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Like a Camel Through the Eye of the Tax Code Congress moves to close SUV-friendly tax loophole		08 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Like a Camel Through the Eye of the Tax Code Congress moves to close SUV-friendly tax loophole It looks like Congress may soon close one of the U.S. tax code's most egregious provisions (and that's quite a distinction!). In 2003, lawmakers raised the business-equipment tax deduction to $100,000, clearing the way for a massive luxury SUV to be written off as a business expense -- if it was used "primarily" fo ...
Topics: placemaking, politics, United States (all these topics)

FUV European SUV backlash spreads		07 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
FUV European SUV backlash spreads Beads of sweat are gathering on the foreheads of European automakers, as a backlash against sport utility vehicles spreads across the continent. Several countries have passed or are weighing measures that could hurt SUV sales. London Mayor Ken Livingstone displayed his usual delicacy when he referred to SUV drivers as "complete idiots" an ...
Topics: European Union, France, London, placemaking, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Smears of a Clown Auto Industry-Backed PR Firm Claims California Emissions Regs Will Kill		27 Aug 2004	Daily Grist
Smears of a Clown Auto Industry-Backed PR Firm Claims California Emissions Regs Will Kill A new ad campaign by the Sport Utility Vehicle Owners of America uses "Squeezy the Clown" to warn that proposed carbon-dioxide emissions regulations in California would force automakers to (gasp!) build smaller cars, which in turn will lead to increased traffic fatalities. (You see, they argue, the regs would force people ...
Topics: California, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Whining Is Job One Ford Battles Hybrid-Friendly Legislation, Destroys Electric Cars		24 Aug 2004	Daily Grist
Whining Is Job One Ford Battles Hybrid-Friendly Legislation, Destroys Electric Cars Ford Motor Co. CEO Bill Ford's vocal attempts to position his company as eco-friendly are sounding a little hollow this week. As the California legislative session nears its end, Ford has ramped up lobbying efforts to kill a bill that would allow d ...
Topics: Big Auto, business, California, cars, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, hybrids, jackassery, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Andy Kerr, National Public Lands Grazing Campaign A rabble-rousing conservationist answers readers' questions		04 Jun 2004	InterActivist
We all know that logging and grazing are not inherently destructive practices. Do you work for, or know of, groups that are actively trying to remake the way grazing and logging are done on our federal lands, as opposed to merely campaigning against them altogether?��-- John Hintz, Lexington, Ky. Andy Kerr, director of the National Public Lands Grazing Campaign. We all don ...
Topics: heroes, InterActivist, interview, placemaking, politics, public lands (all these topics)

Andy Kerr, National Public Lands Grazing Campaign A rabble-rousing conservationist answers Grist's questions		01 Jun 2004	InterActivist
With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I currently spend 30 hours a week directing the National Public Lands Grazing Campaign (NPLGC), 5 hours a week advising Alternatives to Growth Oregon (AGO), and 15 hours as senior counselor for the Oregon Natural Resources Council (ONRC). I fill the remaining 10 hours of my 60-hour workweek (I'm a well-adjusted workaholi ...
Topics: heroes, InterActivist, interview, placemaking, politics, public lands (all these topics)

Tax On, Tax Off A gas tax might make good sense, but Dems don't want to touch it	Amanda Griscom	27 May 2004	Muckraker
Who would have thought the day would come when environmentalists would want to high-five Gregg Easterbrook? Yes, the same Gregg Easterbrook who memorably dismissed widespread criticisms of the Bush administration's environmental record as "baloney -- baloney being rolled and deep-fried with cheese for purposes of partisan political bashing and fund-raising" in a Los Angeles Ti ...
Topics: energy, gas prices, Muckraker, oil, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

