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You've Come a Long Way, Maybe Stats on how far we've come (or haven't) since the first Earth Day	Todd Hymas	22 Apr 2005	Counter Culture
Photo: NASA. 3.7 billion -- world population in 19701 6.4 billion -- world population in 20051 1,535 billion -- kilowatt-hours of electricity used in the U.S. in 19702 3,837 billion -- kilowatt-hours of electricity expected to be used in the U.S. in 20053 6.0 -- percentage of electricity in U.S. consumed in 1970 produced from renewable sources4 6.7 -- percentage of electrici ...
Topics: climate, energy, GMOs, oil, placemaking, population, solid waste treatment and disposal, United States (all these topics)

Ubiquity Is the Mother of Reinvention Labeling and certification move beyond organic in U.S.		19 Apr 2005	Daily Grist
Ubiquity Is the Mother of Reinvention Labeling and certification move beyond organic in U.S. With the U.S. organics industry going mainstream, a coterie of anti-The-Man farmers are getting out, eschewing federally regulated "organic" certification and creating terms and systems of their own to address eco-friendly agricultural practices not covered by the federal regs. The Food Alliance has created a cer ...
Topics: food and agriculture, news, United States (all these topics)

You are what you drive Dems and Republicans buy different kinds of cars; guess who likes big American SUVs?	Lisa Hymas	06 Apr 2005	Gristmill
You could probably guess that Prius drivers tend to be Democrats and Hummer drivers tend to be Republicans. But that's just the tip of the iceberg on car-and-driver political connections, writes John Tierney in The New York Times, summarizing new market research that I find both fascinating and hilarious. Jaguars, Land Rovers, and Jeep Grand Cherokees are very 'Republican' vehicles. Volvos are the most 'Democratic' cars, followed by Subarus and Hyundais. (Funny comment ...
Topics: cars, green living, politics, United States (all these topics)

Better Dead Than Sissy Declining fuel efficiency of military vehicles puts troops in harm's way		05 Apr 2005	Daily Grist
Better Dead Than Sissy Declining fuel efficiency of military vehicles puts troops in harm's way In decades past, fuel comprised about 30 percent of the total supply tonnage moved to and fro on the battlefield. Today, according to a 2001 Defense Science Board study, that number may have risen as high as an astonishing 70 percent. America's 150,000 soldiers in Iraq now consume roughly nine gallons of fuel apiece every ...
Topics: Iraq, news, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

Do You Ear What I Ear? Government kept mum about GM corn's mistaken identity		23 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Do You Ear What I Ear? Government kept mum about GM corn's mistaken identity Over a four-year period, Swiss biotech giant Syngenta AG inadvertently sold unapproved strains of genetically modified corn seed to U.S. farmers. The corporation claims the sales, which began in 2001, resulted from a case of mistaken identity between two genetically similar varieties of GM corn. Although the company reported the mistake to ...
Topics: GMOs, news, Switzerland, United States (all these topics)

Dust, but Verify New study finds toxic chemicals in household dust		23 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Dust, but Verify New study finds toxic chemicals in household dust Samples of household dust from 70 residences in seven U.S. states were found to contain a toxic cocktail of industrial chemicals -- all of which have been shown to harm animals, all of which are legal and commonly used. The study, conducted by consumer-advocate group Clean Production Action, tested the dust for 44 chemicals and found 35 of them. ...
Topics: green living, news, toxics, United States (all these topics)

SUV-Loving Public Deems Itself Unpatriotic Americans think fuel efficiency is patriotic, poll finds		18 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
SUV-Loving Public Deems Itself Unpatriotic Americans think fuel efficiency is patriotic, poll finds According to a new poll released yesterday, fuel efficiency ranks up there with apple pie, baseball, and hating liberals as emblematic of American patriotism. Some 66 percent of Americans believe it's "patriotic" to purchase a fuel-efficient vehicle, as it would aid the U.S. in kicking its addiction ...
Topics: energy, news, oil, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

Murder by Numbers Environmental funders share blame for movement's weak pulse	Ken Ward	17 Mar 2005	Soapbox
In responding to "The Death of Environmentalism," activist Ken Ward writes, "If the future toward which we rush is folly, the solution proposed by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus is foolishness." In this excerpt from his full rebuttal to the essay, Ward describes the role environmental foundations play in frustrating effective campaigning, and suggests that if they int ...
Topics: business, Death of Environmentalism, environmental movement, politics, United States (all these topics)

