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Dole-ing Out Favors A lobbying success story, from the maker of atrazine		29 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Dole-ing Out Favors A lobbying success story, from the maker of atrazine The manufacturer of atrazine, an herbicide connected by studies to frog deformities and increased risk of prostate cancer in humans, spent $260,000 lobbying the U.S. EPA and other government bodies on behalf of the chemical. Not only that, but Syngenta Crop Protection enlisted the formidable lobbying talents of Viagra emissary and ex-senator Bob Dole, who ...
Topics: business, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Cheers: Where Everyboy Knows Your Game Study of chemical impacts on kids raises questions		26 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Cheers: Where Everyboy Knows Your Game Study of chemical impacts on kids raises questions A study of pesticide and chemical exposures in children being conducted by government researchers is raising some disturbing -- and by that we mean "outright creepy" -- questions. For one thing, $2 million in funding will come from the American Chemistry Council, an industry group with, one might imagine, a vested interest in ...
Topics: toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Unsuitable Lawsuits against polluters decline under Bush administration		13 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Unsuitable Lawsuits against polluters decline under Bush administration In the first three years of the Bush administration, the number of civil lawsuits filed by the federal government against polluters declined by 75 percent compared to the last three years of the Clinton administration, according to data compiled by the nonprofit Environmental Integrity Project. Eric Shaeffer, who quit the U.S. EPA ...
Topics: politics, pollution and waste, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Just Put Your Lips Together ... Bush admin tries to take the whistle away from potential blowers at the EPA	Amanda Griscom Little	08 Oct 2004	Muckraker
Last week, when a House of Representatives committee approved new whistle-blower protection legislation, the Bush administration flew into a tizzy, saying such protections would open the door to gratuitous complaints against its officials and create needless headaches. But the House committee held strong, citing more than a dozen plights like that of ...
Topics: Muckraker, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Lead Astray Lead contamination in municipal water systems systematically underreported		05 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Lead Astray Lead contamination in municipal water systems systematically underreported If you live in the U.S., the water you drink may contain unsafe levels of lead, thanks to a water-safety enforcement system rife with manipulation and negligence. Water utilities across the U.S. are discarding unfavorable test results and ignoring safety regulations. State regulators rarely enforce standards and in many ...
Topics: toxics, United States, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Who You Gonna Believe, Us or Some 'Inspector'? EPA inspector general blasts Bush admin's power-plant rules		01 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Who You Gonna Believe, Us or Some "Inspector"? EPA inspector general blasts Bush admin's power-plant rules The U.S. EPA came under harsh criticism yesterday from environmental fringe extremists ... oh, wait, no ... actually, from its own top investigative official. The agency's inspector general issued a scathing report saying that enforcement of clean-air laws has been crippled by the Bush admini ...
Topics: air pollution, politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Pop Goes the Diesel Partnership formed to fight diesel fumes		30 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Pop Goes the Diesel Partnership formed to fight diesel fumes The U.S. EPA this week announced the formation of a partnership to undertake voluntary, cooperative measures to reduce the impact of diesel fumes on Western states. (Diesel fumes, for those of you tuning in late, kill people. Lots of people.) Most of the money funding the measures will come from the federal government; the EPA hopes to secure $100 million over five ...
Topics: air pollution, US EPA, West (all these topics)

Formaldehyde and Seek Enviro groups appeal lax EPA regs on formaldehyde		29 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Formaldehyde and Seek Enviro groups appeal lax EPA regs on formaldehyde In an era of serial outrages, even the most battle-hardened enviros were astonished by a U.S. EPA rule issued last spring: The rule exempted so-called low-risk wood-product factories from strict pollution controls, ignoring federal and independent health data on the dangers of formaldehyde -- emitted during manufacture of wood products -- in favor of a r ...
Topics: toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Ghostwriter in the Machine More language in proposed mercury regs found to echo industry memos		22 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Ghostwriter in the Machine More language in proposed mercury regs found to echo industry memos Language in the Bush administration's proposed mercury regulations has been found to almost precisely mirror passages in memos written by a law firm representing coal-fired power plants. No, we're not rerunning a story from months ago -- it's happened again. For those of you following along at home, this is the thi ...
Topics: air pollution, toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

