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Like Blight on Rice U.S. commercial rice crop contaminated with GM strain		22 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Like Blight on Rice U.S. commercial rice crop contaminated with GM strain The U.S. government admitted last week that its commercial supply of long-grain rice has been contaminated by an illegal, untested, genetically modified strain with the warm-and-fuzzy name of LLRICE 601. The European Union, the biggest importer of U.S. long-grain rice, may decide to delay or ban imports; Japan ...
Topics: European Union, food and agriculture, GMOs, Japan, news, United States (all these topics)

Won't You Be My Labor? Immigration crackdown exacerbates organic-farm labor shortage		14 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Won't You Be My Labor? Immigration crackdown exacerbates organic-farm labor shortage Organic farmers are desperately struggling to find workers, caught between rising demand and an ever-more-severe labor shortage. More than half of the 1.8 million farmworkers in the U.S. are here illegally, and increased border patrols have reduced the number of immigrants trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Service-s ...
Topics: food and agriculture, Mexico, news, United States (all these topics)

Surprise-Side Economics While cutting back on mercury at home, the U.S. exports it abroad		08 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Surprise-Side Economics While cutting back on mercury at home, the U.S. exports it abroad Like Mickey said, it's a small world after all, and pollution that gets exported can end up coming back home. Case in point: mercury, a neurotoxin especially dangerous to children and women of childbearing age. The U.S. is cutting down on the use of mercury, and has passed laws to limit mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants. But t ...
Topics: news, toxics, United States (all these topics)

Peak oil and politics	John McGrath	03 Aug 2006	Gristmill
Last week the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ran part one of a two-part series on how Cuba survived without oil after the fall of the Soviet Union. (Not technically true -- there was oil, just far too little of it.) The next part runs this Sunday and has to do with the redefinition of Cuban medicine in the post-oil world. It's all very fascinating, and it's produced by one of our national treasures, David Suzuki.But it's had me thinking once more about the likely res ...
Topics: Cuba, David Suzuki, oil, politics, Russia, TV, United States (all these topics)

Polar Apposites U.S.-Russia treaty will protect polar bears		19 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Polar Apposites U.S.-Russia treaty will protect polar bears A polar-bear-protecting treaty between the U.S. and Russia was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives this week. It would prohibit the possession, sale, and purchase of polar bears or parts thereof (ew!), and also set quotas on hunting by Native populations. Currently, Native Americans are allowed to hunt polar bears for subsist ...
Topics: Arctic, news, polar bears, Russia, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Home Sweat Home Heat wave leads to record power use in U.S.		18 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Home Sweat Home Heat wave leads to record power use in U.S. Many areas of the U.S. broke record highs for power use yesterday, as a coast-to-coast heat wave caused sweaty citizens to crank up the AC. Power grid operators are calling for conservation, and the utility industry is declaring a national need for more power plants and transmission lines. California used 46,561 megawatts of powe ...
Topics: California, climate, energy, news, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

Outstripped Demand for organics outpacing local supply		10 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Outstripped Demand for organics outpacing local supply With demand for organic food soaring in the U.S. and U.K., manufacturers of organic products are struggling to find adequate supplies of organic ingredients and are increasingly looking and buying abroad. While exporters like Australia welcome the trend, it creates a dilemma for many organic enthusiasts, who also tend to support lo ...
Topics: Australia, food and agriculture, news, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

One Minute to Midnight Bush plans nuke deal with Russia; G8 to spread nuclear power worldwide		10 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
One Minute to Midnight Bush plans nuke deal with Russia; G8 to spread nuclear power worldwide On the eve of next weekend's meeting of the G8 -- where developed nations will unveil an ironically named "global energy security" plan that would expand nuclear-power technology across the globe -- the U.S. will announce a deal with Russia that would allow broad cooperation between the two countries' civilian ...
Topics: news, nuclear power, Russia, United States (all these topics)

With Our Tailpipe Between Our Legs U.S. cars are tops in CO2 emissions		29 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
With Our Tailpipe Between Our Legs U.S. cars are tops in CO2 emissions The U.S. boasts 30 percent of the world's cars and is responsible for almost half of global car-caused greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a new report by Environmental Defense. American-driven cars emit 15 percent more carbon dioxide per mile than the global average (meaning, in essence, they get worse gas mile ...
Topics: climate, Environmental Defense Fund, news, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

