil-fuel dependency, who would believe that the next big thing in renewable energy is being driven by a tenacious commercial developer with stro ...
Topics: green living, Muckraker, New York, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

It Was Just My Ecomagination GE kicks off ambitious green initiative	Amanda Griscom Little	10 May 2005	Muckraker
Last night, General Electric Chair and CEO Jeffrey Immelt canoodled with Congress members and industry top brass at a swish cocktail party on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, D.C., celebrating the launch of "ecomagination," an initiative he announced earlier in the day to ramp up development of clean technologies and lighten the company's Goliath-like environmental footprint. GE's ...
Topics: business, coal, energy, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

Jagged Little Drill Cornerstone environmental law, NEPA, under fire in energy bill	Amanda Griscom Little	05 May 2005	Muckraker
When the energy bill sailed through the House of Representatives late last month, the media reported that it was the same old grotesquely corpulent package that the GOP leadership had previously tried -- and failed -- to pass through Congress four times in the last four years. This is true. But what flew under the radar were a few new provisions snuck in at the 11th hour by Rep ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

Will & Disgrace Louisiana environmental advocate forced out of job by state attorney general	Amanda Griscom Little	28 Apr 2005	Muckraker
Willie Fontenot (center) surrounded by ExxonMobil security guards. Photo: Stephen C. Kowal. After scoping out an ExxonMobil refinery in Baton Rouge last month, Willie Fontenot, a community liaison officer for the Louisiana attorney general's office for 27 years, found himself faced with the option of forced retirement or getting the boot. A longtime environment ...
Topics: energy, environmental justice, health, Louisiana, Muckraker, oil, politics, toxics, waste (all these topics)

Dearth Day Earth Day goings-on don't measure up to dark drama on Capitol Hill	Amanda Griscom Little	21 Apr 2005	Muckraker
Today, on the eve of the 35th anniversary of the first Earth Day, the House of Representatives is voting on, and widely expected to pass, a grossly porkified energy bill that would dole out billions in subsidies to fossil-fuel industries, shortchange alternative-energy and efficiency initiatives, and indemnify makers of the gasoline additive MTBE against liability for groundwater co ...
Topics: climate, energy, League of Conservation Voters, Muckraker, NRDC, politics, Sierra Club (all these topics)

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