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Don't Let the Door Hit You ...
Interior Secretary Gale Norton resigns |
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10 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Don't Let the Door Hit You ... Interior Secretary Gale Norton resigns Gale Norton, secretary of the Department of Interior, announced today that she will resign her position, effective at the end of the month. "Now I feel it is time for me to leave this mountain you gave me to climb," she wrote in her resignation letter to President Bush, "catch my breath, then set my sights on new goals to achieve in the private ... |
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| Topics: Department of Interior, news (all these topics) |
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Always Low Vices ... Well, Sometimes
Wal-Mart to double organic food selection |
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09 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Always Low Vices ... Well, Sometimes Wal-Mart to double organic food selection In the next few weeks, Wal-Mart plans to double its offering of organic foods, expanding its produce and dairy selections and offering dry goods as well. Organic food is one of the fastest-growing segments in the grocery biz, and Wal-Mart is one of many large retailers hoping to capitalize on the trend. ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, food, news, organic food, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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We Knew They Were Price Gouging, But This Is Ridiculous
Lawsuit against Exxon over torture in Indonesia can proceed, judge says |
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09 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| We Knew They Were Price Gouging, But This Is Ridiculous Lawsuit against Exxon over torture in Indonesia can proceed, judge says A U.S. federal judge declared last week that a lawsuit brought against ExxonMobil on behalf of Indonesian villagers can proceed. In 2001, the D.C.-based International Labor Rights Fund sued the company in a U.S. court on behalf of 11 Indonesians from Aceh province, claiming t ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, Indonesia, news (all these topics) |
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Stick It Where the Sun Does Shine
Senate panel clears drilling expansion off Florida coast |
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09 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Stick It Where the Sun Does Shine Senate panel clears drilling expansion off Florida coast The specter of new drilling in the Gulf of Mexico loomed a little larger yesterday, as the Senate Energy Committee approved a bill to open millions of acres about 100 miles off the Florida coast to oil and gas exploration. Now, please get out your scorecards and sharpen your No. 2 pencils: Florida Sens. Mel Martinez (R) ... |
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| Topics: Florida, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Can We Sue Them for Label?
House passes industry-beloved food-labeling bill |
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09 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Can We Sue Them for Label? House passes industry-beloved food-labeling bill Yesterday, the House of Representatives stood up to a powerful business lobby to protect public health and safety. Ha ha! Just yanking your chain. Actually, the House approved by 283 to 139 an industry-backed bill that would wipe out over 200 state laws requiring safety and warning labels on foods -- noting the presence of cancer-causing ingred ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Tray's Anatomy
Hospital menus getting green overhaul |
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08 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Tray's Anatomy Hospital menus getting green overhaul Soon "hospital food" may no longer mean the worst American factory-farmed cuisine has to offer. A handful of hospitals around the country are starting to put hormone-free meats, rBGH-free milk, and organic veggies on their menus. For years, the best advice of health-care professionals hasn't been reflected in the typical hospital menu. But now, hospitals "are inc ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, news (all these topics) |
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Foresight Is 20/20
Researchers identify 20 future conservation battlegrounds |
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08 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Foresight Is 20/20 Researchers identify 20 future conservation battlegrounds The soldiers of conservation have been given their marching orders. (Ah, martial metaphors ... never can get the hang of them.) A new study has identified 20 future conservation battlegrounds around the world, from Alaska's far north to the southern tip of the Australian island of Tasmania -- hotspots where land-mammal species aren't yet endangered ... |
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| Topics: environmental restoration, news (all these topics) |
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Rebuke Nukem
U.K. government advisory commission puts the smackdown on nuclear power |
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08 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Rebuke Nukem U.K. government advisory commission puts the smackdown on nuclear power Nuclear power incites stiff support in U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair. But he may be feeling a bit flaccid this week: The Sustainable Development Commission, an advisory body established by the U.K. government, has formally advised against revitalizing a national nuclear-energy program. Says the commission chair, "There's little po ... |
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| Topics: news, nuclear power, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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You're Looking Swell, Dalai
Dalai Lama's admonition may be cooling illegal tiger-skin trade in Tibet |
