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You Get What You Pay For Two EPA Officials Accept Jobs with Utility Industry		04 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
You Get What You Pay For Two EPA Officials Accept Jobs with Utility Industry Two high-ranking officials at the U.S. EPA are defecting to industry lobbying posts, causing an outcry among environmentalists. John Pemberton, chief of staff to the EPA assistant administrator for air and radiation, plans to work for Southern Company, an electrical utility conglomerate, while Edward Krenik, EPA associate administrator for congress ...
Topics: air pollution, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Meet the New Mobile, Worse than the Old Mobile New Snowmobiles to Be Permitted in Yellowstone Are Dirtier Than Old Models		04 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Meet the New Mobile, Worse than the Old Mobile New Snowmobiles to Be Permitted in Yellowstone Are Dirtier Than Old Models A new generation of ostensibly cleaner and quieter snowmobiles turns out to be more polluting than older models, according to tests by the U.S. EPA. In a controversial Bush administration decision, the new snowmobiles were approved for use in Yellowstone and Grand Teton na ...
Topics: air pollution, national parks, outdoor recreation, placemaking (all these topics)

Vehicular Geocide EPA Declines to Regulate Greenhouse Gases		29 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Vehicular Geocide EPA Declines to Regulate Greenhouse Gases Automakers and oil companies will not be required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, the U.S. EPA announced yesterday. In 1999, three environmental organizations petitioned the agency to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, saying the gases contribute to climate change, which in turn causes public health threats ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, US EPA (all these topics)

Out of State, Not Out of Mind States, Enviros Move to Sue Over Clean Air Act Changes		29 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Out of State, Not Out of Mind States, Enviros Move to Sue Over Clean Air Act Changes Within hours after the Bush administration relaxed the federal clean-air rules governing the nation's power plants, refineries, and other facilities yesterday, environmental organizations and state attorneys general were preparing challenges to the rule change. The Northeast, in particular, wa ...
Topics: air pollution, environmental non-government organizations, Northeast, politics (all these topics)

Relax? Don't Do It! Bush Administration Relaxes Clean Air Act Rules		28 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Relax? Don't Do It! Bush Administration Relaxes Clean Air Act Rules In an expected but nonetheless bitter blow to environmentalists, the Bush administration yesterday rolled back the New Source Review rules of the Clean Air Act. Under those rules, utilities were required to install state-of-the-art pollution controls when they upgraded their facilities. Now, those rules will be relaxe ...
Topics: air pollution, commercial and industry organizations, energy, politics (all these topics)

Mexican Standoff Feds Will Study Environmental Impact of Mexican Trucks on U.S. Roads		27 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Mexican Standoff Feds Will Study Environmental Impact of Mexican Trucks on U.S. Roads Bowing to a federal court order, the Bush administration announced yesterday that it will study what the environmental impact would be of an increase in Mexican trucks on U.S. roads. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals banned Mexican trucks from the U.S. in resp ...
Topics: air pollution, Department of Transportation, globalization, Mexico, placemaking, politics, United States (all these topics)

To Make a Lung Story Short Clinton and Lieberman Push for Answers on Post-Sept. 11 Air Quality		27 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
To Make a Lung Story Short Clinton and Lieberman Push for Answers on Post-Sept. 11 Air Quality Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) yesterday demanded answers from President Bush about why New Yorkers were not given full information on air-pollution risks near Ground Zero after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Clinton and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) also called for a congress ...
Topics: air pollution, New York, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Air Apparent Bush Admin. Lacked Data to Support Relaxing Emissions Rules, GAO Found		26 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Air Apparent Bush Admin. Lacked Data to Support Relaxing Emissions Rules, GAO Found And that's not all the GAO's been up to. In a report released yesterday, the agency determined that the Bush administration had no real evidence to back up its claims that loosening air pollution rules for industrial plants would lower emissions and reduce health risks. The U.S. EPA, in making its case for revising ...
Topics: air pollution, Government Accountability Office, politics (all these topics)

