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Make That 'Vast, Energy-Sucking Wasteland'
Electricity-hungry widescreen TVs spike home energy use |
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17 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Make That "Vast, Energy-Sucking Wasteland" Electricity-hungry widescreen TVs spike home energy use Jonesing for one of those technolicious, 61-inch, flat-screen, hi-def, make-your-morning-coffee televisions? It's gonna cost you -- right in the utility bill. The Natural Resources Defense Council predicts that if current design standards hold, TVs and related accoutrements (DVD players, etc.) will account for about 10 pe ... |
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| Topics: energy, green living, news (all these topics) |
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Don't Go Fish
Historic bottom-fishing restrictions adopted for West Coast waters |
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17 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Don't Go Fish Historic bottom-fishing restrictions adopted for West Coast waters The Pacific Fishery Management Council this week approved a permanent ban on trawl fishing for nearly 300,000 square miles of federal waters off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California. The plan -- which will now be forwarded to the National Marine Fisheries Service for final approval; it's expected to ... |
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| Topics: marine life, National Marine Fisheries Service, news, West Coast (all these topics) |
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Can't? Well ...
Senate adds eco-friendly provisions to energy bill |
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17 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Can't? Well ... Senate adds eco-friendly provisions to energy bill The Senate put a surprisingly green cast on the energy bill yesterday, approving an amendment that would require power companies to generate 10 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020, and another that would direct $14 billion in tax incentives to alternative fuels and energy efficiency. Another green-friendly amendment, from Maria Cantw ... |
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| Topics: news, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Buenos Vistas
New EPA effort to cut haze in national parks |
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17 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Buenos Vistas New EPA effort to cut haze in national parks The U.S. EPA this week released new regulations designed to clean up hazy air in 156 national parks and wilderness areas. The rules aim to eliminate 1 million tons of nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide emissions a year by 2014. States must identify the industrial sites smogging up places like Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where air pollution can ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, national parks, news, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Us Magazine
Seattle births hip, witty, best-ever-in-the-universe green magazine |
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16 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Us Magazine Seattle births hip, witty, best-ever-in-the-universe green magazine Seattle has become an epicenter for environmentally themed web ventures -- an appropriately green characteristic of the so-called "Emerald City." Heh heh. That's the kind of witty juxtaposition you can expect to find in "Grist," an inscrutably named but apparently quite humorous web magazine on all things ... |
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| Topics: news, Seattle, shameless self-promotion, Washington (all these topics) |
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Between a Bush and a Warmed Place
G8 climate statement edited into submission to appease U.S. |
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16 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Between a Bush and a Warmed Place G8 climate statement edited into submission to appease U.S. An action plan on climate change being prepared for July's G8 summit has been substantially weakened in the lead-up to the meeting, the latest leaked draft anemic even by the not-terribly-strenuous standards of, uh, the last leaked draft. References to "setting ambitious targets and timetables" for cutting globe-warming emissions ... |
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| Topics: climate, news, politics (all these topics) |
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One Step Forward, Two Scoots Back
Updates from yesterday's Senate energy-bill debate |
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16 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| One Step Forward, Two Scoots Back Updates from yesterday's Senate energy-bill debate Highlights of yesterday's energy-bill proceedings: The Senate voted to double the amount of ethanol to be added to the nation's gasoline supply by 2012, from 4 billion to 8 billion gallons. Florida Sens. Mel Martinez (R) and Bill Nelson (D) successfully blocked attempts to end the congressional moratorium on oil and gas drilling near ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, news, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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It's Not Your Overall Coughing, It's How Many Times You Cough Per Hour
Court hands coal-fired power plants huge victory on pollution regs |
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16 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| It's Not Your Overall Coughing, It's How Many Times You Cough Per Hour Court hands coal-fired power plants huge victory on pollution regs The long-running legal battle launched by the Clinton administration against aging coal-fired power plants -- the nation's largest industrial source of smog-, asthma-, and global-warming-causing emissions -- was dealt a decisive blow yesterday by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court o ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, coal, energy, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Put a Liar in Your Tank
White House official who edited climate reports moves to Exxon |