Law and Border Immigration scuffles threaten wildlands along the U.S.-Mexico border	Eliza Barclay	06 Jun 2006	Main Dish
In the three-way struggle between the U.S. Border Patrol, illegal border crossers, and the natural environment, it's never clear who's winning. A U.S. Border Patrol truck on the move near Douglas, Ariz. Photo: Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus. If you ask the Border Patrol, they will tell you they apprehended nearly 1.2 million illegal crossers in fiscal year 2005, and that it w ...
Topics: land degradation, Mexico, United States (all these topics)

Cold Rush Greens worry as countries scurry to set up camp in Antarctica		05 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Cold Rush Greens worry as countries scurry to set up camp in Antarctica Several dozen countries have set up camps and research stations in Antarctica, giving greens short-term fears that development will damage fragile ecosystems and long-term fears that the continent will soon be pillaged for oil, gas, and minerals. A 1959 Antarctic Treaty declares Earth's driest, windiest, coldest contine ...
Topics: Antarctica, Australia, mining and drilling, news, United States (all these topics)

The Vandals Took the Handles Water privatization brings a flood of problems in U.S. cities		31 May 2006	Daily Grist
The Vandals Took the Handles Water privatization brings a flood of problems in U.S. cities As of 2003, some 1,100 U.S. municipalities had privatized their drinking-water systems, hoping that mismanaged public systems could be made higher-quality at relatively low cost. So much for that idea. Private firms in cities across the country have been investigated for illegally discharging sewage into rivers, shirking on maint ...
Topics: news, United States, water conflicts (all these topics)

We've Been Cartwheeling to Work Gas prices spur Americans to change behavior		25 May 2006	Daily Grist
We've Been Cartwheeling to Work Gas prices spur Americans to change behavior Americans hit in the pocketbook by high gas prices are, shockingly, changing their consumptive behavior. A survey by Consumer Reports found that over a third of American drivers are pondering getting a more fuel-efficient vehicle in place of their current one; half of those are considering a hybrid, and fewer than 5 percent want a l ...
Topics: green living, news, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

Beans for Lima Activists are fighting a new agreement between the U.S. and Peru	Kelly Hearn	11 May 2006	Main Dish
A logger drives his freshly cut mahogany logs upriver toward Ivochote, a scratchy, low-slung jungle town in Peru's eastern Amazon. Hoping to convert his illegal revenues into some weekend lovin', he takes maca, a traditional Peruvian libido enhancer. He heads to a nearby brothel, but its employees are too busy protesting pollution caused by a foreign mining company to entertain him. Frustra ...
Topics: globalization, Peru, United States (all these topics)

Who Can Plame Them? U.S. leaks IPCC report confirming climate change is happening		04 May 2006	Daily Grist
Who Can Plame Them? U.S. leaks IPCC report confirming climate change is happening A confidential draft of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has been posted on the internet by U.S. officials, months before its scheduled publish date. The posting of the draft, which expresses increased confidence that global warming is human-caused and likely to have devastating consequences, is ...
Topics: climate, news, Pacific Ocean, United States (all these topics)

Who's on the Right Side of the Road Now? Brits change habits to save gasoline; Americans don't		01 May 2006	Daily Grist
Who's on the Right Side of the Road Now? Brits change habits to save gasoline; Americans don't Starting in 2008, new drivers in Britain will be tested not only on the anxiety-producing three-point turn, but also on their ability to drive in a manner that conserves gasoline. The country hopes to produce a new generation of eco-aware motorists who accelerate and brake smoothly and change gears ...
Topics: Netherlands, news, placemaking, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

All That He Can Be Craig Williams took on the Pentagon to stop chemical-waste burning	Michelle Nijhuis	27 Apr 2006	Main Dish
"We're a little outnumbered, and a little outspent," says Craig Williams, "but we've turned around decisions by the biggest bureaucracy on the planet." Williams, founder of the nonprofit Chemical Weapons Working Group and a cabinetmaker by trade, has been fighting for more than two decades to ensure that the U.S. military disposes of chemical weapons safely. C ...
Topics: Department of Defense, toxics, United States (all these topics)

