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City Slicker
New Yorkers sue Big Oil over decades-old underground contamination |
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28 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| City Slicker New Yorkers sue Big Oil over decades-old underground contamination The words "oil spill" tend to summon images of remote coastlines and goo-covered wildlife. But one of the nastiest spills going is in Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Greenpoint neighborhood: a 17-million-gallon underground oil slick (bigger than the Exxon Valdez disaster) that has spread over an area as big as 41 football fields. A legacy of decades-gon ... |
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| Topics: energy, New York, news, oil (all these topics) |
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I Know You Are, Senator, But What Am I?
Pro-drilling Alaska rep aims to punish anti-drilling Washington senators |
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28 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| I Know You Are, Senator, But What Am I? Pro-drilling Alaska rep aims to punish anti-drilling Washington senators In the august halls of government, an unwritten rule has been passed down over the years: If the other kids play mean, don't invite them over. Alaska state Rep. Kurt Olson (R) has sponsored a resolution in the Alaska legislature to end a ferry service that carts about 30,000 people a year between Alaska and W ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, news, politics, Washington (all these topics) |
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No Taxation Without Allocation
Americans would support gas tax in service of green goals, poll finds |
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28 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| No Taxation Without Allocation Americans would support gas tax in service of green goals, poll finds Most Americans would support a higher federal gasoline tax if the proceeds went toward ending dependence on foreign oil, reducing global warming, or cutting energy consumption, a new nationwide telephone poll shows. Some 85 percent of adults polled opposed an increased gas tax with no qualifications. But when the funds were to be earm ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, news (all these topics) |
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There Once Was a Man From ... Alaska?
Nantucket Sound wind farm could be doomed by Don Young amendment |
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27 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| There Once Was a Man From ... Alaska? Nantucket Sound wind farm could be doomed by Don Young amendment There's plenty of local opposition to the controversial Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound, but the final blow (ha!) may come from an Alaskan. After the House and Senate passed versions of a Coast Guard budget bill, Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) introduced an amendment to extend the distance between offshor ... |
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| Topics: energy, New England, news, politics, wind power (all these topics) |
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Shell Shocked
Nigerian court orders Shell to pay $1.5 billion for pollution |
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27 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Shell Shocked Nigerian court orders Shell to pay $1.5 billion for pollution A Nigerian court has ordered Royal Dutch Shell to ante up $1.5 billion in damages to communities in the Niger Delta, citing oil spills that polluted regional rivers, spoiled crops, and poisoned fish. The Friday ruling is a major victory for the region's Ijaw people, who have struggled for over a decade to get comp ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, news, Nigeria, oil (all these topics) |
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Is This the 'Safe, Clean' Nuclear Power We Hear So Much About?
Illinois nuke-power operator criticized for leaks and 'incidents' |
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27 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Is This the "Safe, Clean" Nuclear Power We Hear So Much About? Illinois nuke-power operator criticized for leaks and "incidents" Quantity doesn't equal quality with Chicago-based Exelon Corp., which runs all six nuclear plants and 11 nuclear reactors in Illinois. There were at least four "incidents" at Exelon plants last week, including a false alarm at one generating station that initiated the f ... |
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| Topics: Illinois, news, nuclear power (all these topics) |
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Save the Life of My Child
Organic diet causes pesticide levels to plummet in children, study finds |
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24 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Save the Life of My Child Organic diet causes pesticide levels to plummet in children, study finds If you needed that extra nudge to start feeding your kids organic grub, here it is: In a recent U.S. EPA-funded study, 23 Seattle-area youngsters were switched to an all-organic diet, and the levels of pesticides in their bodies declined to essentially zero after only five days. When the kids started eating conventionally g ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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APRIL, Come Around She Will
Loggers and environmentalists strike deal in Indonesia |
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24 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| APRIL, Come Around She Will Loggers and environmentalists strike deal in Indonesia Maybe we can all just get along. A landmark deal between a logging company and an environmental group could double the size of a designated national park in the Tesso Nilo rainforest on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the site of years of conflict between conservationists and timber int ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, Indonesia, logging, news, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics) |
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Utahward Bound
NRC approves nuke-waste dump on Utah Indian reservation |
