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Put Down the Drills and Back Away Slowly Enviro Groups Sue to Stop Alaska Drilling		18 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Put Down the Drills and Back Away Slowly Enviro Groups Sue to Stop Alaska Drilling A coalition of seven environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to stop a plan to open 8.8 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to oil and gas development. The groups -- including t ...
Topics: Alaska, Bureau of Land Management, energy, environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, mining and drilling, politics, Sierra Club, wildlife (all these topics)

Make a Run for the Border New InterActivist Tackles Enviro Challenges Along U.S.-Mexico Border		17 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: education, environmental non-government organizations, Mexico, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Ash Holes Enviro Groups Ask EPA to Halt Ash Dumping		10 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Ash Holes Enviro Groups Ask EPA to Halt Ash Dumping A coalition of 125 environmental groups has filed a petition with the U.S. EPA, asking it to immediately halt the dumping of waste ash from coal-fired power plants. They claim the ash contains a variety of toxins and pollutes ground, surface, and drinking wat ...
Topics: energy, environmental non-government organizations, health, National Academy of Sciences, pollution and waste, toxics, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Court and Spark Bush Nominates Eco-Hostile Lobbyist to Federal Appeals Court		10 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, mining and drilling, politics, ranching (all these topics)

Built Ford? Tough. Environmental Groups Target Bill Ford, Jr.		06 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Built Ford? Tough. Environmental Groups Target Bill Ford, Jr. Ford Motor Co. CEO Bill Ford, Jr., once a darling of the eco-friendly set, has come under attack by a coalition of environmental groups led by California-based Bluewater Network. In full-page national newspaper ads that began appearing Wednesday, the group lambasted Ford, Jr., for reneging on his July 2000 pledge to in ...
Topics: California, energy, environmental non-government organizations, placemaking (all these topics)

Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged		04 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged A coalition of more than 60 environmental, civil-rights, and Native American groups have sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee opposing the confirmation of William G. Myers III to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Before serving as the Interior Department's chief legal offic ...
Topics: Department of Interior, environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, politics, ranching, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

Round and Round They Go Florida's Top Environmental Regulator Takes Job With Company He Regulated		29 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Round and Round They Go Florida's Top Environmental Regulator Takes Job With Company He Regulated Florida's top environmental official, David Struhs, resigned Wednesday to take a job with International Paper, a company he did controversial favors for while in office. As head of the Florida Department of Environmental Prot ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, environmental non-government organizations, Florida, politics, Sierra Club, US EPA, wetlands (all these topics)

Spin Cycle Industry flacks learn how to snooker the public with their not-so-eco-friendly messages	Amanda Griscom	21 Jan 2004	Muckraker
This morning, some 50 people powwowed in the chandeliered Ticonderoga conference room of the Hyatt Regency hotel on Capitol Hill for a conference entitled "Environmental Issues 2004: How to Get Results in an Election Year." There weren't more than a handful of environmentalists in attendance -- perhaps because the conference was hosted by the National Associa ...
Topics: business, climate, energy, environmental non-government organizations, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

Task Force Majeure The Supreme Court may alleviate Cheney's energy task force troubles	Amanda Griscom	17 Dec 2003	Muckraker
On Monday, the Supreme Court offered Vice President Dick Cheney a possible escape hatch from the great energy task force imbroglio. The high court agreed to hear an appeal from Cheney, who for more than a year has been defying a federal judge's order to pony up documents about his infamous 2001 task force. Those behind the lawsuit against the veep are certain the documents will re ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, mercury, Muckraker, New Jersey, politics, toxics, United States, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Jock Itch Environmental Problems Alarm Athletes		14 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Jock Itch Environmental Problems Alarm Athletes Here's a new green group you may want to join: Jocks for the Environment. Actually, that group doesn't exist, but people who might identify with the description are gathering today in Tokyo for the Global Forum for Sport and the Environment. Participants (including Greg LeMond, three-time Tour de France winner ...
Topics: air pollution, environmental non-government organizations, outdoor recreation, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Drug Busting Enviros Sue USDA Over Biopharmaceuticals		13 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Drug Busting Enviros Sue USDA Over Biopharmaceuticals A coalition of green groups and consumer advocates took the U.S. Department of Agriculture to court yesterday in an effort to halt experimental planting of "biopharmaceutical crops," plants genetically engineered to produce medicine. The coalition, which includes Friends of the Earth and the Center for Food S ...
Topics: Department of Agriculture, environmental non-government organizations, GMOs, health (all these topics)

Unified Field Theory Can a beat-Bush effort yield a progressive coalition with staying power?	Mark Hertsgaard	15 Oct 2003	Main Dish
Is Bush digging his political grave with enviro rollbacks? Photo: White House. Who says George W. Bush never did anything for the great outdoors? His running for reelection could be the best thing to happen to the U.S. environmental movement in years. The threat of four more years of Bush has provoked a significant rethinking of the movement's tactics, according to intervi ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, politics (all these topics)

