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Milkin' It More use of growth hormones would boost sustainability of dairy industry, says study		01 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 2:00 PM on 01 Jul 2008 Shooting up cows with artificial growth hormones increases the sustainability of the dairy industry, claims a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "Giving rbST to 1 million cows would enable the same amount of milk to be produced using 157,000 fewer cows," says the study, thus easing the impact that giant dairy-cow operatio ...
Topics: agriculture, air pollution, food, health, industrial ag, news, scientific research, water pollution (all these topics)

Textbook case New edition of AP American Government book retains false information about climate change	Kate Sheppard	01 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Back in April, we reported that the American Government textbook in use in classrooms across the country implies that the cause of climate change is in doubt, and that global warming could even be a net benefit for the planet and all who dwell upon it. At the time, publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt assured concerned citizens that this was merely a flaw in older editions of the book, and that they 'will be working with the authors to evaluate in detail the criti ...
Topics: books, climate change skepticism, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics)

Hitting the Wall R.I. court reverses ruling, says paint companies not responsible for lead cleanup		01 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 12:41 PM on 01 Jul 2008 Three paint companies should not have to clean up lead contamination in Rhode Island homes, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The decision reverses a landmark 2006 ruling in which the state was victorious in alleging that Sherwin-Williams Co., NL Industries Inc., and Millennium Holdings LLC created a public nuisance by manufacturing and selling lead-based pain ...
Topics: green living, litigation, news, Rhode Island, toxics (all these topics)

Pulled Out a Plum Montana forest conservation deal biggest in U.S. history		01 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 11:01 AM on 01 Jul 2008 Some 500 square miles of privately owned forest in the northern Rocky Mountains will be protected under a deal announced Monday by the Nature Conservancy and Trust for Public Land. The groups will pay Plum Creek Timber $510 million for the checkerboard tracts of land in northwest Montana. The deal is "the largest land purchase, for conservation purposes, in American history," sa ...
Topics: habitat protection, Nature Conservancy, news, progress (all these topics)

In the dumps Mountain advocates and legislators take on mountaintop removal	Kate Sheppard	01 Jul 2008	Gristmill
The practice of mountaintop removal (MTR) has gotten more attention from environmental and social justice advocates in recent months, including the Goracle himself. 'Mountaintop removal is a crime and ought to be treated as a crime,' Gore said in April. He was addressing the audience at the 2008 Nashville Film Festival, where he presented director Michael O'Connell the 2008 'Reel Current Award' for his film, Mountain Top Removal. The practice continues largely ...
Topics: coal, Congress, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics)

Big, bad John Texas Sen. John Cornyn hearts drilling and a good brew	Kate Sheppard	01 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Okay, so this campaign ad for Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) has nothing to do with the environment, but it needs to be posted: Cornyn's latest ads focus on his energy plan, which includes offshore drilling and opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for exploration and drilling. He also says he supports 'viable alternative sources,' which in his book includes nuclear and coal. This is the same senator who during the debate over the Lieberman-Warner Climate ...
Topics: elections, energy, Muckraker, news, oil, politics, US senate (all these topics)

Whale, You Were Out! Makah tribe members sentenced for illegal whale hunt		01 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 7:09 AM on 01 Jul 2008 The five members of the Makah tribe who participated in an unsanctioned hunt of a gray whale last year were sentenced earlier this week. The Makah tribe, whose reservation is located in northwestern Washington state, is the only tribe in the country with treaty rights to hunt whales. However, the long, arduous process of obtaining a waiver to actually conduct a legal hunt has fueled the pr ...
Topics: animal welfare, news, politics, United States, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

Burnett at the stake Former EPA official talks about White House's unwillingness to regulate greenhouse gas emissions	Kate Sheppard	30 Jun 2008	Gristmill
As we've reported here over the past week, the White House is trying to block the Environmental Protection Agency from releasing a document that shows how the Clean Air Act could be used to regulate greenhouse gases. Over the weekend, Grist talked to former associate deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Jason Burnett about the agency's findings and the White House's interference. Burnett, an economist by training, and the EPA's environmental ...
Topics: greenhouse-gas emissions, Muckraker, news, politics, US EPA, White House (all these topics)

