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Just Another Woeful Wednesday
Congressional committees approve a pile o' drilling and mining |
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27 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Just Another Woeful Wednesday Congressional committees approve a pile o' drilling and mining Congress worked hard on Wednesday to ensure America a clean, secure energy future. Ah, we kid! Actually, the House Resources Committee approved a measure that would weaken the federal ban on new offshore gas and oil drilling. And both House and Senate resource committees approved provisions that would open the Arctic Na ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics) |
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With This Ring I Thee Bled
Gold mining's toll on environment mounts as supply grows scarcer |
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24 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| With This Ring I Thee Bled Gold mining's toll on environment mounts as supply grows scarcer That one-ounce gold ring you're wearing? Think of it as 30 tons of rock mined, moved, and saturated with diluted cyanide. Gold mining wreaks enormous environmental destruction, almost all of it in service of the voracious global market for gold jewelry. And as good gold deposits grow scarcer, mining companies have to rip up the earth with e ... |
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| Topics: mining and drilling, news (all these topics) |
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EI, EI, No
Bush admin waives environmental assessments in public-lands energy rush |
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20 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| EI, EI, No Bush admin waives environmental assessments in public-lands energy rush This past summer's energy bill contained provisions making it easier to drill on public lands -- and for the Bush administration, that's like waving a red flag in front of a bull. The Bureau of Land Management recently told field managers to omit environmental reviews and public-comment periods for some oil and gas permit ... |
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| Topics: Bureau of Land Management, mining and drilling, news (all these topics) |
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Beswitched
Jeb Bush's switcheroo on drilling causes rift in Florida delegation |
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11 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Beswitched Jeb Bush's switcheroo on drilling causes rift in Florida delegation Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) is backing a bill in the House of Representatives that would open some new federal waters, including the eastern Gulf of Mexico, to oil rigs -- and in so doing, he's fractured the state's long-standing bipartisan political consensus against offshore drilling. Jeb's flip-flop, after years of advocat ... |
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| Topics: Florida, mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics (all these topics) |
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The Drill of the Chase
Offshore and Arctic Refuge drilling out of House bill -- for now |
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04 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Drill of the Chase Offshore and Arctic Refuge drilling out of House bill -- for now House Republican efforts to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and U.S. coastal waters to oil drilling are dead for now, but are likely to return, zombie-like, from the grave. Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Calif.) had offered legislation, intended as part of a larger House energy package, that would have allowed indiv ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics (all these topics) |
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America's Coast Wanted
House bill would open coasts, other areas to drilling |
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03 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| America's Coast Wanted House bill would open coasts, other areas to drilling Recent hurricane-related disruptions to Gulf Coast oil infrastructure may get the oil industry something it's been after for years: a chance to drill off the U.S. coasts. Legislation sponsored by Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Calif.) and approved last week by the House Resources Committee he chairs would permit individual states to opt out of ... |
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| Topics: mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics (all these topics) |
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Dopey's Choice
Pombo proposes selling off parks to make point about Arctic Refuge |
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26 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Dopey's Choice Pombo proposes selling off parks to make point about Arctic Refuge A draft bill being circulated by Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Calif.), chair of the House Resources Committee, advocates selling 15 national preserves, historic sites, and monuments to help shrink the federal budget deficit. The proposal also recommends selling ads on National Park Service brochur ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, mining and drilling, National Park Service, national parks, news, politics (all these topics) |
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How Green Was My Rally
Protest on behalf of Arctic Refuge draws thousands to D.C. |
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21 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| How Green Was My Rally Protest on behalf of Arctic Refuge draws thousands to D.C. Thousands of Americans rallied in Washington, D.C., yesterday -- some dressed like polar and grizzly bears -- to demand that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge be protected from oil drilling. Congressional Republicans, riding the wake of Hurricane Katrina's disruptions to the nation's oil supply and record high gasoline pr ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, Hillary Clinton, mining and drilling, news (all these topics) |
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A No Life on Lease
Court ruling blocks new oil drilling off California coast |
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16 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| A No Life on Lease Court ruling blocks new oil drilling off California coast New oil and gas drilling off the California coast has been effectively thwarted, thanks to a federal court ruling last Friday. U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken ordered federal officials not to extend leases to energy companies on 36 central-coast tracts until environmental risks have been more fully assessed, a process that's likely to take ... |
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| Topics: California, mining and drilling, news (all these topics) |
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Balked Alaska
House GOPers oppose legislative maneuver to open Arctic Refuge |
