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Touch and Goshute
Feds approve nuclear-waste dump on Utah tribe's land |
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12 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Touch and Goshute Feds approve nuclear-waste dump on Utah tribe's land On Friday, the Bush administration approved a controversial $3.1 billion plan for a massive temporary radioactive-waste dump on a Utah Indian reservation -- a win for nuclear-power interests. A private firm and the sovereign Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians struck up the agreement for the repository, so the plan has ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, news, politics, pollution and waste, Utah (all these topics) |
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Photovoltaic Finish
California's Million Solar Roofs bill dies in legislature |
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12 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Photovoltaic Finish California's Million Solar Roofs bill dies in legislature Partisan squabbling effectively killed California's closely watched Million Solar Roofs legislation last week, as the state Assembly session ended on Thursday with no vote on the bill. The measure, which would have dramatically boosted the state's use of so ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, business, California, energy, energy at home, legislation, news, politics, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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Agony and Ivory
Activists sue to stop water project near ivory-billed woodpecker habitat |
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09 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Agony and Ivory Activists sue to stop water project near ivory-billed woodpecker habitat Bird lovers rejoiced when the ivory-billed woodpecker was rediscovered, but now the fun really begins. Eco-advocates are aiming to block two planned federal water projects that threaten the eastern Arkansas bottomland hardwood forest area where the bird resides. Two conservation groups filed suit in federal court yesterday to stop one of them, ... |
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| Topics: Arkansas, news, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Clang of Four
Senators challenge Bush rewrite of mercury-emissions rule |
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09 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Clang of Four Senators challenge Bush rewrite of mercury-emissions rule A cross-party coalition of senators aims to use an obscure legislative tactic in an attempt to block implementation of the Bush administration's proposed regulation on power-plant mercury emissions. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Jim Jeffords (I-Vt.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) say the Bush rule rewrite endangers public health e ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, news, politics, toxics (all these topics) |
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Soil Ain't Green
British soil is losing carbon -- and may be contributing to global warming |
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09 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Soil Ain't Green British soil is losing carbon -- and may be contributing to global warming Dirt may be one of the world's biggest greenhouse-gas emitters -- and that could throw a very heavy wrench into efforts to fight climate change. In the journal Nature, researchers report that as the soil in England and Wales has warmed over the past quarter century, many millions of tons of carbon trapped there have vanished. They say ... |
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| Topics: climate, England, news, Wales (all these topics) |
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Stuck in the Middle With Fruit
New 'sustainable' label may compete with pricey organic label |
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08 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Stuck in the Middle With Fruit New "sustainable" label may compete with pricey organic label Tired of paying a premium for organic fruits and veggies? A coalition of farmers, environmentalists, and public officials is promoting an alternative that they say will be less costly: a "sustainable" certification system and label. The system sets standards for water quality, soil management, and wildlife protection, ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, news (all these topics) |
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Romancing the Stove
States sue DOE, press for energy-saving standards for appliances |
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08 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Romancing the Stove States sue DOE, press for energy-saving standards for appliances New York City and 15 states have filed suit against the U.S. Department of Energy, saying the agency has failed to update energy-saving standards for nearly two dozen household appliances -- changes that would save gobs of energy. According to the suit, the DOE has violated mandates set by Congress 18 years ago to progressively ... |
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| Topics: climate, Department of Energy, energy, news (all these topics) |
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Net Loss
Katrina has wiped out Louisiana's fishing industry |
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08 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Net Loss Katrina has wiped out Louisiana's fishing industry This should be the height of Louisiana's shrimp and oyster season, but the state's $2.7 billion-a-year commercial fishing industry may be another casualty of Hurricane Katrina. The region's fishers, shrimpers, and oyster harvesters typically supply the U.S. with about 30 percent of its seafood, and the industry employs about 27,000 people. But Katrina destr ... |
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| Topics: business, Louisiana, marine life, news (all these topics) |
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U Can't Touch This
EPA warns against skin contact with toxic New Orleans floodwaters |