Because I'm Worth It Cosmetics Firm Aims to Fight Pollution's Effects on Skin		25 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Because I'm Worth It Cosmetics Firm Aims to Fight Pollution's Effects on Skin Cosmetics giant L'Oreal has launched a new environmental initiative -- not one designed to fight pollution, but rather to fight pollution's effects on skin and hair. The company is teaming up with the European Space Agency to use Envisat, a powerful environmental monitoring satellite, to track levels of ozone, carbon monoxide, ...
Topics: air pollution, commercial and industry organizations (all these topics)

Air Devils Draft Air Rule Could Be a Gift to Polluting Industries		22 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Air Devils Draft Air Rule Could Be a Gift to Polluting Industries Thousands of old, highly polluting power plants and other industrial facilities could get a free pass under a draft air-pollution rule that the Bush administration is expected to put in place before the end of the month. The rule, which represents a big win for oil, coal, and electric companies, wo ...
Topics: air pollution, commercial and industry organizations, energy, politics, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Hazing Incident EPA Settles Case Over Haze in National Parks		20 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Hazing Incident EPA Settles Case Over Haze in National Parks Visitors to U.S. national parks and other wild areas should be able to breathe a little easier in the future, thanks to a legal settlement signed yesterday by the U.S. EPA and Environmental Defense. Under the terms of the settlement, the agency has until April 2005 to cut haze in 156 national parks and wilderness areas, including Acadia ...
Topics: air pollution, national parks, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics)

Voluntary Service Canada Unveils $1B Plan to Address Climate Change		13 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Voluntary Service Canada Unveils $1B Plan to Address Climate Change Canada is stepping up to the plate to tackle climate change -- or at least emerging from the dugout. Prime Minister Jean Chretien yesterday unveiled a nearly $1 billion package aimed at helping the nation lower its emissions of greenhouse gases. The plan includes incentives for individuals and businesses to make their homes and buildings ...
Topics: air pollution, business, Canada, climate, energy (all these topics)

Dude, Where's My Clean Car? Automakers Drop Longstanding Suit Over California's Car-Emissions Rule		12 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Dude, Where's My Clean Car? Automakers Drop Longstanding Suit Over California's Car-Emissions Rule Clearing the way for more clean cars in California, two major automakers have agreed to settle a lawsuit over the state's landmark regulation that calls for increased production of low-emission and zero-emission cars and trucks between 2005 and 2020. General Motors and DaimlerChrysler will now join other auto ...
Topics: air pollution, business, California, placemaking (all these topics)

The 411 on 9/11 White House Pressed EPA to Say Air Was Safe After 9/11		11 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
The 411 on 9/11 White House Pressed EPA to Say Air Was Safe After 9/11 In the days immediately following the 9/11 attacks, the White House pressured the U.S. EPA to issue unsupported statements reassuring the public that air quality around ground zero was safe, according to an investigation by the EPA's inspector general. Also, as a result of "influence" from the White House Council on Environmental Qua ...
Topics: air pollution, New York, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Mass Destruction of Weapons Chemical Weapons Incineration in Anniston, Ala., Delayed		06 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Mass Destruction of Weapons Chemical Weapons Incineration in Anniston, Ala., Delayed Just as local residents were scrambling for gas masks, the U.S. Army announced yesterday that it would delay startup of a controversial chemical-weapons incinerator in Anniston, Ala., until Friday, when a federal judge can consider an environmental group's request for a temporary restraining order against the facility. ...
Topics: air pollution, Alabama, health, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Connaughton in the Act Bush Environmental Advisor Plays Powerful Behind-the-Scenes Role		05 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Connaughton in the Act Bush Environmental Advisor Plays Powerful Behind-the-Scenes Role He might just be the most powerful environmental player you've never heard of. James Connaughton, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, is credited with (or, in some circles, accused of) being the architect of the Bush administration's environmental policy. In large part, his role consists of mediating between ...
Topics: air pollution, politics, United States (all these topics)