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15 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Put a Liar in Your Tank White House official who edited climate reports moves to Exxon Philip Cooney, the White House official (and former oil-industry lobbyist) recently outed for watering down government climate-change reports, has left his position in the Bush administration to take a new job at ... wait for it ... ExxonMobil. Now, we know what you're thinking, but you've got it all wrong. His sudden de ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, energy, news, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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I'm LNG, I'm Dynamite
Bush admin hawks liquefied natural gas as energy answer |
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15 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| I'm LNG, I'm Dynamite Bush admin hawks liquefied natural gas as energy answer The Bush administration is championing natural gas as the answer to America's domestic energy needs, despite reservations from the usual batch of freedom-haters about its cost, reliability, and safety. Proponents point out that natural gas is cheaper, less polluting, and more abundant than oil -- and, oh yeah, a huge business oppor ... |
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| Topics: business, energy, natural gas, news, politics (all these topics) |
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The Man From NIMBY
Wind-resistant senator owns land near proposed Mass. wind farm |
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15 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Man From NIMBY Wind-resistant senator owns land near proposed Mass. wind farm Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) has been blowing hard against wind power, a position that's mystified both his Senate colleagues and wind-industry advocates. Alexander introduced an energy bill earlier this year that included grants for solar and other sources of clean power, as well as incentives for "clean ... |
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| Topics: energy, Massachusetts, news, politics, Tennessee, wind power (all these topics) |
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The Rapture of Capture
Brits want to store carbon dioxide under North Sea |
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14 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Rapture of Capture Brits want to store carbon dioxide under North Sea The British government announced today that it will invest about $45 million in technology to capture carbon dioxide and store it under the North Sea -- part of a $72 million commitment to combat global warming via energy efficiency, renewables, and new technologies. Keeping CO2 out of the atmosphere -- known as carbon sequestra ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental planning, news, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Beyond Blunderdome
Secret plan would put U.K. nuke waste in 'interim' domes for 1,000 years |
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14 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Beyond Blunderdome Secret plan would put U.K. nuke waste in "interim" domes for 1,000 years The U.K.'s government-owned British Nuclear Fuels has developed an innovative solution to the nuclear-waste problem: procrastinate! The company wants to dump waste from nuclear power plants into giant domes designed to last up to 1,000 years -- at which point, presumably, f ... |
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| Topics: environmental planning, news, nuclear power, pollution and waste, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Amending Fences
Energy bill goes to Senate floor amidst bipartisan hopes |
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14 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Amending Fences Energy bill goes to Senate floor amidst bipartisan hopes With the public up in arms about gas prices and President Bush breathing down its neck, today the Senate begins consideration -- again -- of the Moby Dick of modern-day politics: the energy bill. The House already passed a version, attacked by greens and fiscal conservatives for its billions in subsidies to fossil-fuel industries. By all accounts, a n ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Who's Minding the Shore?
Senate measures threaten to open U.S. coasts to drilling |
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13 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Who's Minding the Shore? Senate measures threaten to open U.S. coasts to drilling The battle to open up U.S. coastal waters to oil and gas drilling is escalating, with supporters in Congress pushing a number of pro-drilling bills and amendments. An energy-bill provision up for debate this week would mandate the first complete oil and gas inventory of all U.S. waters. And Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La. ... |
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| Topics: energy, mining and drilling, news, oceans, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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And Squad Said, Let There Be Blight
Judge orders dam spills in Northwest; critics may call on higher power |
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13 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| And Squad Said, Let There Be Blight Judge orders dam spills in Northwest; critics may call on higher power Just two weeks after ruling that the Bush administration plan to protect Northwest salmon was inadequate, on Friday U.S. District Judge James Redden issued an order for large-scale spilling of water at a number of dams that are hindering the ability of juvenile salmon to navigate downstream ... |
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| Topics: dams, energy, fishing, hydrogen, news, Pacific Northwest (all these topics) |
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If the Suit Fits, Wear It
BT and other multinationals call for action on climate change |