The Kids Are Alright Michigan Creates Volunteer Corps to Monitor Waterways		03 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
The Kids Are Alright Michigan Creates Volunteer Corps to Monitor Waterways What do you do if you're a budget-strapped state with no money to pay for water-quality monitoring? Sign up the seventh graders, of course. Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) signed an executive order this week to create the Clean Water Corps, which will enlist volunteers ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, Michigan, rivers and watersheds, state politics, water pollution (all these topics)

Babes Up in Arms Study Finds Troubling Levels of Flame Retardants in Breast Milk		23 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Babes Up in Arms Study Finds Troubling Levels of Flame Retardants in Breast Milk Fire-retardant chemicals used in household items from furniture to computers to coffee makers have been detected in American women's breast milk at worrying levels, according to the first national study of the issue. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), which have been linked to developmental difficulties ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, health, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease U.S. Companies More Mindful of Social Concerns		12 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease U.S. Companies More Mindful of Social Concerns Activists, take heart: It seems that the relentless pressure of boycotts, lawsuits, bad PR, and slow but steady cultural change is having an effect on corporate America. Companies doing business in the 21st century are beginning to listen to the social, health, and environmental concerns o ...
Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, environmental non-government organizations (all these topics)

Amazing Graze Bill to Phase Out Grazing Gets Support from Enviros and Ranchers		09 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Amazing Graze Bill to Phase Out Grazing Gets Support from Enviros and Ranchers Environmentalists and ranchers alike are getting excited about a bill that would have the federal government pay ranchers to give up their rights to graze cattle and sheep on public lands in the West. The legislation, soon to be introduced in Congress by Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.), calls for grazing allotments ...
Topics: business, environmental non-government organizations, ranching (all these topics)

Miner Threat Mine in Montana Could Finish Off a Grizzly Population		09 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Miner Threat Mine in Montana Could Finish Off a Grizzly Population A copper and silver mine planned for the edge of a wilderness area in Montana could push a small, local population of grizzly bears toward extinction, environmentalists are warning. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gave the green light for the mine to be built o ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, mining and drilling, Montana, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wilderness, wildlife (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)

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, New Fish New Fish Species Discovered in Venezuela		29 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, New Fish New Fish Species Discovered in Venezuela In an era of mass extinction, it's always nice to hear about the discovery of new species. So the members of an expedition sponsored by Conservation International were thrilled to discover 10 new fish species in Venezuela's Upper Caura River. Of the 10 new species, only one has been desc ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, marine life, rivers and watersheds, Venezuela (all these topics)

Skeptic Tanked Scientific Panel Dismisses Reports from Danish Environmental Skeptic		27 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Skeptic Tanked Scientific Panel Dismisses Reports from Danish Environmental Skeptic Recent environmental reports produced by Bjorn Lomborg, a Danish environmental skeptic, were found to be unscientific and of dubious value yesterday by a panel of independent Scandinavian scientists. Lomborg created a stir with his controversial book The Skeptical Environmentalist, in which he dismissed a wide r ...
Topics: Denmark, environmental non-government organizations, politics (all these topics)

The New Zoo Thing The Wildlife Conservation Society takes the lead in making zoos sustainable	Ted Smalley Bowen	21 Aug 2003	Main Dish
Is it better to compost elephant dung or tap its energy with a methane generator? Will a ring-tailed lemur feel at home under energy-efficient lights? Sustainability at zoos is a tall order. The Wildlife Conservation Society, which runs New York City's zoos and aquarium, is increasingly turning its attention to these and other environmental quandaries. In addition to man ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, New York, wildlife (all these topics)

A Voice in the Wilderness Grist Launches New Editorial Column		12 Aug 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: elections, environmental non-government organizations, political groups, politics, United States (all these topics)

Field of Greens The Green Party Plans to Field a Presidential Candidate in 2004		06 Aug 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: elections, environmental non-government organizations, political groups, politics, United States (all these topics)

Choke-a-cola? Coke and Pepsi in India Reported to Contain High Pesticide Residues		05 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Choke-a-cola? Coke and Pepsi in India Reported to Contain High Pesticide Residues A dozen varieties of soft drinks sold by Coca-Cola and Pepsi in Delhi, India, contain "dangerously high" levels of pesticide residues, according to tests conducted by the Center for Science and Environment, a Delhi-based nonprofit. CSE accused the companies of drawing their so ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, food and agriculture, health, India, toxics (all these topics)

Freeman at Last Ross Freeman of American Rivers Discusses His Work		01 Aug 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: environmental non-government organizations, rivers and watersheds, United States (all these topics)

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