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24 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Utahward Bound NRC approves nuke-waste dump on Utah Indian reservation This week, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensed the nation's largest -- and only private -- radioactive-waste storage facility, to be located on the (prophetically named?) Skull Valley Goshute Reservation in Utah. It's a major win for the nuclear industry, which desperately needs a dump site for spent fuel rods piling up at power plants around the countr ... |
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| Topics: news, nuclear power, Utah (all these topics) |
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Mama Don't Take My Chromium Away
Chromium industry hid troubling health data, say researchers |
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24 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Mama Don't Take My Chromium Away Chromium industry hid troubling health data, say researchers Scientists working for the chromium industry withheld information about the carcinogenic metal's health risks even as the industry campaigned to block a strict new regulation, according to a new report. In the journal Environmental Health, researchers describe an industry-sponsored study that suggested lung cancer deaths were five times higher than pr ... |
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| Topics: news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Old Dog Poop, New Tricks
San Francisco looks to harness the power of pet poop |
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23 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Old Dog Poop, New Tricks San Francisco looks to harness the power of pet poop Renewable energy is the sh*t. No, really. San Francisco Bay Area cities are aiming to generate no trash by 2020, and nearly 4 percent of San Francisco's residential waste is animal excrement. What to do with the doo? Turn it into methane and heat your home or cook your meals with it! (Um, ew.) In the next few months, a San Franc ... |
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| Topics: California, news, renewable energy, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Guess That Makes Us Punstitutes
BLM focuses on drilling at expense of wildlife, critics charge |
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23 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Guess That Makes Us Punstitutes BLM focuses on drilling at expense of wildlife, critics charge Wildlife biologists at the Bureau of Land Management office in Pinedale, Wyo., are finding their talents put to unusual use: reviewing drilling-permit requests. Western Wyoming has been a natural-gas drilling mecca for the last five years, during which its populations of mule deer and bree ... |
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| Topics: Bureau of Land Management, mining and drilling, news, wildlife, Wyoming (all these topics) |
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Sludge Dread
Post-Katrina sludge puts kids at risk, says NRDC |
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23 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Sludge Dread Post-Katrina sludge puts kids at risk, says NRDC Government officials have been downplaying the public-health risks posed by the post-Katrina sludge coating greater New Orleans, which is spiked with potentially dangerous levels of arsenic, lead, and petrochemicals. So says a new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council, based on U.S. EPA data. NRDC is urging the government t ... |
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| Topics: Louisiana, news, NRDC, toxics, US Fish and Wildlife Service (all these topics) |
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But Who's Responsible for Seafoam Green?
R.I. jury finds paint companies liable for billions in lead cleanup |
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23 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| But Who's Responsible for Seafoam Green? R.I. jury finds paint companies liable for billions in lead cleanup A six-person jury in Rhode Island made history yesterday when it found Sherwin Williams Co., Millennium Holdings, and NL Industries liable for lead paint contamination in hundreds of thousands of homes -- and on the hook for potentially billions of dollars to clean it up. It's the f ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, news, Rhode Island, toxics (all these topics) |
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The Midas Crutch
EPA may replace ozone-depleting chemical with cancer-causing chemical |
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22 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| The Midas Crutch EPA may replace ozone-depleting chemical with cancer-causing chemical Here's a hypothetical: Say you were a nation that signed a pact to phase out ozone-depleting chemicals. Say you therefore needed an alternative to methyl bromide, an ozone-attacking pesticide used on strawberries and other crops. Would you phase in a highly toxic fumigant that probably causes cancer? Sigh. Of course you would. The U.S. ... |
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| Topics: California, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Going, Going, Oregon
Oregon's sweeping property-rights law upheld by state Supreme Court |
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22 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Going, Going, Oregon Oregon's sweeping property-rights law upheld by state Supreme Court Will Oregon's famously tough urban-growth boundaries be breached in favor of McMansions and office parks? Seems so. After an expedited review, the state's Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Tuesday that a controversial 2004 property-rights ballot measure is legal. Measure 37 allows landowners seeking to develop their property to apply for wai ... |
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| Topics: news, Oregon, placemaking (all these topics) |
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No More Bull in the China Shop
China orders corrupt environmental protection officials to go straight |
