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The Bucks Stop Here		08 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
The Bucks Stop Here The Bush administration slaps fewer polluters with fines than did the Clinton administration, and those it does nab get far gentler punishments, according to federal records compiled by Eric Schaeffer, the former head of the U.S. EPA's Office of Regulatory Enforcement. In the first 20 months of the Bush administration, civil penalties plunged nearly 56 percent, compared to those lev ...
Topics: politics, pollution and waste, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Back in Black		08 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
Back in Black Now that President Bush has strengthened his hand with a Republican-controlled Congress, his once-doomed energy plan -- which would provide $30 billion in tax cuts for the fossil-fuel and nuclear-power industries and open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling -- stands a good chance of passing. Enviros are pinning their hopes on possible presidential contenders, John Kerry (D- ...
Topics: energy, logging, placemaking, politics, United States (all these topics)

Leaf Me Alone		06 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
Leaf Me Alone At international talks underway on protecting endangered species, the Bush administration has announced that it is "neutral" and "undecided" in the debate over whether to restrict trade in big-leaf mahogany from Latin America. The U.S. position since the time of George Bush the Elder had been to call for stricter limits on trade in th ...
Topics: business, globalization, logging, politics, South America, United States, wilderness (all these topics)

Abstinence Makes the Heart Grow, but Not Fonder		04 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
Abstinence Makes the Heart Grow, but Not Fonder The Bush administration indicated last week that it might withdraw its support from a landmark international agreement on population over concerns that it promotes abortion. At a U.N. meeting last Thursday in Bangkok, Thailand, U.S. State Department official Louise Oliver said the 1994 Cairo accord included terms such as "reproductive services" and "reproduc ...
Topics: politics, population, United States (all these topics)

Sunken Ships, Loose Lips		04 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
Sunken Ships, Loose Lips Toxic goop leaking from more than one thousand sunken World War II vessels is threatening fish stocks, Australia's Great Barrier Reef, and other tourist destinations. The South Pacific Regional Environment Programme has begun cataloguing the risks posed by the 1,080 wrecks, which are loaded with such toxic goodies as chemicals, ordnance, and oil. Las ...
Topics: Japan, pollution and waste, toxics, United States, water bodies and marine life (all these topics)

This Solar House Students compete to build the house of the future	Amanda Griscom	30 Oct 2002	Powers That Be
At midnight one late-September evening, a convoy of 18-wheeler flatbed trucks carting 14 houses (some whole, some in parts) and thousands of square feet of solar panels rolled past the Washington Monument, drove along the National Mall, and headed up to the front lawn of the Capitol building. Upon arriving, the first truck in line barreled through a yellow ribbon held by members of a hooting and holl ...
Topics: Department of Energy, education, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

Trick or Treaty		29 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Trick or Treaty Ten years after the North American Free Trade Agreement was enacted, controversy continues over the environmental consequences of increased trade between the U.S. and Mexico. Some experts who bitterly opposed NAFTA at the start now feel that the treaty has led to some improvements in quality of life in U.S. border areas -- but they sa ...
Topics: business, globalization, Mexico, pollution and waste, solid waste treatment and disposal, United States (all these topics)

Yukon Take Your SUV and Shove It		29 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Yukon Take Your SUV and Shove It Despite increasing awareness of alternative-fuel technologies and growing concern over U.S. dependence on foreign oil, the fuel economy of American cars is only getting worse. Statistics released today by the U.S. EPA show that the average fuel economy of the new fleet of cars for 2003 is 6 percent lower than it was 15 years ago. ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, placemaking, renewable energy, United States (all these topics)

On a Roll Back		28 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
On a Roll Back Turning up the heat on Republicans in the final weeks before the U.S. elections, Democrats and environmentalists are requesting documents from the U.S. EPA detailing the Bush administration's effort to roll back clean-air regulations on older coal-fired power plants and refineries. But EPA officials have refused to pony up the evidence, and Sen. James Jeffords (I-Vt.), chair of the Se ...
Topics: air pollution, energy, politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Sen. Wellstone Killed in Plane Crash		25 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Sen. Wellstone Killed in Plane Crash U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) was killed today along with seven others in a plane crash in northern Minnesota. Wellstone, 58, was one of the most outspoken liberals in Congress; he opposed the use of force in Iraq and was a longtime ally to environmentalists, earning a near-perfect 96 percent lifetime score from the Washington, D.C.-based League of Conservation Voters. Wellstone's wife and d ...
Topics: politics, United States (all these topics)

A Dehli-cate Balance		23 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
A Dehli-cate Balance Delegates from around the world are meeting in New Delhi, India, today for the latest round of international talks on climate change. In part because the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions -- the United States -- has rejected the Kyoto Protocol, the meeting is focusing on ways to adapt to climate change rather than on ways to curb it. Delegates will discuss "minimizing vul ...
Topics: climate, India, politics, United States (all these topics)

Trade Wins		22 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Trade Wins The market for carbon dioxide emissions credits across the world could more than triple this year as companies prepare for the enactment of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. Under Kyoto, companies that reduce CO2 emissions beyond the caps set by their countries can sell credits to firms that do not meet the reduction requirements. So far, about $500 million worth of carbon ...
Topics: business, climate, Denmark, Japan, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