And You Thought the Food Was Bad Water on many airplanes is contaminated		21 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
And You Thought the Food Was Bad Water on many airplanes is contaminated Happy National Clean Hands Week! While more than 90 percent of folks say they wash their hands after using the bathroom, researchers have discovered that many of them are, well, lying. So wash those hands, people. Except, uh, don't wash them on airplanes. A new U.S. EPA study just found that the water on more than one out of eight planes tested was contamin ...
Topics: US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Have Modified Genes, Will Travel Genetically modified plants spreading hither and thither		21 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Have Modified Genes, Will Travel Genetically modified plants spreading hither and thither Genes from genetically modified grass can spread much farther than previously believed, according to a new study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study focused on a new strain of creeping bentgrass -- commonly used on golf courses for its resilience -- developed by two companies, Monsanto and ...
Topics: GMOs, United States, US EPA, wildlife (all these topics)

The Ghost of Mining Past Abandoned Mines Continue to Pollute the West		14 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
The Ghost of Mining Past Abandoned Mines Continue to Pollute the West There are some 500,000 abandoned mines in the U.S., 20 percent of which are severely polluting nearby rivers and groundwater. Most of the mines are in the West, and the U.S. EPA estimates that 40 percent of all Western headwater streams are now polluted by abandoned hard-rock mines. Poisoned rivers mean trout numbers are declining across the ...
Topics: mining and drilling, toxics, US EPA, West (all these topics)

Energy Asterisk On Energy Star labels	Umbra Fisk	23 Aug 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, When I see the Energy Star rating on an appliance, can I trust that some government or consumer group is monitoring the ratings, or is that just a commercial ploy? Who profits from the Energy Star thing? Not Starry-Eyed Bridgewater, N.J. Dearest Not Starry-Eyed, A green screen. Photo: EnergyStar.gov. Energy Star is a project of our very own U.S. EPA, with assistance from the Department of Energy. Products that meet Ener ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, Department of Energy, energy, energy efficiency, green living, US EPA (all these topics)

Errorism New Report Charges Bush Administration with Neglecting 9/11 Air Safety		19 Aug 2004	Daily Grist
Errorism New Report Charges Bush Administration with Neglecting 9/11 Air Safety The Bush administration showed "reckless disregard" for public safety after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 by failing to warn New Yorkers about the dangers of breathing the polluted air around the Twin Towers site, says a new Sierra Club report. According to the report: The Bush administration failed to warn the public abou ...
Topics: air pollution, New York, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Mo' Emissions, Mo' Problems Enviro Group Pushes EPA for Sharper Emissions Regs		18 Aug 2004	Daily Grist
Mo' Emissions, Mo' Problems Enviro Group Pushes EPA for Sharper Emissions Regs Environmental Defense is pushing the U.S. EPA to increase the pollution reductions it is set to impose on power companies in December. If the agency required industry to invest a minimum of up to 50 percent more -- for a total of $72 billion -- 3,000 additional lives would be saved and 140,000 additional children would avoid asth ...
Topics: air pollution, New York, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Premature Ululation Reports of pending EPA enforcement actions are, shall we say, premature	Amanda Griscom	20 Jul 2004	Muckraker
Is this power plant in trouble? Nah. Photo: USGS. What's this on the wires? The U.S. EPA is gearing up to prosecute a new batch of new-source review (NSR) cases against polluting power plants? Could it be that the Bushies have suddenly taken a keen interest in enforcing a Clean Air Act rule that they have gone to great lengths to weaken? Not really. The story goes like ...
Topics: air pollution, business, litigation, Muckraker, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Swing Dance EPA chief Mike Leavitt hits the swing states	Amanda Griscom	22 Jun 2004	Muckraker
Leavitt, alone. Photo: U.S. EPA. Have a look at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Mike Leavitt's calendar over the last several months and you'll notice that it appears to be in lockstep with the Karl Rove playbook. "I'd hardly call it coincidence," said Beth Viola, a leading environmental strategist for the Kerry campaign, "that after the EPA spends nearly four years panderi ...
Topics: Muckraker, politics, state politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Fowl Play Factory farms get off easy on air pollution	Amanda Griscom	19 May 2004	Muckraker
What do the National Chicken Council, the National Turkey Federation, United Egg Producers, and Tyson Foods have in common? Crying fowl. Photo: USDA. Well, first there's the obvious fowl connection. Then there's the foul connection: Their facilities, known as "concentrated animal feeding operations" (CAFOs), have growing air-pollution problems thanks to the mountains of gas-emitting excrement deposited ...
Topics: agriculture, air pollution, business, food, health, industrial ag, Muckraker, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Syzygy Whiz A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Bush's much-praised new diesel rules	Amanda Griscom	13 May 2004	Muckraker
Yes, dear skeptics, you heard correctly: The Bush administration done good this week. Digging these new rules. Landmark controls on diesel emissions, finalized Tuesday by the U.S. EPA, are expected to prevent 12,000 premature deaths and 15,000 heart attacks each year. And these were no warmed-over regs from the Clinton era, passed off as the Bushies' own, as was the case wi ...
Topics: air pollution, Muckraker, oil, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Super-un-funded Superfund could be weakened by recommendations from EPA subcommittee	Amanda Griscom	06 May 2004	Muckraker
Arsenic in water, mercury emissions, new-source review, Dick Cheney's energy task force -- these are the issues that have elicited the loudest howls of protest about the Bush administration's environmental record during the past three years. By comparison, the grumbling over Superfund has been remarkably muted. Mountains of toxic waste dot the horizon around Tar Creek. Photo: U.S. E ...
Topics: Muckraker, politics, toxics, US EPA, waste (all these topics)