Is That Your Final Answer?		28 Jul 2003	Daily Grist
Is That Your Final Answer? The Bush administration surprised clean-air advocates and polluting industries alike on Friday when it announced that the U.S. EPA would reconsider parts of a decision to significantly relax air-pollution rules. In December, the EPA announced "final" revisions to the Clean Air Act's New Source Review rule -- changes that would have allowed tens of thousands of utilities, refineries, and factories t ...
Topics: air pollution, US EPA (all these topics)

Clear and Present Danger?		01 Jul 2003	Daily Grist
Clear and Present Danger? For months, the U.S. EPA has withheld findings indicating that President Bush's proposed "Clear Skies" legislation would lead to more pollution-related deaths than a bipartisan Senate bill to fight air pollution, and that the bipartisan bill would not be much more costly than Clear Skies. A leaked copy of the EPA's data showed, among other things, that a bill spons ...
Topics: air pollution, ozone, politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Clear Skies Looking Dirty		30 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Clear Skies Looking Dirty One of President Bush's most ambitious environmental proposals is in jeopardy -- the goal of cutting mercury emissions from coal-burning power plants 46 percent by 2010. Many in the utility industry are complaining that such a requirement, which is part of Bush's "Clear Skies" legislation, would cost far more than expected and could force some coal- ...
Topics: air pollution, energy, health, politics, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics)

Donkey Kick		27 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Donkey Kick The Bush administration received a serious dressing-down in absentia last night over its misbegotten environmental policies, as five of the nine Democratic hopefuls aired their own green views during a League of Conservation Voters forum held in Los Angeles. Rather than detailing the differences in their own positions, most of the candidates who were p ...
Topics: air pollution, elections, environmental justice, politics, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

Classrooms Dismissed		25 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Classrooms Dismissed Some California classrooms may be contaminated, and not with the cooties. According to a new state study, portable classrooms are more likely than their conventional counterparts to contain dangerous levels of toxic chemicals. Half of the portable classrooms studied exceeded air-quality guidelines for eight-hour indoor exposure to formaldehyde, and one-hour exposure levels were 10 times more likely to ...
Topics: air pollution, California, toxics (all these topics)

The Dirk Side of the Moon		24 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
The Dirk Side of the Moon Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne (R), thought to be President Bush's top pick to head the U.S. EPA after Christie Whitman leaves the agency at the end of this week, has overseen a decline in environmental quality in his home state. Since he assumed the Idaho governorship four and a half years ago, the state's air has gotten dirtier and toxic emissions have increased, even as national trends have go ...
Topics: air pollution, Idaho, news, politics (all these topics)

More Than a Year of Living Dangerously		24 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
More Than a Year of Living Dangerously Indonesian citizens, particularly children, are suffering from a rise in industrial pollution that has accompanied the nation's rapid economic growth, according to a World Bank report released today. More than 6 million vehicles were added to Indonesia's streets between 1995 and 2000, and many of them use leaded gasol ...
Topics: air pollution, health, Indonesia, pollution and waste, solid waste treatment and disposal, toxics (all these topics)

Not By the Air of Our Chinny-chin-chin		20 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Not By the Air of Our Chinny-chin-chin Meanwhile, things aren't looking so hot for air-pollution regulation on the federal level, either. Republicans in the Senate are drawing up a transportation bill that enviros say could water down the efficacy of the Clean Air Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. Provisions in a draft legislation would allow states to postpone or avoid complying ...
Topics: air pollution, placemaking, pollution and waste, United States (all these topics)

Air Heads		20 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Air Heads California's San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control Board unanimously approved a plan yesterday intended to improve some of the worst air quality in the nation -- but critics say the plan makes too many concessions to industry to be effective. Enviros, doctors, and residents who have suffered from respiratory ailments allege that efforts to reduce dust and diesel smoke will be fa ...
Topics: air pollution, California, health, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics)

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