The Beat of a Different Hummer Schwarzenegger's 'Green Hummer' plan sparks cultish following	Amanda Griscom	29 Apr 2004	Powers That Be
Schwarzenegger's "Green Hummer" plan sparks cultish following By Amanda Griscom 29 Apr 2004 Does this look green to you? The Hummer has come to be associated with a number of things -- steroid-addled egomaniacs, over-compensating suburban dads, the highway to global-warming hell, even Monica Lewinsky's antics in the Oval Office ... But eco-friendly driving isn't one of them. Unless, of course, you travel in the "Green Hummer" underground, qui ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, cars, hydrogen, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

The Hydrogenator California Governor Gives a Boost to Hydrogen Infrastructure		21 Apr 2004	Daily Grist
The Hydrogenator California Governor Gives a Boost to Hydrogen Infrastructure California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) is trying to kick-start the so-called hydrogen revolution. Yesterday, he signed an executive order establishing a public-private partnership aimed at building a network of some 200 hydrogen fueling stations in the state by 2010, at an estimated cost of $10 ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, cars, hydrogen, innovation, placemaking, politics, tech (all these topics)

Keep on Truckin' Taxpayers could get stuck with tab for new diesel rules	Amanda Griscom	13 Apr 2004	Muckraker
When the Bush administration wants to gin up some environmental cred, it cites efforts underway to slash diesel emissions by requiring trucking companies to switch to cleaner engines. But the untold story is that it may be the taxpayers -- not the polluters -- who end up footing much of the bill. Big Mac attack. Photo: U.S. House. The trucking industry has long been a leading opponent of federa ...
Topics: air pollution, Government Accountability Office, Muckraker, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Sticker Shocking The EPA has been misoverestimating the fuel economy of cars sold in the U.S., says enviro group	Amanda Griscom	02 Apr 2004	Muckraker
A whole lot of exaggerating going on. If you think the fuel economy of U.S. vehicles is dismal, well, you're right. Perhaps more right than you know. Official U.S. EPA statistics ascribe a pathetic average of 20.8 miles per gallon to the 2003 car fleet, about 6 percent lower than 15 years ago. The fleet averaged 22.1 mpg in 1987, before Americans got h ...
Topics: Bluewater Network, energy, fuel efficiency, Muckraker, placemaking, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Split-Level Nuclear Waste	Suzy Becker	02 Mar 2004	Ha.

Topics: health, nuclear power, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

CAFE Au Lait Bush plan to overhaul CAFE standards is a mixed bag	Amanda Griscom	20 Feb 2004	Powers That Be
Clean up the bus, gus. Photo: NREL. The Bush administration has taken to singing the clean-car gospel lately, but it's not quite hitting all the notes. Last month, U.S. EPA chief Mike Leavitt joined Detroit kingpins in a splashy D.C. conference to trumpet the arrival of new vehicles and fuels that reduce sulfur emissions -- a notable achievement, but what Leavitt was passing off as a Bush administratio ...
Topics: air pollution, cars, fuel efficiency, placemaking, politics, United States (all these topics)

CAFE Au Lait Bush Revisions to CAFE Standards a Mixed Bag		20 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: cars, consumerism, energy, fuel efficiency, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

A More Perfect Union Sierra Club and Auto Workers Unite Against Bush Fuel-Economy Plan		20 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
A More Perfect Union Sierra Club and Auto Workers Unite Against Bush Fuel-Economy Plan Bush's new fuel-economy plan is even ticking off the United Auto Workers union. The UAW has often been at odds with enviros over auto efficiency standards, but now it's teaming up with the Sierra Club to fight the administration's proposal. In a ...
Topics: business, climate, commercial and industry organizations, energy, placemaking, politics, pollution and waste, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Ethanol and Mirrors Bush Administration Extends Contentious 'Dual-Fuel' Rules		19 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Ethanol and Mirrors Bush Administration Extends Contentious "Dual-Fuel" Rules In a move that will make it easier for automakers to meet fuel-efficiency standards without actually improving the fuel efficiency of their vehicles, the Bush administration announced yesterday that it will extend for four years a system that gives auto manufacturers credits for producing "dual-fuel" vehicles that can run on eith ...
Topics: energy, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Snow News Day The Yellowstone snowmobile controversy gets more convoluted by the minute	Amanda Griscom	18 Feb 2004	Muckraker
The past few days have brought two more odd legal twists and turns to the Yellowstone snowmobile saga, which is becoming more litigiously complex and far-flung than a John Grisham novel. She's got a ticket to ride. Photo: NPS. The story is essentially a protracted game of legal Ping-Pong: The Clinton administration served the ball when it ordered a phaseout of snowmobiles in Yell ...
Topics: Muckraker, national parks, placemaking, politics, West (all these topics)