Bush Family Values Marianne Horinko, high-ranking EPA official, steps down	Amanda Griscom	27 Apr 2004	Muckraker
The language is increasingly familiar: "I'm leaving at this time in order to spend more quality time with my family. ... I realize that I need to devote more time and energy to being [a] wife and mom." Marianne Horinko. Photo: U.S. EPA. Yep, another beleaguered Bush appointee at the U.S. EPA bites the dust. Christine Todd Whitman flew the coop last spring, and yesterday one of he ...
Topics: Muckraker, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Block the Vote Jeffords' bid to block EPA appointments could have welcome side effects	Amanda Griscom	14 Apr 2004	Muckraker
Jeffords speaking his mind. Photo: U.S. Senate. Asserting that he was confronting "truly life-and-death matters," Sen. Jim Jeffords (I-Vt.) announced last week that as ranking member of the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works he would exercise his powers to put a hold on four high-level appointments to the U.S. EPA. "I'm sorry it has come to this sa ...
Topics: Muckraker, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Sticker Shocking The EPA has been misoverestimating the fuel economy of cars sold in the U.S., says enviro group	Amanda Griscom	02 Apr 2004	Muckraker
A whole lot of exaggerating going on. If you think the fuel economy of U.S. vehicles is dismal, well, you're right. Perhaps more right than you know. Official U.S. EPA statistics ascribe a pathetic average of 20.8 miles per gallon to the 2003 car fleet, about 6 percent lower than 15 years ago. The fleet averaged 22.1 mpg in 1987, before Americans got h ...
Topics: Bluewater Network, energy, fuel efficiency, Muckraker, placemaking, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Mercury Uprising Bush's mercury proposal draws heat from both sides of the aisle	Amanda Griscom	30 Mar 2004	Muckraker
The Capitol is heating up over mercury. Photo: NIH. A handful of Beltway wags are contending that mercury is the new arsenic, the latest symbol of official disregard for environmental health. Their claim is lent credence by an ongoing flurry of controversies surrounding the Bush administration's plan for dealing with the toxic pollutant. A revealing article published in the Los Angel ...
Topics: mercury, Muckraker, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

H2Oops EPA exaggerated claims about clean drinking water	Amanda Griscom	16 Mar 2004	Muckraker
That sinking feeling. The U.S. EPA claims it is successfully protecting the nation's drinking-water supplies -- but that claim seems to have sprung a leak. Earlier this month, the EPA's Office of the Inspector General accused officials in the agency of consistently making bogus statements about improvements in the quality of America's tap water. The charges are spelled out in a tellingly titled report: &q ...
Topics: health, Muckraker, NRDC, politics, toxics, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

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