Supply Chain of Fools U.S. opposes international plan to curb illegal logging, memo reveals		16 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Supply Chain of Fools U.S. opposes international plan to curb illegal logging, memo reveals The U.S. is working to undermine a British-led effort to curb illegal logging in threatened rainforests, according to a leaked U.S. State Department memo. Indonesian leaders recently declared that they don't have the capacity to control the criminal gangs that are plundering the nation's tropical forests, and they asked we ...
Topics: logging, news, rainforests, United States (all these topics)

The Death of Something Other Than Environmentalism Monarch butterfly populations see sharp decline this season		15 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
The Death of Something Other Than Environmentalism Monarch butterfly populations see sharp decline this season Cold, wet weather in the U.S., illegal deforestation in Mexico, and strong herbicides used on genetically altered crops in the U.S. and Canada are, warn scientists, threatening the survival of the monarch butterfly. Researchers say the number of monarchs that made it to their forested, hilly winteri ...
Topics: Canada, Mexico, news, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Global Spillage Pollution from around the globe taints U.S. air and water		14 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Global Spillage Pollution from around the globe taints U.S. air and water Even as battles rage in Washington, D.C., over controlling air pollution from domestic sources, dirty emissions from overseas are complicating the problem. Some 30 percent of the ozone in the U.S. may be drifting in from other countries, says NOAA scientist David Parrish. Dust from as far abroad as the Sahara Desert regularly ...
Topics: air pollution, news, pollution and waste, United States (all these topics)

De-Fence, De-Fence U.S. border fencing project may harm sensitive ecological area		11 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
De-Fence, De-Fence U.S. border fencing project may harm sensitive ecological area A half-mile-wide canyon and estuary situated on the U.S.-Mexico border just 12 miles from San Diego, Calif., is the locus of a conflict between environmentalists and the feds. The ecologically sensitive marshland is part of a 3.5-mile gap in secondary fencing at the border, making it a sweet spot for illegal immigrants and, speculate H ...
Topics: Mexico, news, United States, wetlands (all these topics)

Our Life With the Drill Kill Kult House bill would end U.S. offshore drilling bans		11 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Our Life With the Drill Kill Kult House bill would end U.S. offshore drilling bans Legislation being drafted in the House Resources Committee would end 23-year-old bans on new offshore oil and gas drilling in the U.S. Still not formally introduced, the legislation, dubbed the State Enhanced Authority for Coastal and Offshore Resources Act, would expand state control over offshore drilling and u ...
Topics: mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics, United States (all these topics)

We'll Drink to That Americans prefer their water clean, poll shows		09 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
We'll Drink to That Americans prefer their water clean, poll shows "An overwhelming majority" -- some 86 percent -- of Americans believe clean, safe water is a national issue worthy of government spending, a new poll concludes. The two polling firms (one from each side of the partisan divide) conducting the opinion survey asked 900 adults a variety of questions related to hypothetical federal leg ...
Topics: news, politics, renewable energy, United States (all these topics)

A Short Review of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson's books offer environmental ethics with a light touch	Sarah van Schagen	04 Mar 2005	Arts and Minds
Somewhere along the 2,200-mile trail from Georgia to Maine, through the Appalachian and Smoky Mountain chains, I fell in love with Bill Bryson. A walk in the woods. A Walk in the Woods, the venerable travel writer's best-selling 1998 account of hiking a portion of the Appalachian Trail, conjured memories of adventures I'd had as a kid in the forests where I grew ...
Topics: Appalachia, Australia, United States (all these topics)

And You Thought Clinton Liked Hummers Feds using terrorism excuse to crack down on eco-activists		02 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
And You Thought Clinton Liked Hummers Feds using terrorism excuse to crack down on eco-activists The U.S. government is using the Patriot Act to go after radical environmental activists -- and some unfortunate folks who just happen to look like them -- by branding them as "terrorists." Despite the fact that the Earth Liberation Front has caused no injuries during its ...
Topics: Earth Liberation Front, Federal Bureau of Investigation, news, United States (all these topics)

Message in a Bottle Bill U.S. bottle-recycling rates fall as bottled-water sales rise		02 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Message in a Bottle Bill U.S. bottle-recycling rates fall as bottled-water sales rise Plastic bottle recycling rates in the U.S. have plunged, at least in part because of the boom in sales of bottled water -- from some 3.3 billion bottles in 1997 to 15 billion in 2002. So, what to do? Some environmental activists argue that one of the most effective tools for pushing up recycling rates is a ...
Topics: green living, news, recycling, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