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08 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| U Can't Touch This EPA warns against skin contact with toxic New Orleans floodwaters The floodwaters swamping New Orleans have become a filthy, toxic stew, testing at least 10 times over the U.S. EPA's limits for sewage-related contaminants like E. coli, viruses, and cholera-like bacteria. The EPA has warned that skin contact with floodwater could be almost as risky to human health as drinking it; searchers are giving the ... |
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| Topics: health, Louisiana, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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You Deserve a Break to Hay
City slickers go on farm vacations to get respite from modern life |
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07 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| You Deserve a Break to Hay City slickers go on farm vacations to get respite from modern life Overstimulated urban dwellers are taking farm vacations to get back in touch with country life -- a phenomenon that may help preserve America's rural landscape. "Agri-tourism" generates considerable, much-needed revenue for Liberty Hill Farm in Vermont; it's one of just a few thousand surviving farms in a state that on ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, news, travel (all these topics) |
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A Detox on Both Your Houses
EPA releasing new, stricter rules on human testing of pesticides |
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07 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| A Detox on Both Your Houses EPA releasing new, stricter rules on human testing of pesticides Researchers would be prohibited from intentionally exposing children and pregnant women to pesticides in order to study the chemicals' effects, under new regulations being proposed today by the U.S. EPA. The agency formulated the rules -- its first-ever on human testing of pesticides -- after news emerged several months ago about a ... |
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| Topics: news, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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China Pattern
China may boost use of renewables, efforts to fight climate change |
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06 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| China Pattern China may boost use of renewables, efforts to fight climate change Recent developments show China making concerted efforts to boost its use of clean energy and engage the world community in efforts to battle global warming. Late last week, China and the European Union announced a deal that would have the formidable economic powers sharing technology and techniques to mitigate carbon-dioxide emissions. And Monday ... |
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| Topics: China, news, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Bourbon Decay
Officials try to get grip on post-Katrina environmental problems |
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06 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Bourbon Decay Officials try to get grip on post-Katrina environmental problems Multiple environmental crises loom in Hurricane Katrina's wake. New Orleans floodwaters are diluting sewage, chemical, and fuel contaminants right now, but these substances are likely to concentrate and deposit as the waters drain. Some parts of the city may become de facto brownfields, so soaked in toxic crud that they'll be unfit for rebui ... |
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| Topics: Louisiana, news, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Glow Figure
Health fallout from Chernobyl less severe than expected |
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06 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Glow Figure Health fallout from Chernobyl less severe than expected The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power-plant accident has yielded much less harm to human health than initially anticipated. According to a new report prepared for the U.N. by more than 100 experts, Chernobyl will ultimately cause about 4,000 deaths, primarily from cancer -- a lot, they concede, but far fewer than the tens of thousands once pred ... |
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| Topics: Belarus, health, news, Russia, toxics, Ukraine (all these topics) |
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That's Why We Have to Assassinate Them
Foreign officials offer policy critiques -- and aid -- in Katrina's wake |
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02 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| That's Why We Have to Assassinate Them Foreign officials offer policy critiques -- and aid -- in Katrina's wake International politicians and pundits are pointing to possible links between global warming and Hurricane Katrina and criticizing the environmental policies of the Bush administration. German Environment Minister Juergen Trittin caught heat from colleagues for the Tuesday timing -- but not the substance -- of his slam in ... |
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| Topics: climate, news, politics (all these topics) |
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The Big Greasy
New Orleans floodwaters a stew of sewage and toxic chemicals |
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02 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Big Greasy New Orleans floodwaters a stew of sewage and toxic chemicals Toxic chemicals contaminating the New Orleans floodwaters may be less of a short-term health hazard than plain ol' poop. Federal officials have declared a public health emergency for the Gulf Coast, fearing that viruses and bacteria from sewage in the floodwaters could cause a major outbreak of intestinal illnesses. And while the noxious stew swirling in th ... |
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| Topics: Louisiana, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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The Coastest With the Leastest
Coastal-ecology degradation contributed to Katrina's destructive force |
