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Compromise, Hell! Environmentalists have given up too much by not being radical enough	Wendell Berry	20 Oct 2004	Soapbox
Photo: © 2000 David-Lorne Photographic We are destroying our country -- I mean our country itself, our land. This is a terrible thing to know, but it is not a reason for despair unless we decide to continue the destruction. If we decide to continue the destruction, that will not be because we have no other choice. This destruction is not necessary. It is not inevitable, except that ...
Topics: land stewardship, politics, United States (all these topics)

The Hansen Bothers More climate scientists come out against Bush		19 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
The Hansen Bothers More climate scientists come out against Bush Andrew Revkin of The New York Times has written what may be the definitive account of the battle over science politicization in and around the Bush administration. The broad outlines are familiar -- the science community is more politically mobilized than it has been in decades, outraged at what it sees as the Bush administration's disregard f ...
Topics: climate, James Hansen, politics, United States (all these topics)

Grateful Deadlock Congressional paralysis dooms environmental legislation		18 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Grateful Deadlock Congressional paralysis dooms environmental legislation Partisan bickering and electioneering in Washington, D.C., have led to an impasse on nearly all environmental legislation in Congress the past two years -- bills that enviros love as well as ones they hate. Other than the "Healthy Forests" initiative and a piece of brownfields funding, Congress has been deadlocked on environment-relat ...
Topics: James Inhofe, politics, United States (all these topics)

Martial Flaw Bush admin fights off environmental restraints on military		14 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Martial Flaw Bush admin fights off environmental restraints on military In the presidential campaign of 2000, Bush vowed to force the military to "comply with environmental laws by which all of us must live," but according to a comprehensive investigation by USA Today, he has done the opposite. Since assuming power, the Bush White House has worked closely with the Defense Depa ...
Topics: Department of Defense, politics, pollution and waste, United States (all these topics)

The White Man's Halliburton White House favoring Halliburton over clean water		14 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
The White Man's Halliburton White House favoring Halliburton over clean water OK, you might want to sit down, because we've got a real shocker here: The Bush administration, headed by two former oil executives, one of whom was the CEO of Halliburton, from which he still receives payments, may be pulling strings to help shield the company against environmental regulation. The issue in question is " ...
Topics: business, politics, renewable energy, United States (all these topics)

Tricky Richard Pombo uses taxpayer dollars to campaign for Bush		13 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Tricky Richard Pombo uses taxpayer dollars to campaign for Bush Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Calif.), chair of the House Resources Committee, has sent at least 100,000 flyers to voters in swing states praising President Bush's environmental policies -- at taxpayer expense. He's also given his committee staff a month of vacation time immediately preceding the election, presumably so they can focus on helping Republican candidat ...
Topics: elections, politics, United States (all these topics)

Unsuitable Lawsuits against polluters decline under Bush administration		13 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Unsuitable Lawsuits against polluters decline under Bush administration In the first three years of the Bush administration, the number of civil lawsuits filed by the federal government against polluters declined by 75 percent compared to the last three years of the Clinton administration, according to data compiled by the nonprofit Environmental Integrity Project. Eric Shaeffer, who quit the U.S. EPA ...
Topics: politics, pollution and waste, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Thy Rod and Thy Staff, They Disturb Me Bush's EPA and Interior stocked with industry lawyers and lobbyists		12 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Thy Rod and Thy Staff, They Disturb Me Bush's EPA and Interior stocked with industry lawyers and lobbyists New York Newsday is running a series called "Erasing the Rules" about the Bush administration's coordinated efforts to remove or weaken regulations on industry. Of particular interest to Gristians will be the third installment, about the administration's staffing of the U.S. EPA, Interior Department, and A ...
Topics: business, politics, United States (all these topics)

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)

It's Worse Than You Think Energy bill a prime example of legislative process run amok		06 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
It's Worse Than You Think Energy bill a prime example of legislative process run amok The Boston Globe is running a three-part series on how the Republicans now in control of Congress are reshaping the legislative process. It ain't pretty. Part two follows the path of the massive (and currently stalled) energy bill, which began with closed-door meetings of the Cheney energy task force, thought to be influenced largely by energy-in ...
Topics: politics, United States (all these topics)

Who You Gonna Believe, Us or Some 'Inspector'? EPA inspector general blasts Bush admin's power-plant rules		01 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Who You Gonna Believe, Us or Some "Inspector"? EPA inspector general blasts Bush admin's power-plant rules The U.S. EPA came under harsh criticism yesterday from environmental fringe extremists ... oh, wait, no ... actually, from its own top investigative official. The agency's inspector general issued a scathing report saying that enforcement of clean-air laws has been crippled by the Bush admini ...
Topics: air pollution, politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Please Hold for the Next Available Wildlife Protection Bush administration puts Forest Service wildlife protections on hold		30 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Please Hold for the Next Available Wildlife Protection Bush administration puts Forest Service wildlife protections on hold The Bush administration issued a temporary rule yesterday suspending strict wildlife protections used by national forest managers since 1982. That year, the Reagan administration instructed forest managers in the U.S. Forest Service to maintain "viable populations" of f ...
Topics: politics, United States, US Forest Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Parky Pig National park funding determined by political clout rather than need		29 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Parky Pig National park funding determined by political clout rather than need At a time when three-quarters of national parks are having their base budgets cut and park advocates are crying out about the desperate need for more funding, it may gall many enviros to find out how capricious and politically motivated park funding really is. Consider the little-known Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio: Its base bu ...
Topics: national parks, politics, United States (all these topics)