Oh, Blast Drought hampering Fourth of July celebrations		30 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 4:48 PM on 30 Jun 2008 Friday is July 4, otherwise known in the U.S. as the Fourth of July. Independence-celebrating Americans are accustomed to gazing upon red-glaring rockets, air-bursting bombs, and other shows of pyrotechnic pomp -- but this year, many fireworks shows may lose their sparkle. Because of drought conditions, many shows across the country have been canceled, and several places will impose fines on backyard detona ...
Topics: green living, holiday, news, water crisis (all these topics)

A Coal New World Landmark ruling halts Georgia coal plant on basis of CO2 emissions		30 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 2:38 PM on 30 Jun 2008 A Georgia coal plant cannot go forward until it receives an air-pollution permit limiting its carbon-dioxide emissions, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore ruled Monday. The ruling marks the first time a judge has used the Supreme Court's classification of CO2 as a pollutant to regulate emissions from an industrial source. Moore's decision overturns a p ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, coal, energy, Georgia, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, progress (all these topics)

Greeting Cardin Maryland Senator pushes for better transit, efficiency	Kate Sheppard	30 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Since he was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1987, Ben Cardin (D-Md.) has been active on issues such as health care and retirement security. But since making the leap to the Senate less than two years ago, Cardin has emerged as a leader on some of the most nuts-and-bolts elements of policy to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions: energy efficiency and transit. Ben Cardin. His most recent accomplishment was securing $171 billio ...
Topics: US Senate, legislation, politics, news, Muckraker, public transportation, Maryland (all these topics)

White-Out House White House tries to keep EPA from showing how greenhouse gases could be regulated		30 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 12:29 PM on 30 Jun 2008 The White House is trying to block the U.S. EPA from releasing a document that shows how the Clean Air Act could be used to regulate greenhouse gases, reports The Wall Street Journal. The draft document, a formal response to a Supreme Court decision that greenhouse gases are pollutants and can thus be regulated under the Clean Air Act, must be OK'd by the White Hou ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, jackassery, news, politics, regulation, US EPA, White House (all these topics)

Sour Town Protesters demonstrate against British eco-towns		30 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 10:18 AM on 30 Jun 2008 Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Britain's Parliament Monday to protest the government's plan to build 15 eco-towns. The government is proposing communities characterized by sustainable construction, public transportation, green space, and walkability. It hopes to have five eco-towns built by 2016, and five more by 2020. Monday marks the last day of the government's first phase of consultation wit ...
Topics: England, grassroots activism, news, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics)

To Clean Up or Not to Clean Up ... We're Still on Defense U.S. Defense Department fighting EPA orders to clean up Superfund sites		30 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 8:17 AM on 30 Jun 2008 Defying environmental law, the U.S. Defense Department has resisted repeated orders lately from the U.S. EPA to clean up some of the nation's most contaminated places. The DoD/EPA standoff has turned into a bureaucratic pissing match wherein the EPA has asserted its authority to order and oversee cleanup of ultra-polluted Superfund si ...
Topics: Department of Defense, news, politics, toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Don't take it for Granite N.H.'s Shaheen puts energy issues at center of her campaign for Senate	Kate Sheppard	30 Jun 2008	Gristmill
In New Hampshire, former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D) is challenging incumbent John Sununu (R) for his U.S. Senate seat, and she's making energy concerns a centerpiece of her campaign. Here's her most recent ad, targeting the 'Enron loophole': Previous Shaheen ads have called for tougher regulation of the oil industry and increased investment in renewable energy.
Topics: video, elections, US Senate, energy, politics, news, Muckraker (all these topics)

Hill heap A weekly roundup of greenish news from the Capitol	Kate Sheppard	27 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Some political news debris from this week: The League of Conservation Voters announced today that they've created the first green bundling site. This allows folks to donate en masse to green candidates around the country. LCV will direct the funds to the candidates it will support this year in Senate and House races. Just off his big Everglades restoration deal, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist hosted a conference on climate change. Crist's friend and Californi ...
Topics: climate, Congress, energy, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Dry Run Olympics worsening Beijing water crisis, says report		27 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 2:45 PM on 27 Jun 2008 The Beijing Olympics are putting a strain on already-tight water supplies, says a new report from NGO Probe International. Preparations for the Games have sucked up 52 billion gallons of water above normal consumption this year, in a city that already consumes more water than is naturally supplied. Beijing's two main reservoirs are at less than 10 percent of capacity, and, not helping matters, rainfall ...
Topics: China, news, Olympics, sports, water crisis (all these topics)