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12 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Balked Alaska House GOPers oppose legislative maneuver to open Arctic Refuge Two dozen House Republicans have publicly criticized the GOP leadership's plan to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling by attaching language to a filibuster-proof budget measure. In a letter to Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and other House leaders, the rebel GOPers -- including three committee chairs -- wrote that the ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics) |
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The Class Menagerie
David B. Williams sends dispatches from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge |
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11 Aug 2005 |
Dispatches |
| David B. Williams is a freelance natural-history writer based in Seattle. He is the author of The Street-Smart Naturalist: Field Notes from Seattle and has written for Smithsonian, Popular Mechanics, National Parks, and The Seattle Times. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 11 Aug 2005 KAKTOVIK, Alaska, and SEATTLE, Wash. "For us, this is a human-rights stand," says Luci Beach, executive d ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, Arctic, Dispatches, education, mining and drilling, Washington (all these topics) |
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The Class Menagerie
David B. Williams sends dispatches from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge |
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10 Aug 2005 |
Dispatches |
| David B. Williams is a freelance natural-history writer based in Seattle. He is the author of The Street-Smart Naturalist: Field Notes from Seattle and has written for Smithsonian, Popular Mechanics, National Parks, and The Seattle Times. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 10 Aug 2005 FAIRBANKS, Alaska For the two days following Roger Kaye's talk, we remain in Fairbanks meeting with scientists, ac ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, Arctic, Dispatches, education, mining and drilling, Washington (all these topics) |
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The Class Menagerie
David B. Williams sends dispatches from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge |
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09 Aug 2005 |
Dispatches |
| David B. Williams is a freelance natural-history writer based in Seattle. He is the author of The Street-Smart Naturalist: Field Notes from Seattle and has written for Smithsonian, Popular Mechanics, National Parks, and The Seattle Times. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 09 Aug 2005 FAIRBANKS, Alaska We arrive back in Fairbanks early in the evening on Aug. 8. Everyone takes showers and we all eat ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, Arctic, Dispatches, education, mining and drilling, Washington (all these topics) |
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The Class Menagerie
David B. Williams sends dispatches from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge |
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08 Aug 2005 |
Dispatches |
| David B. Williams is a freelance natural-history writer based in Seattle. He is the author of The Street-Smart Naturalist: Field Notes from Seattle and has written for Smithsonian, Popular Mechanics, National Parks, and The Seattle Times. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 08 Aug 2005 FAIRBANKS and AICHILIK RIVER, Alaska The Alaskan part of the trip begins at 12:30 a.m. on Aug. 1, when we arrive at t ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, Arctic, Dispatches, education, mining and drilling, Washington (all these topics) |
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Hustle and Flow
Montana and mining companies to fund massive river cleanup, restoration |
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03 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Hustle and Flow Montana and mining companies to fund massive river cleanup, restoration An historic financial settlement between the state of Montana and two mining firms has opened the door to a project of ecological scope virtually unprecedented in the U.S.: the removal of Montana's Milltown dam, located at the confluence of the Clark Fork and Blackfoot rivers, and the restoratio ... |
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| Topics: dams, energy, mining and drilling, Montana, news, rivers and watersheds (all these topics) |
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The Class Menagerie
David B. Williams sends dispatches from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge |
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29 Jul 2005 |
Dispatches |
| David B. Williams is a freelance natural-history writer based in Seattle. He is the author of The Street-Smart Naturalist: Field Notes from Seattle and has written for Smithsonian, Popular Mechanics, National Parks, and The Seattle Times. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 29 Jul 2005 SEATTLE, Wash. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is at the center of one of the most contentious environmental and ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, Arctic, Dispatches, education, mining and drilling, Washington (all these topics) |
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Green Chiles
As quality of life improves, Chileans get eco-active |
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12 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Green Chiles As quality of life improves, Chileans get eco-active Last Saturday, thousands of Chileans marched in 14 cities to celebrate two environmental victories. Green activists helped to shut down the Valdivia wood-pulp facility (owned by the country's biggest industrial firm, Copec) after pollution from the plant killed hundreds of black-necked swans in a nearby wetland; the plant own ... |
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| Topics: Chile, mining and drilling, news, pollution and waste, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Gutting, No Glory
House Republicans trying to tweak cornerstone environmental laws |
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11 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Gutting, No Glory House Republicans trying to tweak cornerstone environmental laws Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Calif.) and allies on the House Resources Committee have laid siege to two key environmental laws. They've inserted language into the House version of the energy bill to remove numerous drilling projects from review under the National Environmental Policy Act, which mandates environmental impact assessment ... |
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| Topics: mining and drilling, news, politics, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Hey, Drillers, Leave Our State Alone
Oil and gas inventory may come soon to a coastline near you |
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22 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Hey, Drillers, Leave Our State Alone Oil and gas inventory may come soon to a coastline near you The Senate effectively approved an inventory of oil and gas reserves in U.S. coastal waters yesterday, a move that could help open the door for offshore drilling to begin after a decades-long moratorium expires in 2012. The 52-44 vote defeated an amendment sponsored by Florida Sens. Mel Martinez (R) and Bill Ne ... |
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| Topics: mining and drilling, news, oceans, United States (all these topics) |
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Who's Minding the Shore?