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I Love Ya, Tomorrow Bush administration postpones action on enviro issues until after election		29 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I Love Ya, Tomorrow Bush administration postpones action on enviro issues until after election The Bush administration is pushing off a number of controversial environment-related moves until after the election. For example: Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham had requested a report from the National Petroleum Council on how to boost U.S. oil-refining capacity, to be released tomorrow. The U.S. EPA was expected t ...
Topics: politics, United States (all these topics)

When Geeks Attack Another group of scientists to campaign against Bush		28 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
When Geeks Attack Another group of scientists to campaign against Bush Scientists and Engineers for Change, a 527 advocacy group unveiled yesterday, plans to send scientists on speaking gigs in swing states to argue that the Bush administration disregards and distorts science -- in many cases, science relating to serious environmental problems. "We must begin to address climate change now. To do so, we must have an administra ...
Topics: politics, United States (all these topics)

Credit Where Credit is Overdue Congress renews wind-energy tax credit for a year		27 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Credit Where Credit is Overdue Congress renews wind-energy tax credit for a year A popular tax credit for companies generating wind energy will likely live on through 2005. Renewal of the wind-energy production tax credit was included in the monstrous Bush administration energy bill, but that bill is, to enviros' great relief, currently stuck in legislative limbo. However, lawmakers inserted the tax credit in ...
Topics: energy, politics, United States, wind power (all these topics)

Boilerplate Tectonics Bush and Kerry discuss their positions on science		16 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Boilerplate Tectonics Bush and Kerry discuss their positions on science In the latest issue of the journal Nature, President Bush and John Kerry each respond to 15 questions about science and related topics. Because the responses are written, neither candidate sounds like himself -- there are no Bushian malapropisms or Kerryan layered qualifiers -- and for the most part they simply regurgitate campaign-trail b ...
Topics: climate, elections, politics, United States (all these topics)

All in the Family Kerry draws on family and Clinton admin folks for environmental advice		16 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
All in the Family Kerry draws on family and Clinton admin folks for environmental advice Check out MSNBC for a handy roster of John Kerry's top advisers on the environment. At the center of his advisory circle is family, namely wife Teresa and stepson Andre Heinz. Teresa -- who first met Kerry at an Earth Day rally -- serves on the boards of several enviro organizations and has used her inherited ketchup fortune to fun ...
Topics: elections, politics, United States (all these topics)

The Status D'oh! Salon.com Delves into Global Warming		10 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
The Status D'oh! Salon.com Delves into Global Warming A new trio of articles on Salon.com does a nice job of laying out the current state of play on global warming, though its conclusions will come as no surprise to regular Grist readers: President Bush has been playing what the National Wildlife Federation's Jeremy Symons calls "whack-a-mole" with federal scientists, trying to obscure their consensu ...
Topics: climate, elections, politics, United States (all these topics)

Oh, So Nov. 15 Is After the Election? Who Knew? Bush Administration Delays Roadless Ruling		09 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Oh, So Nov. 15 Is After the Election? Who Knew? Bush Administration Delays Roadless Ruling The Bush administration announced yesterday that it will delay a final decision on whether to repeal the enormously popular Clinton-era Roadless Rule in order to gather more public input -- two more months of public input, as it happens. Some enviros (oh, the cynicism!) noted that the delay would put the final decisi ...
Topics: elections, politics, United States, wilderness (all these topics)

Omission Accomplished Environment Invisible at GOP Convention		03 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Omission Accomplished Environment Invisible at GOP Convention Attendees at the Republican National Convention, which wrapped up last night, would have been hard-pressed to discern the party's positions on environmental issues. Other than a video touting the Bush administration's efforts to avert wildfires in national forests (by, um, logging), green themes were markedly absent from the gathering. "I have not heard ...
Topics: elections, politics, United States (all these topics)

24 Hour Party People Energy Industry Funnels Millions into Unregulated Convention Parties		02 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
24 Hour Party People Energy Industry Funnels Millions into Unregulated Convention Parties The energy industry is treating Republicans to a gay old time in New York City this week, hosting a plethora of parties for favored politicians and others attending the GOP convention: a ball, a concert, a trap shoot, a honky-tonk salute, even a soiree with scantily clad acrobats swinging fro ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, elections, politics, United States (all these topics)

Malign Neglect Republican Leaders at Odds Over Nuclear Worker Compensation Program		01 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Malign Neglect Republican Leaders at Odds Over Nuclear Worker Compensation Program The Bush administration is clashing with Republicans in Congress over a compensation program for workers at nuclear facilities sickened by exposure to radiation, asbestos, and other toxic substances. As of July, the Energy Department had paid out only $700,000 of the $95 million it has received since the program was created, ...
Topics: nuclear power, politics, toxics, United States (all these topics)

By Any Greens Necessary Enviro Justice Center Works to Link Green and Civil-Rights Movements		30 Aug 2004	Daily Grist
By Any Greens Necessary Enviro Justice Center Works to Link Green and Civil-Rights Movements Environmental degradation often falls hardest on poor and minority communities, but these communities can have difficulty organizing to fight for environmental justice, and they've received too little help from a mainstream environmental movement perceived as a white, middle- and upper-class affair. Sociology profess ...
Topics: environmental justice, politics, United States (all these topics)

Sultans of Swing Environmental Issues May Matter After All, Via Swing States		30 Aug 2004	Daily Grist
Sultans of Swing Environmental Issues May Matter After All, Via Swing States Conventional wisdom has it that environmental issues are low priorities for most voters, and thus for most presidential campaigns. However, this year's squeaker of a presidential election will be decided by voters in a small handful of swing states -- and in many of those states, top local issues are environmental. In Nevada, Kerry trumpets hi ...
Topics: elections, politics, United States (all these topics)

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