Snow News Day Yellowstone Snowmobile Saga Gets Even More Convoluted		18 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: environmental justice, national parks, outdoor recreation, placemaking, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Shape Up or Ship Out Texas Ship-Inspection Company Implicated in Prestige Tanker Disaster		12 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Shape Up or Ship Out Texas Ship-Inspection Company Implicated in Prestige Tanker Disaster Negligence on the part of the Texas-based American Bureau of Shipping -- a company that conducts safety inspections of ships -- could be to blame for the notorious Prestige tanker disaster, which spilled millions of gallons of oil off the coas ...
Topics: energy, environmental justice, European Union, marine life, oceans, placemaking, politics, Spain, Texas, United States (all these topics)

When Irresistible Cuts Meet Immovable Pork Senate Republicans Flailing as They Try to Push Through Energy Bill		11 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
When Irresistible Cuts Meet Immovable Pork Senate Republicans Flailing as They Try to Push Through Energy Bill Senate Republicans are having a bad week. A proposal to push the energy bill through Congress by attaching it to the more popular and pressing transportation bill was roundly rejected yesterday. President Bush told Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) on Monday that he wants costs cut substantially ...
Topics: elections, energy, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Pombo Magic Unlikely Proposal Would Fund Transportation Through ANWR Drilling		11 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: Alaska, Arctic, energy, mining and drilling, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Greensylvania		05 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Greensylvania Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) unveiled a $22 billion state budget yesterday with numerous eco-friendly provisions that promise to protect green space, return abandoned mine sites to productive use, improve state parks, and revitalize aging city centers, asserting that such measures would spur economic development. Enviros hailed the budget, saying it would make ...
Topics: environmental restoration, green living, Pennsylvania, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Oily Residue Judge Imposes $4.5 Billion in Damages in Exxon Valdez Case		29 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Oily Residue Judge Imposes $4.5 Billion in Damages in Exxon Valdez Case A federal judge in Alaska on Wednesday imposed $4.5 billion in punitive damages on ExxonMobil Corp. for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil tanker spill in Prince William Sound. The judgment marks t ...
Topics: Alaska, commercial and industry organizations, energy, environmental justice, marine life, placemaking, politics, pollution and waste, water bodies and marine life, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

Houston, We Have a Solution Supporters Claim $300 Billion Energy Plan Would Create 3.3 Million Jobs		15 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Houston, We Have a Solution Supporters Claim $300 Billion Energy Plan Would Create 3.3 Million Jobs A coalition called the Apollo Alliance released a report on Wednesday proposing and outlining a 10-year, $300 billion investment in alternative energy sources, which it claimed would create 3.3 million jobs and more than pay for it ...
Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, elections, energy, nuclear power, placemaking, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

They're Going to Pump You Up Supreme Court to Review Two Important Environmental Cases		14 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
They're Going to Pump You Up Supreme Court to Review Two Important Environmental Cases In what court-watchers are calling an unusually in-depth review of environmental issues, the Supreme Court is set to hear two cases today with potentially nationwide implications for clean ...
Topics: air pollution, California, energy, environmental justice, Florida, national parks, Northeast, placemaking, politics, pollution and waste, Southeast, toxics, West, wetlands (all these topics)

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