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A Granholm Don't Come for Free
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm shows D.C. Dems how to do it |
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10 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| A Granholm Don't Come for Free Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm shows D.C. Dems how to do it With Beltway Democrats in a tizzy trying to figure out how to appeal to the working class, and Beltway environmentalists in a tizzy trying to figure out how to appeal to Beltway Democrats, both groups might want to check out the State of the State speech delivered this week by Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D). In the f ... |
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| Topics: Michigan, news, politics, water pollution (all these topics) |
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DNA Check, Aisle Seven
Scientists begin project to catalog life with DNA barcodes |
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10 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| DNA Check, Aisle Seven Scientists begin project to catalog life with DNA barcodes Of an estimated 10 million plant and animal species on Earth, less than a fifth have been identified and named. That might change, however, with a new bar-coding initiative launched today, which aims to use snippets of genetic material to characterize all living organisms in a standardized way, possibly allowing for faster discovery of new species. The inform ... |
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| Topics: news, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Gene Hackmen
Open-source biotechnology boasts first big success |
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10 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Gene Hackmen Open-source biotechnology boasts first big success Though some enviros are opposed to genetic engineering of any kind, other critics have a more specific complaint about biotechnology: that restrictive patents held by companies like Monsanto and Syngenta impede research and development into biotech applications that could help developing countries or smaller, more specialized crops in the U.S. -- i.e., applications that don't promis ... |
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| Topics: GMOs, news (all these topics) |
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Why Do Fish & Wildlife Scientists Hate America?
Fish & Wildlife Service scientists report political pressure, distortion |
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10 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Why Do Fish & Wildlife Scientists Hate America? Fish & Wildlife Service scientists report political pressure, distortion When two public-interest groups sent a survey on scientific integrity to 1,400 scientists at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, agency administrators warned the scientists not to respond -- not even in their personal time. Now that 414 of them have defied the warnings, it is clear why the bu ... |
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| Topics: news, US Fish and Wildlife Service (all these topics) |
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Sol Train
Spain makes solar panels on new homes mandatory |
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10 Nov 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Sol Train Spain makes solar panels on new homes mandatory Hoping to catch up to solar powerhouse Germany, sunny Spain has announced that as of next year, solar panels will become mandatory on new and renovated buildings. The government is shooting for a tenfold increase in the total square footage of solar panels by 2010. Domestic solar usage is low in Spain, though the country is a le ... |
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| Topics: energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, solar voltaic power, Spain (all these topics) |
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Friday in the Park With George
Bush Calls For More National Parks Funding; Critics Remain Skeptical |
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18 Aug 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Friday in the Park With George Bush Calls For More National Parks Funding; Critics Remain Skeptical Speaking at the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area on Friday, President Bush asked Congress to commit billions more dollars to the national park system, a move his supporters saw as evidence of his environmental commitment and critics called a pointless PR op. The president boasted that he'd already d ... |
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| Topics: California, national parks, news, politics (all these topics) |
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The Dirk Side of the Moon
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24 Jun 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| The Dirk Side of the Moon Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne (R), thought to be President Bush's top pick to head the U.S. EPA after Christie Whitman leaves the agency at the end of this week, has overseen a decline in environmental quality in his home state. Since he assumed the Idaho governorship four and a half years ago, the state's air has gotten dirtier and toxic emissions have increased, even as national trends have go ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, Idaho, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Owl Play
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06 Jun 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Owl Play Logging in the Sierra Nevadas could nearly triple if the U.S. Forest Service manages the forests there according to the new plan it released yesterday. That plan would reduce habitat for the California spotted owl in favor of aggressive forest thinning in the name of wildfire prevention. The Forest Service says the plan, which would radically revise the ... |
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| Topics: California, deforestation, endangered species, logging, news, US Forest Service, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Yakama Yack: Do Talk Back
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06 Jun 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Yakama Yack: Do Talk Back The Yakama Nation has filed notice of its intent to sue the U.S. Department of Energy over its alleged failure to protect the Columbia River from contamination by the Hanford nuclear reservation. Thanks to four decades of plutonium production, Hanford is the most contaminated nuclear site in the country; ... |
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| Topics: Columbia River, Department of Energy, litigation, news, toxics, Washington, water bodies and marine life, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Come on Baby, Fire My Light
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04 Jun 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Come on Baby, Fire My Light Compact fluorescent light bulbs, those money- and energy-saving improvements on the old-fashioned incandescent variety, are extraordinarily popular in Wisconsin. About 12 percent of all light bulbs sold in the state are CFLs, a figure that trounces the national average of roughly 1 percent. That's thanks largely to Wisconsin's Focus on Energy program, which educates h ... |
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| Topics: energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, news, Wisconsin (all these topics) |
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Another Roadside Detraction
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30 May 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Another Roadside Detraction The Washington State Department of Transportation has come under attack by citizens who say its practice of spraying the sides of roads to control weeds puts people and the environment at risk. Last year, a decade after promising to reduce its herbicide use, the department instead hit an eight-year high, applying more than 120,000 pounds of weed-killer alongside state roads. C ... |
