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Benzene Wring		03 Oct 2001	Daily Grist
Benzene Wring A five-year study by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission found that two chemical companies, Marathon Ashland Petroleum and BP Chemical, have been releasing unacceptable amounts of benzene into the air around Texas City, 60 miles southeast of Houston. The levels of benzene, which is a known carcinogen, were three to six times higher than those permit ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, health, state politics, Texas, toxics (all these topics)

Barton Finks Austin is losing the battle to protect the Barton Springs salamander	Dan Oko	24 Apr 2001	Main Dish
At first blush, it hardly seems fair to compare the plight of the Barton Springs salamander to that of endangered species such as the fierce grizzly of the Northern Rockies or the no-longer-so-resilient salmon of the Pacific Northwest, totemic animals that characterize whole regions and spark national debate. After all, the Barton Springs salamander is a tiny creature, with full-grown adults ...
Topics: Texas, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

Bright Lights, Big Kitties The border patrol is threatening two endangered cats in Texas	Dan Oko	13 Nov 2000	Main Dish
The Texas-Mexico border has long been a setting for political skirmishes, a conflict zone where figures hide in shadows hoping to find a loophole in the paramilitary operations that attend the Rio Grande, the river that separates the U.S. from its southern neighbor. This ocelot doesn't have nine lives. Photo: U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife. When the U.S. Immigration and Naturali ...
Topics: Mexico, Texas, US EPA, US Forest Service, US Immigration and Naturalization Service, wildlife (all these topics)

The Dream of the Black-and-Blue Turtles Sea turtle activists are pushing for protections in Texas	Dan Oko	25 Aug 2000	Main Dish
They may be swimming against the current, but sea turtle advocates say they want Gov. George W. Bush (R) to show a little of his fabled compassion for the endangered reptiles that frequent the Gulf of Mexico along the Texas coast. The New York Times ad. Image: STRP. As the GOP presidential hopeful prepared to accept his party's nomination earlier this month, the San Francisco- ...
Topics: endangered species, fishing, grassroots activism, oceans, Texas, wildlife (all these topics)

Look on Seabright Side	Ben White	12 May 2000	Muckraker
Jeff Seabright, executive director of the White House Task Force on Climate Change, is bailing out in the waning days of the Clinton administration for a plum job in the private sector, namely as vice president for policy planning at Texaco. Muckraker had been hearing rumblings of the imminent departure for a week, but couldn't get calls returned by Seabright or task force spokesperson Paul Bledsoe. Lo and behold, the call confirming the move came ...
Topics: Arizona, climate, Muckraker, New Mexico, Oklahoma, politics, Texas (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)

Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner	Ben White	05 May 1999	Muckraker
California State Senator and environmental booster Byron Sher (D) sent out invitations to a fundraiser recently and listed State Sen. Ray Haynes (R) among his supporters. Trouble is that Haynes is what you might call a movement conservative, given to labeling people like Sher "clean-air Nazis" and "environmental wackos." Sher's office explained the incident to the Riverside Press-Enterprise as a "typographical err ...
Topics: air pollution, Florida, Muckraker, NRDC, oil and gas drilling, politics, Texas, United States (all these topics)

Sprawl Brawl	Ben White	28 Apr 1999	Muckraker
The Sierra Club released poll numbers recently indicating that 47 percent of voters would be more likely to support a presidential candidate prepared to aggressively attack the problem of urban sprawl. Most people associate VP Al Gore with that issue, but Seattle Mayor Paul Schell has his own ideas. Schell jumped on Bill Bradley's presidential bandwagon last week and told this reporter a large part of the reason was the former New Jersey senator and hoop ...
Topics: ... environmental non-government organizations, Muckraker, non-government organizations, placemaking, politics, renewable energy, Seattle, Sierra Club, Texas, United States, Washington (all these topics)

Ozone Odd Couple	Ben White	19 Apr 1999	Muckraker
From the strange bedfellows file: Left-leaning Ozone Action and pro-business Competitive Enterprise Institute agree on something. Sort of. The two groups occupy polar opposite ends of a hybrid coalition lined up to oppose a bill before the U.S. Senate that would give credits to companies that voluntarily reduce greenhouse gas emissions in advance of Kyoto Protocol implementation. These guys don't make a habit of staking out similar positions. However ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, energy, Muckraker, politics, Texas, United States (all these topics)

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