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Mike Takes a Hike Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns resigns		20 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 9:01 AM on 20 Sep 2007 Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns is resigning, President Bush announced today. He is expected to run as a Republican for an open U.S. Senate seat in Nebraska, which is being vacated by retiring Sen. Chuck Hagel (R). source: Associated Press see also, in Grist: An interview with Chuck Hagel From the Archives I Fought the Thaw and the Thaw Won. Extent of sea ice in Arctic s ...
Topics: Department of Agriculture, news, United States (all these topics)

Climate-Risky Business Investors petition SEC to require companies to disclose climate risk		18 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 6:09 AM on 18 Sep 2007 Activists, investors, and activist investors have teamed up to try to compel the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to require publicly traded companies to disclose their climate-change risks. Under current law, the SEC requires companies to detail potential risks to investors in their annual and quarterly reports to the agency. The activists, armed with a petition, ...
Topics: business, climate, news, United States (all these topics)

Congress Sees the Lighting on the Wall Bill to phase out incandescent light bulbs gains steam in U.S. Congress		13 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 10:19 AM on 13 Sep 2007 Momentum is building in the U.S. Congress for a bill that would require phasing out regular incandescent light bulbs in favor of compact fluorescents and other, more efficient lighting technologies. The bill now in the works would require bulbs to be three times more efficient by 2020 and would require the phase out of 40-, 60-, 75-, and 100-watt incand ...
Topics: energy efficiency, news, politics, United States (all these topics)

Whale Meets Its Makah Gray whale killed by Makah tribe members in surprise hunt		10 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 7:04 AM on 10 Sep 2007 Photo: bbum A gray whale was harpooned off the coast of Washington state this weekend in a surprise hunt by members of the Makah tribe. The tribe does have hard-won treaty rights to conduct whale hunts, but this weekend's kill was not sanctioned since the tribe has not yet succeeded in obtaining a necessary waiver to the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act. Tribal leaders also appa ...
Topics: news, oceans, United States, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

Australia faces the 'permanent dry,' as do we Drought predicted to spread across Australia and the United States	Joseph Romm	06 Sep 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Australia, severe weather, United States, climate, climate science (all these topics)

Greenie Get Your Gun Number of hunters and fishers in U.S. has declined since 1996		04 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 7:50 AM on 04 Sep 2007 Wildlife agencies have been scrambling to make up funding shortfalls in the last few years due at least in part to a drop in the number of hunters and fishers and the revenue-generating licenses they buy. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, hunter numbers have declined about 10 percent between 1996 and 2006, down to about 12.5 million from 14 million, due in part to t ...
Topics: fishing, news, sports, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Atomic Wrongs U.S. nuclear weapons program killed over 4,000 Americans, analysis shows		31 Aug 2007	News
Posted at 7:17 AM on 31 Aug 2007 The U.S. nuclear weapons program has sickened an estimated 36,500 Americans and killed over 4,000, according to an analysis of government figures by the Rocky Mountain News. The newspaper's estimates may be lower than actual numbers because it only counted people who have been approved for government compensation and not those who were sickened or killed but denied aid. The nu ...
Topics: dumbassery , news, United States (all these topics)

Agribusiness As Usual Huge organic dairy farm skirted organic rules, agrees to behave		30 Aug 2007	News
Posted at 12:11 PM on 30 Aug 2007 One of America's largest organic dairies has agreed to alter its operations to comply with national organic standards after the U.S. Department of Agriculture threatened to remove its certification for skirting the rules. Aurora Organic Dairy, which sells milk under the label High Meadows and also makes milk for private-label brands including Wild Oats and Wal-Mart, was accused ...
Topics: agriculture, Department of Agriculture, news, organic food, United States (all these topics)

NOAA: Greenhouse gases drove near-record U.S. warmth in 2006 El Niño was not the cause of 2006 warming patterns in the U.S.	Joseph Romm	29 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate change impacts, greenhouse-gas emissions, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States (all these topics)

The Climate Got Me High NOAA scientists say near-record U.S. temps in 2006 due to climate change		29 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
The Climate Got Me High NOAA scientists say near-record U.S. temps in 2006 due to climate change Scientists from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said yesterday that the near-record annual average temperature in the Lower 48 states in 2006 was due to greenhouse gases and not to the weather phenomenon El Nino. By perusing weather records the researchers, ...
Topics: climate, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, news, United States (all these topics)

Put It in Park Donations roll in for national parks' centennial projects		27 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Put It in Park Donations roll in for national parks' centennial projects The 100th anniversary of the National Park Service is a mere nine years away, and donations are rolling in to spruce up parks for the occasion. In a spending bill yet to be approved by Congress, Bush made funds available to match private giving; some $300 million has already been pledged by corporations, nonprofits, and visitors' groups. ...
Topics: national parks, news, politics, United States (all these topics)

Is Our Children Greening? Students and colleges starting to go green		24 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Is Our Children Greening? Students and colleges starting to go green It's school time again, and you know what that means: pencils, books, teachers' dirty looks, and ambitious eco-minded students. Thanks to the influence of today's yoots -- a generation accustomed to sorting their trash and hyper-aware of global warming -- schools across the country are greening up education. California's Green Campus Program ...
Topics: education, green living, news, United States (all these topics)