Senate measures threaten to open U.S. coasts to drilling |
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13 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Who's Minding the Shore? Senate measures threaten to open U.S. coasts to drilling The battle to open up U.S. coastal waters to oil and gas drilling is escalating, with supporters in Congress pushing a number of pro-drilling bills and amendments. An energy-bill provision up for debate this week would mandate the first complete oil and gas inventory of all U.S. waters. And Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La. ... |
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| Topics: energy, mining and drilling, news, oceans, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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The Swamp Bling
Bushies sought to overpay GOP supporters for Everglades mineral rights |
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09 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Swamp Bling Bushies sought to overpay GOP supporters for Everglades mineral rights The Bush administration agreed to grossly overpay Florida's family-owned Collier Resources Co. for oil and gas rights on 400,000 acres in the Everglades, according to Interior Department Inspector General Earl Devaney. In 2002, Interior Secretary Gale Norton triumphantly announced the deal as "a win for all sides" ... |
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| Topics: Florida, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Tar Wars
Canadian tar sands becoming top oil source, despite environmental harm |
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23 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Tar Wars Canadian tar sands becoming top oil source, despite environmental harm With conventional oil reserves declining around the world, all eyes are turning to Canada, where tar sands in the north contain 175 billion barrels of proven oil reserves -- almost in the neighborhood of Saudi Arabia's 262 billion and far more than the Arctic Refuge's 10 billion. Getting saleable oil from tar sands is an expensi ... |
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| Topics: Canada, energy, mining and drilling, news, oil (all these topics) |
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Coast Riposte
House blocks attempt to lift ban on coastal drilling; more to come |
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20 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Coast Riposte House blocks attempt to lift ban on coastal drilling; more to come An attempt to weaken the U.S. moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling -- established by Congress in 1982 and renewed every year since -- was blocked yesterday in the House by a 262-157 vote. However, drilling opponents view it as just the first and easiest battle in what is likely to be an extended war. An upcoming bipartisan S ... |
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| Topics: mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics (all these topics) |
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Wait -- They Drilled for Gas With a Nuclear Bomb?!
Oil company hopes to drill near nuclear-blast cavity in Colorado |
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09 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Wait -- They Drilled for Gas With a Nuclear Bomb?! Oil company hopes to drill near nuclear-blast cavity in Colorado Some 36 years ago, the Atomic Energy Commission and a Texas oil company put a nuclear bomb in an 8,000-foot shaft on Colorado's energy-rich Western Slope and detonated it, hoping to reach a reserve of natural gas lying beneath the subterranean rock. T ... |
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| Topics: business, Colorado, energy, mining and drilling, natural gas, news, nuclear power, oil (all these topics) |
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Access of Evil
Gas drilling limited by equipment, workers -- not access to federal land |
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28 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Access of Evil Gas drilling limited by equipment, workers -- not access to federal land To hear the Bush administration tell it, domestic energy production is limited by lack of access to federal lands. Vice President Dick Cheney is galled that "large parts of the Rocky Mountain West are off-limits." But according to government records, industry experts, and local offici ... |
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| Topics: Bureau of Land Management, energy, mining and drilling, natural gas, news (all these topics) |
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