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13 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| If the Suit Fits, Wear It BT and other multinationals call for action on climate change More and more prominent suits are issuing calls to action on global warming. The latest is Ben Verwaayen, chief exec of U.K. telecom company BT, who this week became the first Brit corporate bigwig to say publicly that climate change is hurting his business -- and, oh yeah, could destabilize the world economy. Summer flooding in ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, news, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Don't Be Such a Prudhoe
American oil supplies well past peak |
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10 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Don't Be Such a Prudhoe American oil supplies well past peak America's domestic oil supplies are tapping out. At Alaska's massive Prudhoe Bay field, output has dropped nearly 75 percent since 1987 highs. With mega-developing nations India and China gobbling up the world's spare oil supply and U.S. demand still rising, engineers are now going after poorer grades of oil once considered uneconomical. But that gunky ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, energy, news, oil, United States (all these topics) |
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Bond Ambition
Missouri senator delays small-engine pollution regulation, again |
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10 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Bond Ambition Missouri senator delays small-engine pollution regulation, again Small engines have a big impact -- when you use a standard gas-powered lawn mower for an hour, you've spewed as much pollution as 50 cars driving 20 miles each. Nevertheless, someone builds those small engines, and that means jobs -- specifically, jobs in Missouri, or more specifically yet, jobs at engine manufacturer Briggs & ... |
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| Topics: Missouri, news, politics, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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So Long and Thanks for All the Fish Nets
Changes in fishing gear could save thousands of cetaceans a year |
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10 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| So Long and Thanks for All the Fish Nets Changes in fishing gear could save thousands of cetaceans a year Low-cost changes to commercial fishing gear could prevent the deaths of tens of thousands of whales, porpoises, and dolphins every year, according to the World Wildlife Fund. About 1,000 cetaceans drown every day after becoming entangled in fishing nets, primarily gillnets, which are hard for the animals to see or ... |
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| Topics: business, marine life, news, oceans (all these topics) |
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Nothing to See Here, Folks
White House defends revisions of scientific reports on climate change |
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09 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Nothing to See Here, Folks White House defends revisions of scientific reports on climate change The White House scrambled into damage-control mode after The New York Times revealed yesterday that a former oil lobbyist had revised scientific government reports on climate change to enhance the appearance of uncertainty. Pushed in a press briefing to respond to charges that the edits made by Philip Cooney, chief of staff for the Whit ... |
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Tender Loving Scare
Babies in intensive care endangered by hormone-altering plastics |
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09 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Tender Loving Scare Babies in intensive care endangered by hormone-altering plastics Infants in hospital intensive care units have much higher levels of a hormone-altering chemical in their bodies than other newborns, according to a new study. The chemical, a phthalate called DEHP, is often added to vinyl -- including some medical devices commonly used in natal intensive care -- to make it pliable. It's considered especially dangerous to baby ... |
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Acres and Pains
Senate panel recommends tighter regulation of land conservancies |
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09 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Acres and Pains Senate panel recommends tighter regulation of land conservancies A two-year investigation by the Senate Finance Committee may lead to big changes in federal regulation of America's land conservancies. The panel's report recommends that the IRS "consider revoking the tax-exempt status of a conservation organization that regularly and continuously fails to monitor and enforce conservation easements&q ... |
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| Topics: Nature Conservancy, news, wilderness (all these topics) |
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The Swamp Bling
Bushies sought to overpay GOP supporters for Everglades mineral rights |
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09 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Swamp Bling Bushies sought to overpay GOP supporters for Everglades mineral rights The Bush administration agreed to grossly overpay Florida's family-owned Collier Resources Co. for oil and gas rights on 400,000 acres in the Everglades, according to Interior Department Inspector General Earl Devaney. In 2002, Interior Secretary Gale Norton triumphantly announced the deal as "a win for all sides" ... |
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| Topics: Florida, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair
San Francisco named most sustainable city; Houston least |
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08 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair San Francisco named most sustainable city; Houston least San Francisco, Portland, Ore., Berkeley, Calif., and Seattle took the top four spots in a new ranking of 25 U.S. cities based on sustainability practices. Bay Area green group SustainLane created the list after scrutinizing the metropolises based on 12 criteria, ... |
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| Topics: California, news, Oregon, placemaking, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Texas, Washington (all these topics) |
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