No Peaking Bush administration eases restrictions on mountaintop-removal mining		24 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
No Peaking Bush administration eases restrictions on mountaintop-removal mining The Bush administration has given a big thumbs-up to mountaintop-removal mining, the practice of blasting the peaks off of mountains and dumping the rubble into watersheds and valleys. A proposed rule issued today will exempt mining waste from an inconsistently interpreted 1983 rule that disallows mining activity within 100 feet of ...
Topics: mining, news, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

My My, Is It 2007 Already? Judge requires feds to submit climate research plan, impact assessment		23 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
My My, Is It 2007 Already? Judge requires feds to submit climate research plan, impact assessment The Bushies are big stinkin' lawbreakers, a federal judge ruled this week. A 1990 federal law requires the U.S. government to provide a scientific report every four years on climate change and its effects on the environment, the economy, and public health, but the Bush administration chose to ignore its 2004 deadline fo ...
Topics: climate, news, politics, United States (all these topics)

Putting the Yeehaw in Hubris U.S. federal agencies, World Bank help developing countries emit more		14 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Putting the Yeehaw in Hubris U.S. federal agencies, World Bank help developing countries emit more President Bush has made clear his feelings on global-warming mitigation: "We all can make major strides, and yet there won't be a reduction until China and India are participants." So it seems a wee bit hypocritical that the United States is actually contributing to globa ...
Topics: climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, United States, World Bank (all these topics)

Shrinky-Dinky Do Great Lakes, Arctic sea ice shrinking to record lows		14 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Shrinky-Dinky Do Great Lakes, Arctic sea ice shrinking to record lows It could be a summer of record lows in two of the world's iconic places: the Great Lakes and the Arctic seas. Water levels in Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior are well below normal, and Superior could soon hit a record low set in 1926. The U.S. and Canada have undertaken a five-year study that c ...
Topics: Arctic, Canada, climate, climate change impacts, climate science, news, United States (all these topics)

Man, the Arctic is Hot Russia plants flag under North Pole, India launches its first Arctic expedition		03 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Man, the Arctic is Hot Russia plants flag under North Pole, India launches its first Arctic expedition Earlier this week, we reported that Russia was planning to stake a claim on the North Pole. Or, rather, the seabed deep underneath. Yesterday, two mini-submarines planted a titanium national flag on the sea floor, causing celebration in Moscow and consternation in Canada, which a ...
Topics: Arctic, Canada, India, news, Russia, scientific research, United States (all these topics)

Fencing Match Mexico may file complaint over U.S. border fence plans		01 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Fencing Match Mexico may file complaint over U.S. border fence plans Mexican environmental officials are the latest to get peeved over the U.S. government's plan to build a 700-mile fence along the countries' shared border. The barrier, intended to stem illegal immigration, would "place at risk the various ecosystems that we share," says Environment Minister Juan Rafael Elvira -- incl ...
Topics: Argentina, Mexico, news, politics, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Viva Zap Canada, U.S., Mexico sign five-year energy pact		24 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Viva Zap Canada, U.S., Mexico sign five-year energy pact Will an energy pact between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico pave the way for alternative fuels or grease the skids for business as usual? Maybe a little of both. The five-year agreement, signed yesterday by Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Gary Lunn, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, and Mexican Secretary of Ener ...
Topics: Canada, climate, energy, international treaties, Mexico, news, United States (all these topics)

Bowled Over Mayors of 29 Great Lakes cities vow to cut water consumption		13 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Bowled Over Mayors of 29 Great Lakes cities vow to cut water consumption What's a Friday without some toilet talk? The mayors of 29 Canadian and U.S. cities in the Great Lakes region have agreed to cut water consumption 15 percent from 2000 levels by 2015, and one of their solutions is banning inefficient potties. "We need provincial legislation about low-flow toi ...
Topics: Canada, local politics, news, politics, United States, urban planning, water crisis (all these topics)

Sustainability gets a warmer embrace from U.S. companies Mindy S. Lubber of CERES looks at how far we've come and what the future might hold	Grist	10 Jul 2007	Gristmill

Topics: business, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, energy efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, United States (all these topics)

The nation-states of climate change Feel guilty yet?	Eric de Place	28 Jun 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, United States (all these topics)

One more truth about China and climate change It's about more than money	Christina Larson	21 Jun 2007	Gristmill

Topics: China, climate, climate change mitigation, Congress, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, United States (all these topics)

As If Trees Didn't Have Enough to Worry About As landowners age, future of family-owned forests in U.S. is unclear		15 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
As If Trees Didn't Have Enough to Worry About As landowners age, future of family-owned forests in U.S. is unclear An interesting phenomenon is sprouting up among American landowners -- or forest-owners, to be precise. Nearly 60 percent of U.S. forests are privately owned, most by families and individuals, the majority of whom are 55 years old and older. More often than not, aging landowners' offspring have moved to the city, a ...
Topics: deforestation, United States (all these topics)

Birds of a Feather Decline Together Common American bird populations have dropped sharply		15 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Birds of a Feather Decline Together Common American bird populations have dropped sharply Populations of 20 common American bird species have declined by at least half in the last 40 years, according to a new analysis from the Audubon Society. Hard-hit species include the whippoorwill, meadowlark, common tern, field sparrow, ruffed grouse and -- our favorite to say -- common grackle. Bird declines "reflect other ...
Topics: biodiversity, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

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