The Green Badge of Courage Meet this year's winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize	Michelle Nijhuis	24 Apr 2006	Main Dish
The winners (left to right): Silas Kpanan'Ayoung Siakor, Yu Xiaogang, Tarc�sio Feitosa da Silva, Anne Kajir, Olya Melen, and Craig Williams. Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize. � Though the connection between people and their surroundings is undeniable -- a serving of clean air, anyone? -- defense of the environment is still sometimes considered antisocial behavior. But this ye ...
Topics: Brazil, China, Liberia, Papua New Guinea, Ukraine, United States (all these topics)

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Blaming Rising oil prices send lawmakers into frenzy of empty gestures		24 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Blaming Rising oil prices send lawmakers into frenzy of empty gestures The American public will take lots of things lying down -- inaction on climate change, ill-conceived wars, erosion of civil liberties -- but expensive gas? Hell no! With oil prices topping $75 a barrel, gas prices sneaking up on $3 a gallon, and some East Coast gas stations running dry, Americans are de ...
Topics: business, gas prices, news, United States (all these topics)

One for the Record Books, If They Survive the Floods U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions hit record high		20 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
One for the Record Books, If They Survive the Floods U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions hit record high This week, the feds quietly -- as in, tiptoeing in socks, holding breath -- released annual stats on U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions, as required by the U.N. climate-change convention. The news is roughly as good as you would expect: The U.S., with only 5 percent of the world's population, is its biggest GHG polluter; emissions ros ...
Topics: climate, news, United States (all these topics)

We've Got Poll, and We're Super Bad Polls find Americans worried about energy and climate problems		04 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
We've Got Poll, and We're Super Bad Polls find Americans worried about energy and climate problems To paraphrase Benjamin Disraeli, there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and poll results. So take the following factoids from three recent polls with a big block o' salt. An Environmental Defense survey found that 71 percent of Americans think global warming is real and 53 percent think it' ...
Topics: climate, Environmental Defense Fund, news, United States (all these topics)

Oiling for a Flight The top 10 best places to live during an oil crisis		29 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
Oiling for a Flight The top 10 best places to live during an oil crisis Pack yer bags, kids -- there's an oil crisis coming and we're moving to the Big Apple! Eco-website SustainLane has come up with a list of the 10 U.S. cities best able to weather an oil crisis, and New Yawk is number one. The most heavily weighted factor was mobility; in an oil crunch there's likely to be less of it. Thus, the top 10 were ...
Topics: energy, news, oil, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

The Biggest Loser Feds to lose at least $20 billion in oil-company royalties, report finds		29 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
The Biggest Loser Feds to lose at least $20 billion in oil-company royalties, report finds Remember that outrageous story about how oil companies are going to gank U.S. taxpayers out of some $7 billion in royalties for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico? Well, time to crank up the outrage-o-meter: Turns out, based on a new report from the federal Government Accountability Office, taxpay ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, news, oil, United States (all these topics)

Tiiiiiime Is on Our Side, Yes It Is Time cover story propels global warming into the mainstream		27 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
Tiiiiiime Is on Our Side, Yes It Is Time cover story propels global warming into the mainstream "Be worried. Be very worried." So warns the latest issue of Time magazine, which focuses on every Johnny-come-lately's favorite topic: global warming. The cover story -- the contents of which will be old news for devotees of scrappy nonprofit environmental magazines that need and deserve your ongoing financi ...
Topics: climate, green living, news, United States (all these topics)

Do You CEO What I CEO? American firms lag on addressing climate-change risks, study finds		22 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
Do You CEO What I CEO? American firms lag on addressing climate-change risks, study finds Looking for a smart 21st-century investment strategy? Consider how 100 of the world's largest companies are preparing to compete in a "carbon-constrained world." A new report from Ceres, a coalition of environmentalists and institutional investors, concludes that European and Asian firms o ...
Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, news, United States (all these topics)

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