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07 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| You're Looking Swell, Dalai Dalai Lama's admonition may be cooling illegal tiger-skin trade in Tibet What's it like to have a leader with genuine moral authority? To find out, we take you to Tibet, where the Dalai Lama's exhortations are leading many Tibetans to forswear the multimillion-dollar trade in wild animal skins. Heavy Tibetan demand has fueled a spike in poaching of ever-scarcer tigers and leopards in India. But in January, ... |
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| Topics: news, Tibet, wildlife (all these topics) |
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We Ain't Sayin' They're Gold Diggers ... Oh Wait, Yes We Are
Mining industry tries to clean up its reputation |
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07 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| We Ain't Sayin' They're Gold Diggers ... Oh Wait, Yes We Are Mining industry tries to clean up its reputation This may surprise you, but the mining industry has an image problem. It's awash in record profits, but as it exhausts easy-to-reach mineral deposits and moves into more remote areas, it is under increased pressure to work in an environmentally and socially conscious way. (Also at stake is funding from the World Bank, which ... |
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| Topics: mining and drilling, news (all these topics) |
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A Spat on the Back
California governator at odds with biz lobby over plan to cut CO2 |
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07 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| A Spat on the Back California governator at odds with biz lobby over plan to cut CO2 Arnold Schwarzenegger's til-now cozy relationship with the California Chamber of Commerce has hit turbulence over the Republican governator's ambitious proposal to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The chamber has denounced a preliminary report from the California EPA's climate action team, which predi ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, business, California, climate, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Fools Russia In
Russia to build oil pipeline within half-mile of world's deepest lake |
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07 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Fools Russia In Russia to build oil pipeline within half-mile of world's deepest lake A 2,550-mile-long oil pipeline is set to be built within 900 yards of the world's deepest lake. And really, what could go wrong? Lake Baikal -- home to a variety of unique species of flora and fauna and over 20 percent of the planet's unfrozen freshwater -- has the misfortune to lie along the cheapest route for Russian pipeline monopoly ... |
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| Topics: energy, lakes, news, oil, Russia (all these topics) |
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Chew Magna Cum Laude
Village aims to be the greenest in England |
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06 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Chew Magna Cum Laude Village aims to be the greenest in England An English town with the wholly delightful name of Chew Magna is in the running for greenest village of them all. With a population of 1,100, it's located in a wider community that's committed itself to achieving zero waste, recycling everything from mobiles (cell phones) to spectacles (glasses). But Chew Magna has gone many steps further: Their Go Zero campaign has prod ... |
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| Topics: England, health, news (all these topics) |
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Resmothering the Satellites
Bush admin shows no love for environmental satellites |
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06 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Resmothering the Satellites Bush admin shows no love for environmental satellites In these troubled fiscal times, America has to make difficult budgetary choices. Of course the Bush tax cuts are off-limits. But what else could we do without? Here's a thought: how about the network of environmental satellites that gather data on weather and climate? Those seem like dead weight; "climate" is so 2004. Indeed, NASA's proposed ... |
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It's Hard Out Here for a Chinook
Fishing ban considered for Klamath chinook along West Coast |
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06 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| It's Hard Out Here for a Chinook Fishing ban considered for Klamath chinook along West Coast With chinook salmon runs in the Klamath River plummeting, federal regulators are considering an unprecedented ocean-fishing ban on chinook along 700 miles of coast, from northern Oregon to just south of Carmel, Calif. A combination of factors on the Klamath River, including warm, low-flowing water and runoff from farming and ti ... |
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| Topics: fishing, news, rivers and watersheds (all these topics) |
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Any Portugal in a Wind Storm
Portugal gives wind power a big bear hug; England gives it the finger |
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03 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Any Portugal in a Wind Storm Portugal gives wind power a big bear hug; England gives it the finger Portugal is already building the world's largest solar power plant; now, to make us feel even worse about ourselves, it's planning a huge new project to more than double its wind-energy capacity. A contractor bid will be accepted by this summer for the project, which will provide enough energy to power 750,000 ho ... |
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| Topics: energy, England, news, Portugal, wind power (all these topics) |
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Melts in Your South, Not in Your Plans
Antarctica ice sheets melting faster than expected |
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03 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Melts in Your South, Not in Your Plans Antarctica ice sheets melting faster than expected Another day, another round of studies showing the world's ice sheets melting faster than expected, another outbreak of indifference from the public, another resigned sigh from enviros, another bout of empty rhetoric from legislators. K, see you tomorrow! Oh, what, you want details? All right: The lucky ice sheets featured in thes ... |