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22 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| No More Bull in the China Shop China orders corrupt environmental protection officials to go straight In the wake of several destructive and internationally embarrassing pollution disasters, China is ordering local environmental protection officials to start, um, protecting the environment. A government announcement on Tuesday warned officials to stop covering up accidents, turning a blind eye to polluting projects, and canceling penalties for ... |
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Remunerate
Eco-entrepreneurs pay people to recycle |
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21 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Remunerate Eco-entrepreneurs pay people to recycle What's the best way to get people to recycle? Same way you get them to do anything: pay them for it. Patrick FitzGerald and Ron Gonen founded RecycleBank in 2004 on the notion that economic incentives would motivate recycling more effectively than green principles. Their system rewards households with up to $400 a year in credits to national ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, news, recycling (all these topics) |
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Dipping Alito in the Water
Clean-water cases go before Supreme Court |
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21 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Dipping Alito in the Water Clean-water cases go before Supreme Court The Supreme Court will hear two cases with immense consequences for federal clean-water protections this week. Both were brought by Michigan developers who were unable to build on parcels of land when they were denied Clean Water Act permits. The legal challenges amount to a frontal attack on the scope of the CWA; if successful, mor ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, news, politics, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Addicted to Hot Air
Bush hits the road to tout alternative energy technologies |
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21 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Addicted to Hot Air Bush hits the road to tout alternative energy technologies With the American people restless over high home-heating and gasoline prices, President Bush has embarked on a PR tour of electorally important states to promote alternative energy technologies. Yesterday, he touted his plan to increase funding for energy research during visits to solar-panel manufacturer United Solar Ovonic and Johnson Controls ... |
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| Topics: news, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Brave Newmont World
Newmont Mining to pay Indonesia $30 million to settle pollution suit |
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17 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Brave Newmont World Newmont Mining to pay Indonesia $30 million to settle pollution suit Colorado-based Newmont Mining Corp. has agreed to pay $30 million to the government of Indonesia to settle a long-running pollution lawsuit, but the parties have agreed to disagree about the pesky question of whether, um, any illegal pollution occurred. Indonesia's civil ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, Indonesia, mining and drilling, news, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Ice Knowing You
Enviros seek endangered status for Glacier National Park |
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17 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Ice Knowing You Enviros seek endangered status for Glacier National Park Greenland's not the only place where the glaciers, they are a-melting. Montana's Glacier National Park has lost over half its icy cover, and eco-activists have petitioned the United Nations to declare it endangered by global warming -- hoping to force U.S. policy makers to act on reducing the nation's greenhouse-gas emissions. Since Glac ... |
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| Topics: Montana, national parks, news, United Nations (all these topics) |
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Below the Melt
Greenland ice sheet melting speedily, making seas rise faster |
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17 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Below the Melt Greenland ice sheet melting speedily, making seas rise faster New research indicates that the Greenland ice sheet is melting faster than we thought, will be gone sooner than we thought, and may raise sea levels more than we thought. Whee! The new study, published in Science, says Greenland's glaciers -- among the earth's largest freshwater reservoirs -- are sliding into the Atlantic at twice the rat ... |
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| Topics: Atlantic Ocean, climate, Greenland, news (all these topics) |
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Oh My Gnarly Clemenceau
French prez orders asbestos-laden ship returned to France |
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16 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Oh My Gnarly Clemenceau French prez orders asbestos-laden ship returned to France You thought disposing of your old computer was a hassle? Just wait 'til you try to get rid of your old warship. French President Jacques Chirac was lauded by green groups yesterday when he ordered the 50-year-old warship Clemenceau to return to France from India, where it had been sent to be dismantled. Having initially agreed to the ... |
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| Topics: France, Greenpeace, India, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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What the Bleep Do They Know!?
NOAA scientists join NASA's with accounts of global-warming censorship |
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16 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| What the Bleep Do They Know!? NOAA scientists join NASA's with accounts of global-warming censorship Government censorship: It's what's for dinner. Some climate scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration whose views on global warming contradict Bush administration policy say they're being prevented from giving particular interviews or being closely ... |
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| Topics: Australia, climate, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, news, politics (all these topics) |
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