The Loan Arranger U.S. plans to subsidize four new Chinese nuke plants		01 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
The Loan Arranger U.S. plans to subsidize four new Chinese nuke plants A nearly $5 billion proposed loan package from the U.S. government to British-owned Westinghouse Electric Corp. to build four massive nuclear reactors in China is encountering a flurry of objections. The objections are not about the nuclear waste that would result, or reactors' vulnerability to te ...
Topics: business, China, Dennis Kucinich, news, nuclear power, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

The Chuck Stops Here An interview with Sen. Chuck Hagel, Republican from Nebraska, on his new climate bills	Amanda Griscom Little	01 Mar 2005	Main Dish
Sen. Chuck Hagel. A possible GOP presidential contender in 2008, Nebraskan Sen. Chuck Hagel has lately sprung to the public stage as one of the leading Republican voices on climate change. In mid-February, he introduced three bills designed to be economic jumper cables that would boost the development of clean-energy technologies -- one focusing on inte ...
Topics: climate, interview, legislation, politics, United States (all these topics)

A Stall for Volunteers U.S. blocks binding mercury treaty		28 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
A Stall for Volunteers U.S. blocks binding mercury treaty U.N.-brokered international talks on mercury-reduction plans wrapped up last week. Instead of the legally binding global treaty favored by the European Union, the result was a plan to curb mercury emissions through "voluntary partnerships" among member countries, international organizations, and industries. "Voluntary" being the buz ...
Topics: news, toxics, United Nations, United States (all these topics)

Sue It, Don't Spray It Landmark Agent Orange case goes to federal court		28 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
Sue It, Don't Spray It Landmark Agent Orange case goes to federal court Did U.S. chemical companies commit war crimes by producing toxic dioxin-laced herbicide -- known as Agent Orange -- that the U.S. military used to douse more than 2 million Vietnamese and that still lingers on in their environment and food chain? That's the question at the heart of a landmark case that will be heard starting today in a U.S. feder ...
Topics: news, toxics, United States, Vietnam (all these topics)

Ich Bin Ein Cowboy U.S., Germany agree on vague climate measures		24 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
Ich Bin Ein Cowboy U.S., Germany agree on vague climate measures President Bush is on a tour of Europe, seeking ways to repair relationships with traditional allies that don't involve changing any U.S. position on any subject -- and that includes global warming. His stop in Germany yesterday to talk with Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was a positive, if strained, affair, generating a declaration of cooperation on the ...
Topics: climate, Germany, news, United States (all these topics)

Reversal of Fortune Cookies China passes U.S. as reigning consumerism champion		17 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
Reversal of Fortune Cookies China passes U.S. as reigning consumerism champion America, for years the world's largest, proudest consumer, has been dethroned. Say hello to China, now the world's most consumingest nation, according to a recent survey by the Earth Policy Institute. China now beats the U.S. in consumption of four out of five basic commodities, including grain, meat, steel, and coal. The fifth, howe ...
Topics: China, green living, news, United States (all these topics)

Operation Squander As Kyoto goes live, U.S. green groups offer tepid response	Amanda Griscom Little	16 Feb 2005	Muckraker
It's an action-packed week on the climate front: The Kyoto Protocol finally goes into effect today throughout the vast majority of the industrialized world (the U.S. conspicuously not included), and Capitol Hill is awash in climate-related assaults and initiatives. As Kyoto and climate bills heat up, greens' response is tepid. Congress is facing a double whammy of President Bush's m ...
Topics: climate, Environmental Defense Fund, Greenpeace, Kyoto Protocol, legislation, Muckraker, National Environmental Trust, NRDC, politics, United States (all these topics)

Sign Here to Save the Planet Join a people's campaign to ratify the Kyoto Protocol	Ross Gelbspan	16 Feb 2005	Soapbox
The much-discussed Kyoto Protocol takes effect today, Feb. 16. In the face of the United States' continuing refusal to ratify the international agreement, a group of progressive activists is launching a drive to gather millions of signatures from U.S. citizens for a "People's Ratification of the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty." Ross Gelbspan, a Grist contributor and author of tw ...
Topics: climate, politics, United States (all these topics)

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