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| Topics: health, news, toxics, Washington, water pollution (all these topics) |
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The Endangered Endangered Species Act
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29 May 2003 |
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| The Endangered Endangered Species Act The federal Endangered Species Act is so cash-strapped that it is effectively "broken," the Interior Department announced yesterday. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service blamed the financial trouble on the act's "critical habitat" provision, which requires federal agencies to consult wit ... |
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| Topics: Department of Interior, endangered species, litigation, news, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Go, West, Young Man
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27 May 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Go, West, Young Man Jason West, a 26-year-old member of the Green Party, is shaking things up in New Paltz, N.Y., where he was elected mayor earlier this month -- an outcome that has the local political establishment in a tizzy. West ran on an ambitious environmental platform that rallied support from many students at the State University of New York at New ... |
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| Topics: elections, environmental non-government organizations, local politics, New York, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Neverglades
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21 May 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Neverglades In more bad news for the environment, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) yesterday signed into law a highly controversial plan that will delay cleanup of phosphorus from the Everglades by a decade and, critics say, potentially result in the loss of $4 billion in federal funding for the massive restoration project. Bush -- who said signing the Everglades Forever Act was "the tough ... |
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| Topics: Florida, legislation, national parks, news, politics, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Dela-Wherewithall
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21 May 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Dela-Wherewithall The state of Delaware, which already distinguished itself this year by approving criminal sanctions for executives at polluting companies, has now announced a voluntary program designed to give manufacturers incentives to surpass state environmental and conservation standards. The Principles for Responsible Industry program, which was announced yesterday by Gov. Ruth Ann Minner (D), sets ... |
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| Topics: business, Delaware, greening biz operations, news (all these topics) |
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40 Acres and a Tax Break
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16 May 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| 40 Acres and a Tax Break California environmentalists and farmers rejoiced yesterday when Gov. Gray Davis (D) restored $40 million in funding for farmland and open-space protection under the Williamson Act. Together, farmers and enviros had lobbied heavily against the proposed elimination of the act, under which the state pays back counties for property taxes lost when landowners are ... |
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| Topics: business, California, food and agriculture, news, placemaking, sprawl (all these topics) |
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The Strong and Short of It
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22 Jan 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| The Strong and Short of It In a sign of increasing international concern about the ecological challenges posed by China, one of the world's most prominent greens has moved to Beijing and set up shop as an environmental consultant. For more than three decades, Canadian Maurice Strong has been a major player in global diplomacy, environmental and otherwise; earlier ... |
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| Topics: Asia, business, China, green living, news, nuclear power, United Nations, United States (all these topics) |
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Natural Born Watt Killers
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18 Jun 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Natural Born Watt Killers Are you one of those people who obsessively turns off lights and other electric appliances when leaving the room? If so, it might be time to look for a job with the State of New Hampshire, where Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D) is now offering up to $10,000 to state employees who devise innovative ways to cut the state's annual $18.5 million energy bill. The initiative was born out of a long ... |
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| Topics: energy, energy efficiency, New Hampshire, news (all these topics) |
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Foresight Is 20/20
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07 Jun 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Foresight Is 20/20 California state regulators unanimously approved a measure yesterday that will allow Golden State residents to save up to 20 percent on their electric bills by conserving power. Beginning in July, households that use 15 to 20 percent less electricity than they used in 2000 (before the energy crisis) will receive an additional, proportional ... |
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| Topics: business, California, energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, legislation, news, politics (all these topics) |
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The Little Solar Station That Could
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29 May 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| The Little Solar Station That Could The Columbia Generating Station, a nuclear power plant at Washington state's Hanford nuclear reservation, sits just one mile from the White Bluffs Solar Station. For the past three weeks, Energy Northwest, the Pacific Northwest's nuclear power producer, has been generating a tiny amount of electricity from solar panels at White Bluffs and ... |
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| Topics: energy, news, nuclear power, renewable energy, solar voltaic power, Washington (all these topics) |
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I've Got a Secret and I'm Not Telling
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06 Aug 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| I've Got a Secret and I'm Not Telling Vice President Dick Cheney has formally refused to turn over documents relating to the development of the Bush administration's energy plan to the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress. The GAO may now take the White House to court over the issue. Democrats and enviros believe the energy plan was tailor-made for energy exe ... |
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| Topics: energy, Government Accountability Office, news, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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Trade Mandarins Want to Trade With Mandarins
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09 Feb 2000 |
Daily Grist |
| Trade Mandarins Want to Trade With Mandarins U.S. corporations say they are raising environmental and labor standards in China, an attempt to head off criticism from unions, enviros, and human rights groups that want to keep China out of the World Trade Organization. A report by the Business Roundtable, a group of 200 corporate executives, highlights Eastman Chemical for having model safety and environment programs at ... |
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| Topics: China, news, World Trade Organization (all these topics) |
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