On Guard		21 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
On Guard An effort to beef up safety at U.S. nuclear power plants by requiring guards to work 12-hour shifts instead of eight may be backfiring: The guards, who have been working the longer shifts since Sept. 11, 2001, report that they are tired, prone to error, and, well, in a bad mood. The long hours have led some to lash out at coworkers, fail to lock doors, leave keys or weapons unsecured, fo ...
Topics: nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, United States (all these topics)

Staircase Closed		21 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Staircase Closed Former President Clinton acted within his authority when he created new national monuments during his final year in office, a federal court ruled Friday. The ruling was a victory for environmentalists and a blow for property-rights advocates and others who had challenged seven of the 15 monument designations in court. The Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., heard two separate ca ...
Topics: Bill Clinton, politics, United States, wilderness (all these topics)

Security: Blank It		21 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Security: Blank It In the name of keeping sensitive information out of the hands of terrorists, the Bush administration has restricted access to a broad range of scientific research -- removing Internet links, deleting information from websites, and even requiring federal librarians to destroy a CD-ROM about public water supplies. The information lockdown is ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, National Academy of Sciences, politics, United States (all these topics)

Give a Hoot		18 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Give a Hoot Today is the 30th anniversary of the Clean Water Act -- and although the United States has made some strides in improving water quality, it has still got a long way to go. A whopping 81 percent of major wastewater treatment plants and chemical and industrial facilities in the U.S. contaminated waterways beyond what their permits allowed between 1999 a ...
Topics: energy, health, solid waste treatment and disposal, toxics, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

I Want to Ride My Bicycle		10 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
I Want to Ride My Bicycle You don't need rock-hard calves, shaved legs, or a dresser full of unitards to love cycling: According to the U.S. bicycle industry, bikes designed for commuters rather than racers are the next big thing. Of the estimated 17 million bikes sold in the nation last year, over 20 percent were "comfort bikes" -- up from 13.6 percent in 2000. These affordable cruisers generally come equipp ...
Topics: business, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

Smoky Signals		04 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Smoky Signals The superintendent of Yosemite National Park announced yesterday that he would retire rather than accept a transfer to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where he would have been called upon to oversee two controversial projects opposed by environmentalists and others. One project involves building a road across the largest undeveloped wilderness in the eastern U.S. to enable area residents to reach ...
Topics: national parks, politics, United States (all these topics)

Homeland Insecurity		03 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Homeland Insecurity Despite all the hype about guaranteeing "homeland security," the Bush administration has scrapped plans to impose strict regulations to protect chemical plants from possible terrorist attacks. The decision, which was confirmed yesterday by U.S. EPA Administrator Christie Whitman, came after months of administration infighting and heavy lobbying efforts against new rules by the ...
Topics: energy, politics, toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

All Griled Up		26 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
All Griled Up During his confirmation hearing in May 2001, J. Steven Griles promised the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that his former job with a lobbying firm, where he represented a broad array of utilities, mining companies, and energy producers, would not interfere with his new position as deputy interior secretary of the United States. He signed two letters pledging t ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, politics, United States (all these topics)

Feeling Gassy		20 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Feeling Gassy Negotiators for the U.S. House and Senate have reached an agreement on new fuel-economy rules that would expand rather than decrease the country's oil consumption. Under the agreement, automakers would continue to receive credits through the model year 2008 for manufacturing vehicles that can run on both ethanol and gasolin ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, green living, placemaking, politics, renewable energy, United States (all these topics)

Acting Up		20 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Acting Up The Bush administration announced yesterday that it plans to consider new rules for enforcing the Clean Water Act. Some conservative lawmakers have been pressuring the administration to revise the enforcement rules since January 2001, when the Supreme Court imposed new limits on the scope of the act. Some interpreted that court ruling to suggest that the feder ...
Topics: politics, pollution and waste, rivers and watersheds, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

Speed Limit		19 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Speed Limit President Bush issued an executive order yesterday directing federal agencies to speed environmental reviews of important transportation projects, arguing that highways, airports, and other such projects are critical to the nation's economy and need to be freed of red tape. Environmentalists immediately denounced the move, calling it part of a systemic effort to restrict public debate and undermine environm ...
Topics: placemaking, politics, United States (all these topics)

Target Practice		03 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Target Practice After endless days of discussions, noisy protests, and a near-walkout by delegates from the European Union, negotiators at the World Summit on Sustainable Development reached agreement yesterday on a plan to address poverty and environmental degradation. The plan is expected to be ratified by the more than 100 world leaders assembled for the summit in Johannesburg, South Africa ...
Topics: European Union, green living, land degradation, United States (all these topics)

Got Sun? Marketing the revolution in clean energy	Amanda Griscom	29 Aug 2002	Powers That Be
Last month, 10 solar-powered race cars zipped around a 1.5-mile NASCAR track at the legendary Texas Motor Speedway, some of them reaching the dizzying speed of 35 miles per hour. With all its technological novelty and timely political implications, the Dell and Winston Solar Challenge (named for the computer and cigarette companies that sponsored it) might have been a grand public spectacle. But the entire 155,000-se ...
Topics: advertising, Bill McKibben, cars, grassroots activism, placemaking, politics, renewable energy, solar voltaic power, United States (all these topics)

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