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02 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Coastest With the Leastest Coastal-ecology degradation contributed to Katrina's destructive force Far from being solely a "natural" disaster, Hurricane Katrina's impact was compounded by human alterations of the Gulf Coast ecology. Complex levee and canal systems built to protect New Orleans from being flooded by the Mississippi River, and to improve the river as a shipping channel, have also preve ... |
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| Topics: Coastal Erosion, Louisiana, news, wetlands (all these topics) |
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Coming at It From a New Anglo
U.K. Christian groups ally with eco-advocates to lobby on climate change |
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01 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Coming at It From a New Anglo U.K. Christian groups ally with eco-advocates to lobby on climate change Several Christian organizations in the U.K. have joined forces with environmental groups in a new alliance to "Stop Climate Chaos." The coalition is pressuring the British government to make cutting greenhouse-gas emissions a domestic and international priority and to support in ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, news, religion and spirituality, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Ape Fear
New plan aims to save endangered great apes of Africa |
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01 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Ape Fear New plan aims to save endangered great apes of Africa Conservationists are angling to raise $30 million to stop gorillas and chimpanzees from going extinct in the wild within a human generation. The U.N. Environment Program's just-released "World Atlas of Great Apes and Their Conservation" reveals a poor prognosis for the survival of gorilla and chimp populations in Africa, where their tribulation ... |
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| Topics: Africa, news, United Nations, wildlife (all these topics) |
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On the Roadless Again
State leaders sue feds to bring back 'roadless rule' |
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01 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| On the Roadless Again State leaders sue feds to bring back "roadless rule" Top officials from three Western states are suing the Bush administration in hopes of bringing back a rule banning road building on 58.5 million acres of national forests. The attorneys general of California and New Mexico, along with Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski (D), filed suit this week in federal court, contending that the administration ... |
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| Topics: national forests, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Rays and Confused
Partisan divide stalls California's solar-roofs bill |
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01 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Rays and Confused Partisan divide stalls California's solar-roofs bill As its initial bipartisan support devolves into a partisan food fight, California's Million Solar Roofs legislation may die on the vine. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) withdrew his formerly enthusiastic backing for the bill -- which could put $2 billion toward solar-energy generation by 2019 ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, energy, legislation, news, politics, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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Ho Chi ... Man, I Gotta Pee
Vermont rest stop combines advanced green toilets with Vietnam memorial |
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31 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Ho Chi ... Man, I Gotta Pee Vermont rest stop combines advanced green toilets with Vietnam memorial Like chocolate and peanut butter, it's a combination so natural you wonder why nobody thought of it earlier: Vermont has built a $6.3 million rest stop featuring an ecologically advanced flush-toilet system, a greenhouse, and ... the country's oldest Vietnam memorial. Located along Interstate 89, the "living machine" green-t ... |
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| Topics: news, Vermont, Vietnam (all these topics) |
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A Hop and a Prayer
Eco-activists team with prayer network to save hapless toad |
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31 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| A Hop and a Prayer Eco-activists team with prayer network to save hapless toad This summer's It amphibian -- the endangered arroyo toad of California, famously dismissed as "hapless" by Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts -- is in the news again. The Center for Biological Diversity has teamed up with Christians Caring for Creation to sue the Bush administration for allegedly nudging the toad ... |
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Freedom to Pollute Is on the March
New air rules could allow coal-fired plants to pollute more |
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31 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Freedom to Pollute Is on the March New air rules could allow coal-fired plants to pollute more The Bush administration may finally eviscerate the legal basis for many pesky air-pollution lawsuits against coal-fired power plants. A new proposal being drafted by the U.S. EPA would change the system for monitoring plants' emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide: after a plant modernized its equipment, ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, news, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Petal Pusher
Entrepreneur sees vast potential for organic flower industry |
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30 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Petal Pusher Entrepreneur sees vast potential for organic flower industry Gerald Prolman is a man with an organic-flower plan. The California entrepreneur is not only after a significant chunk of the $20 billion-a-year cut-flower industry in the U.S. -- he's hopeful that cultivating demand for organic bouquets will transform grower practices in Latin America and Africa, where pesticide use in flower agribusiness has long poisoned ... |
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