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Storm Troopers		10 Mar 2003	Daily Grist
Storm Troopers The Bush administration announced on Friday that oil and gas companies will not be bound by new regulations that require storm water runoff plans to be developed for small construction sites, a means of keeping dangerous chemicals and metals from contaminating waterways. Saying it needs more time to study the situation, the U.S. EPA has granted oil and gas companies a ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, politics, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

9021-woe		25 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
9021-woe Remember that episode of 90210 where Brenda and Dylan fell ill from toxic gases leaking out of oil wells and into Beverly Hills High School? Actually, that never happened on the show -- but according to famed environmental legal crusader Erin Brockovich, it happened in real life. Brockovich and her partner, Ed Masry, are preparing to sue Beverly ...
Topics: California, commercial and industry organizations, energy, environmental justice, health, politics (all these topics)

Crying Shaman		19 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Crying Shaman A new oil pipeline that will run from the Russian region of Buryatiya into China is being hailed by industry officials and government leaders as a major economic boon, but many local residents beg to differ. Construction of the pipeline will involve bulldozing land and felling trees -- environmental problems anywhere and ...
Topics: Asia, China, commercial and industry organizations, globalization, green living, logging, national parks, wilderness (all these topics)

Mr. Blackwell's Worst Polluting List		18 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Mr. Blackwell's Worst Polluting List No surprise: Pickup trucks and oversized SUVs scored the lowest on the U.S. EPA's latest ranking of vehicles based on tailpipe emissions. The list graded vehicles on a scale of 0 to 10. Large SUVs like BMW's X5 and General Motors' Hummer H2 earned a 0 and a 2, respectively, while most small and medium SUVs earned ...
Topics: air pollution, business, commercial and industry organizations, placemaking, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics)

I Want to Be Your Pledge Hammer		13 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
I Want to Be Your Pledge Hammer In what the Bush administration hailed as proof that voluntary environmental initiatives can work, representatives from 13 different industries gathered in the Energy Department cafeteria yesterday to pledge their commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The industries, ranging from energy companies to paper manufacturers, have agreed to ...
Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, Department of Energy, politics (all these topics)

Executive Carte Blanche		10 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Executive Carte Blanche Chalk one up for Big Energy and its boosters in the White House. On Friday, the General Accounting Office abandoned its efforts to force Vice President Dick Cheney to turn over information about which people he met with while heading up the administration's secretive energy task force. The GAO, Congress's investigative arm, had been fighting ...
Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, energy, environmental justice, politics (all these topics)

Smart Attack		10 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Smart Attack Smart-growth policies, designed to put a damper on runaway development and preserve local character, have recently come under attack in a handful of U.S. communities. In Loudon County, Va., on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., nearly 200 lawsuits were filed last week against the county's growth-control policies. Also last week, the mayo ...
Topics: Colorado, commercial and industry organizations, environmental justice, placemaking, politics, Virginia (all these topics)

When You Dish Upon a Star		07 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
When You Dish Upon a Star Minnesota would become the first state in the U.S. to effectively ban phosphorus in automatic-dishwashing detergent if a bill working its way through the state legislature gets the eventual thumbs-up. Phosphorus, which helps to remove those oh-so-unsightly spots from glasses and dishware, ultimately g ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, lakes, Minnesota, politics, pollution and waste, rivers and watersheds, water pollution (all these topics)

Ready, Aim, Fire		24 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Ready, Aim, Fire The Bush administration, U.S. troops, and Iraqi citizens aren't the only people preparing for war: Employees of American companies that specialize in extinguishing fires from oil wells are also readying themselves for what's to come. Iraq's economy, Middle Eastern political stability, and U.S. interests all dictate that the oil industry cannot be a casua ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, Middle East, politics, United States (all these topics)

Big, Bright Green, Pleasure Machines	Suzy Becker	22 Jan 2003	Ha.

Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, placemaking (all these topics)

Volunteer Spirit		21 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Volunteer Spirit In an all-out effort to demonstrate the viability of voluntary solutions to global climate change, officials from the Bush administration are touring the country, coaxing promises from industry leaders to cut greenhouse gas emissions. If self-regulation fails to attract enough takers, staving off mandatory emissions restriction ...
Topics: business, climate, commercial and industry organizations, environmental non-government organizations, politics (all these topics)

Mass. Devastation		21 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Mass. Devastation Laws designed to protect the environment are only useful if they're enforced -- and in the state of Massachusetts, they often are not. Indeed, the Bay State has one of the nation's worst enforcement records, according to a new federal website that allows the public to monitor enforcement of anti-pollution laws. Only 27 percent of Massachusett ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, Massachusetts, placemaking, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Climate Every Mountain		17 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Climate Every Mountain Move over, NASDAQ. Watch out, NYSE. Here comes the Chicago Climate Exchange, the nation's first greenhouse-gas trading program. Announced yesterday by a coalition of corporations and government entities including DuPont, Ford Motor Company, Motorola, and the city of Chicago, the exchange will permit companies to reduce (on paper, at least) their em ...
Topics: business, Chicago, climate, commercial and industry organizations, Illinois, ozone (all these topics)

Great Build		16 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Great Build It's not clear if the problem is one of economics or one of spin, but either way, environmentally conscious building design is a concept that hasn't quite caught on. The technology and expertise to build "green" structures have been around for decades; now, a movement is underway to sell developers on the economic benefits of green building. In an ...
Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, green living, New York, placemaking (all these topics)

Highway Robber		15 Jan 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: commercial and industry organizations, Mexico, placemaking (all these topics)

Oil and Water Don't Mix		14 Jan 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, European Union, marine life, oceans, placemaking, pollution and waste, Spain, toxics (all these topics)

Not Buying It		08 Jan 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, education, green living (all these topics)

Silverado -- Why Don't We Come to Our Senses		06 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Silverado -- Why Don't We Come to Our Senses General Motors, the largest automaker in the world, announced today that it will sell a variety of gas-electric vehicles over the next four years, a move that could help push hybrids into the mainstream. The company will sell hybrid versions of cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs, thereby creating some competition for Honda and Toyota, currently the ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

The Dow of Poo		06 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
The Dow of Poo Outgoing Michigan Gov. John Engler (R) is trying to relax the state standard for dioxin pollution, a move that unhappy environmentalists say is designed to minimize Dow Chemical's financial liability for future cleanup efforts. The proposed change, which has also angered Gov.-elect Jennifer Granholm (D) ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, environmental restoration, health, Hudson River, Michigan, New York, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Credit Where Credit Is Due		06 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Credit Where Credit Is Due The Kyoto Protocol on climate change has not yet gone into effect, but the first sale of greenhouse gas credits negotiated within the treaty's proposed framework is officially a done deal. Slovakia (of all places) has sold emissions credits equivalent to 200,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide to a Japanese trading house, which declined to ...
Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, Japan, politics, Slovakia, United States (all these topics)

Drag Your Computer to the Recycle Bin		05 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Drag Your Computer to the Recycle Bin In an abrupt departure from past policy, high-tech giant Hewlett-Packard has announced that it will support California legislation requiring computer manufacturers to pay for safe disposal of electronic waste. In October, HP used its considerable clout as the world's largest maker of personal com ...
Topics: California, China, commercial and industry organizations, green living, health, pollution and waste, recycling, toxics (all these topics)

Dodge Bawl		05 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Dodge Bawl Looking to minimize your impact on the environment? Don't buy a car -- and especially don't buy anything made by DaimlerChrysler. The U.S.-based automaker ranked dead last on a survey, released yesterday by the Union of Concerned Scientists, of pollution levels in vehicle fleets. The survey looked at the environmental implications of the six largest car manu ...
Topics: air pollution, commercial and industry organizations, placemaking, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Cell-ebrate		03 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Cell-ebrate In what could be the first significant step toward mass-marketing fuel-cell vehicles, Toyota and Honda put the world's first such cars on the road yesterday. The cars are being leased to the Japanese government and several public organizations in the U.S. -- at the whopping price of between $6,500 and $9,800 per month, meaning the dream of widesprea ...
Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, energy, Japan, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

Braked Alaska		26 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
Braked Alaska The oil giant BP has withdrawn from the lobbying group that is leading the campaign to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to drilling, company spokesperson Paul Laird said yesterday. The decision underscores the growing concern among oil companies that the drilling debate could damage their public image. In the past, BP had worked closely with the lobbying gro ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, mining and drilling (all these topics)

New Source, Same Old Crap		25 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
New Source, Same Old Crap In the most far-reaching move to relax air pollution rules in years, the Bush administration on Friday gave refineries new flexibility to upgrade their facilities without having to reduce emissions. The U.S. EPA also outlined proposals that would give aging coal-fired power plants a similar advantage - ...
Topics: air pollution, commercial and industry organizations, energy, Maryland, New England, New Jersey, New York, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

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