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Kernel Clink
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30 Jul 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Kernel Clink The U.S. EPA indicated on Friday that it would not permit even trace amounts of genetically modified StarLink corn into human food. StarLink, which was previously approved for use as animal feed, was found to have entered the food supply last year, prompting the costly recall of taco shells and other corn products. Despite a request by the maker of StarLink, Aventis CropScience, to ease restrictions on its product, the EPA stuck w ... |
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| Topics: GMOs, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Jesus, Christie!
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27 Jul 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Jesus, Christie! U.S. EPA Administrator Christie Todd Whitman yesterday proposed replacing five of the government's toughest air-pollution programs with a single approach favored by the electricity industry. Rules to limit mercury emissions, reduce emissions from Midwestern power plants, and restore visibility in national parks would be scrapped. As a replacement, Whitman sketched a plan to reduce nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, ... |
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| Topics: pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics) |
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The Brown Lagoon
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26 Jul 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| The Brown Lagoon Lagoons of animal waste from large factory farms are threatening drinking water and recreational waters across the country, according to a report released Tuesday by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Clean Water Network. The groups want new lagoons to be banned and existing ones to be phased out within the next five years. The U.S. EPA this month is weighing whether t ... |
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| Topics: solid waste treatment and disposal, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Taking the 'Force' Out of Enforcement
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23 Jul 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Taking the "Force" Out of Enforcement The U.S. EPA is moving ahead with plans to slash federal environmental enforcement programs and shift enforcement resources to the states. But the agency's own inspector general and analyses of EPA data by the Environmental Working Group have shown that many states seem to have little interest in enforcing the nation's clean air and water laws. The Bush administration plan would cut EPA ... |
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| Topics: United States, US EPA (all these topics) |
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The Ties That Blind
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16 Jul 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| The Ties That Blind The scientists who advise the U.S. EPA on regulatory decisions often have ties to the very industries that would be affected by the regulations being assessed, according to a study scheduled to be released today by the General Accounting Office, a congressional watchdog agency. In one case, seven of 17 members of a Science Advisory Board panel studying the cancer risks of a toxic chem ... |
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| Topics: pollution and waste, toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Dear Christie ... 10 Reasons to Stay the Course
In a confidential memo, President Bush tells EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman what's on his mind |
Chris Colin |
09 Apr 2001 |
Soapbox |
| Christie -- Heard they hammered you in Montreal about the Kyoto thing. Don't let it get you down, Whitman! They're foreigners, these people, and foreigners feed on confrontation. It's cultural. Did you see that recent French or German movie, in black and white? Cultural. Good of you to leave the conference early. I ... |
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| Topics: climate, politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Whitman Sampler
Enviros look on warily as Bush's EPA head chooses staff |
Ben White |
07 Feb 2001 |
Muckraker |
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| Topics: Muckraker, politics, TV, US EPA (all these topics) |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: Mexico, Texas, US EPA, US Forest Service, US Immigration and Naturalization Service, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Third Time's the Charm?
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Donella H. Meadows |
12 Jun 2000 |
Global Citizen |
| Three stories have hit the news lately concerning three corporations that have done -- or may have done -- serious environmental harm. They are coping with the situation in very different ways. Taken together, the stories suggest an odd combination of hope and cynicism. There are signs of honesty, good will, real learning. But the damage is great, and the learning is slow. Story No. 1 is the latest development in a decades-long saga in ... |
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| Topics: business, health, Hudson River, toxics, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Absolut Advertising
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Ben White |
28 Jul 1999 |
Muckraker |
| If you are like us (and we bet you are) you were sipping your coffee and peacefully perusing your New York Times Tuesday morning when POW! you were smacked upside the head by a clever full-page ad from the Environmental Working Group previewing its release of a study on the effects of the herbicide atrazine. The ad, mimicking the long-running Absolut Vodka campaign, pictures a baby bottle with an atrazine-warning label. The caption reads, "Absolu ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, Environmental Working Group, health, Muckraker, national forests, politics, toxics, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Senator Browner?
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Ben White |
26 May 1999 |
Muckraker |
| It's been a busy few weeks for EPA Administrator Carol Browner. During Senate testimony last week she launched an emotional attack on the recent appeals court ruling that invalidated EPA's 1997 clean air standards. One Muckraker source present at the hearing said Browner had Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) tied in knots as he repeatedly attempted to steer her away from the court decision and onto sulfur standards, the actual topic at hand. Browner is back on t ... |
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| Topics: Muckraker, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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The Phantom Menace?
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Ben White |
20 May 1999 |
Muckraker |
| Last week brought an end to the remarkable run of Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, who announced his intention to leave Washington and turn the reins of the federal treasury over to his well-groomed deputy, Lawrence Summers, known affectionately to some enviro insiders as Darth Vader. Although Wall Street may be comfortable with Summers, environmentalists are not. Lawrence Summers, Dark Lord of the Sith In 1991, while at the World Bank, Summers signed ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, environmental non-government organizations, Muckraker, politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics) |
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