Ensign of the times Senate Republican tries to tack renewable tax extensions onto housing bil	Kate Sheppard	27 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) is attempting to add the tax break extensions for renewables that keep failing in the Senate to a giant housing package. His attempts have stalled the housing bill, which would overhaul mortgage finance and create programs to help borrowers refinance. The Senate is supposed to go into recess today for the July 4 holiday, but Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has threatened to keep it in session until this is resolved. Though the tax ext ...
Topics: legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, renewable energy, US Senate (all these topics)

Moby Next Year Whaling commission avoids controversial decisions		27 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 12:51 PM on 27 Jun 2008 Wrapping up its annual meeting this week, the International Whaling Commission decided to defer decision-making on various controversial issues. The IWC took only one vote at the meeting, deciding to disallow Greenland's request to take a higher quota of humpback whales. It also agreed to research the impact of climate change on cetaceans. But with the commission polarized by fierce disagreement be ...
Topics: Greenland, news, whaling (all these topics)

Reps. for renewables New bill to support renewables offered in House	Kate Sheppard	27 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Reps. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.), Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.), Jim McDermott (D-Wash.), and Mike Honda (D-Calif.) introduced legislation [PDF] yesterday to provide security for investments in the renewable-energy sector by guaranteeing rates for renewable-energy generation. The Renewable Energy Jobs and Security Act would provide guaranteed renewable-energy payments to small and mid-sized clean-energy suppliers (up to 20 megawatts). It would provide security for investment ...
Topics: Congress, economy, energy, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

The Air Over There Airlines must pay for emissions, E.U. says		27 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 10:30 AM on 27 Jun 2008 All flights into, out of, and within the European Union will be included in the bloc's emissions-trading scheme as of 2012, the E.U. Parliament decided Thursday. If the plan is given final approval, airlines will have to cut emissions 3 percent in 2012 and 5 percent per year from 2013 on. Airlines would buy 15 percent of their emissions permits from the E.U.; the rest would be allocated for free. Big ...
Topics: air travel, business, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, European Union, greenhouse-gas emissions, news (all these topics)

The battle of Lexington McCain touts energy plan in another new ad	Kate Sheppard	27 Jun 2008	Gristmill
John McCain has a new ad promoting his 'Lexington Project' to move the country toward energy independence: As with previous ads, this one shows footage of windmills and solar panels, but I don't see any nuclear reactors. Odd, considering his love of nuclear energy and his plan to build 45 new nuclear reactors by 2030.
Topics: elections, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08, renewable energy, video (all these topics)

Check Out Our Ray-Bans! Feds freeze new solar projects on public land, pending review		27 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 8:27 AM on 27 Jun 2008 The Bush administration has put a moratorium on new solar projects on public land pending large-scale study of their environmental impacts, a process which could take about two years. Since 2005, over 130 solar-plant proposals have been filed for large-scale solar projects that together would cover some 1 million acres of BLM land, if approved. Officials at the Interior Departm ...
Topics: energy, news, public lands, solar thermal power, solar voltaic power, United States (all these topics)

Dally Affirmation Appeals court won't force EPA to speed up CO2 decision		27 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 7:08 AM on 27 Jun 2008 A federal appeals court has decided not to force the Bush administration to speed up its decision on whether carbon dioxide emissions endanger public health or welfare. The administration's decision on CO2 is a necessary step in the process of regulating U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions from vehicles and industrial sources. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that carbon dioxide is a pollu ...
Topics: climate, litigation, news, politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Fuel me once Select Committee hears testimony on Bush administration's proposals for fuel economy standards	Kate Sheppard	26 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Amid a flurry of votes on energy issues in the House today, the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming held a hearing on the role of automobile fuel economy as gas prices continue to increase. 'Because 70 percent of oil goes into transportation, any solutions to the oil crisis must focus on the transportation sector,' said Select Committee Chair Ed Markey (D-Mass.). Tyler Duvall, the assistant secretary for policy at the Department of Transp ...
Topics: Congress, Department of Transportation, fuel efficiency, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics)

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