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| Topics: Antarctica, climate, Greenland, news (all these topics) |
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Nobody Undoes It Like Sara Lee
Industry-backed bill would overthrow state food-labeling laws |
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03 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Nobody Undoes It Like Sara Lee Industry-backed bill would overthrow state food-labeling laws Two hundred or more state laws requiring warning labels on foods -- labels indicating the presence of, say, cancer- or birth-defect-causing ingredients -- would get nixed under a bill debated yesterday in the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation would preempt state food-labeling rules in favor of a national standard, ... |
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Interior Wreckorating
Interior official says big oil-royalty giveaway was likely a mistake |
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02 Mar 2006 |
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| Interior Wreckorating Interior official says big oil-royalty giveaway was likely a mistake Remember that $7 billion to $9 billion in royalty payments that oil and gas companies won't be sending to American taxpayers for leases on public land? Turns out it's the result of an Interior Department mistake. Oopsie! According to testimony yesterday before a House subcommittee, in 1998 and 1999 Interior "inadvertently" dropp ... |
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Benzene There, Might Do That
New EPA regs would slash benzene emissions from cars by 2030 |
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02 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Benzene There, Might Do That New EPA regs would slash benzene emissions from cars by 2030 The Bush administration delighted enviros yesterday (yes, we just wrote that) by unveiling long-awaited proposals to cut toxic tailpipe emissions. Of course, it took a lawsuit to get the plan released, but why look a gift regulation in the mouth? According to the U.S. EPA, the proposed rules would cut benzene e ... |
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| Topics: news, placemaking, pollution and waste, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Beetle Bailiwick
Warmer B.C. ravaged by beetles, haunted by dead birds |
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02 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Beetle Bailiwick Warmer B.C. ravaged by beetles, haunted by dead birds The flora and fauna of British Columbia, Canada, are having a rough go of global warming. B.C. forests are suffering through a massive insect infestation that's ravaging an area three times the size of Maryland. The mountain pine beetle can't survive severe cold, but milder winters (hmm, what the heck could be causing milder winters?) have con ... |
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| Topics: British Columbia, climate, news, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Global Warring
Climate change a major security problem, says U.K. defense chief |
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01 Mar 2006 |
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| Global Warring Climate change a major security problem, says U.K. defense chief U.K. Defense Secretary John Reid has echoed a growing number of analysts by stressing that global warming is not just a weather problem, or a health problem, or a problem for biodiversity. It's a global security problem. In a Monday speech, Reid called on the nation's military to prepare now for strife brought on by desertification, water shortage ... |
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| Topics: climate, news, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Repent, Ye Synners
Shady synfuel industry making billions off tax-credit loophole |
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01 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Repent, Ye Synners Shady synfuel industry making billions off tax-credit loophole A budget bill currently being hashed out in Congress may help a few dozen coal plants continue to get filthy rich off of taxpayer money. The backstory: In 1980, Congress enacted tax incentives for turning coal into synthetic fuel, requiring only that the coal be chemically altered -- not necessarily cleaner. The subsidy was designed to be phased ... |
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| Topics: business, coal, energy, news (all these topics) |
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Bring in Da Illinois, Bring in Da Hunk
Obama speechifies for energy independence, chemical-plant security |
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01 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Bring in Da Illinois, Bring in Da Hunk Obama speechifies for energy independence, chemical-plant security Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is calling for a bipartisan effort to create a cabinet-level national director of energy security, who would coordinate federal policies to cut U.S. dependence on foreign oil. In a Tuesday speech to U.S. governors, Obama touted several policies to promote oil-free ene ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, Illinois, news, politics, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Fin and Dandy
Low-mercury fish label debuts in Northern California |
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28 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Fin and Dandy Low-mercury fish label debuts in Northern California If you love fish but avoid it because you're worried about high mercury content, you may be in luck -- if you live in Northern California, that is. Pacific Seafood Group, a large fish wholesaler, has partnered with Holiday Quality Foods, a chain of 19 grocery stores in rural Northern California, to test-market fish labeled as low-mercury. Fish to be s ... |
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| Topics: California, marine life, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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