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Splitting Airs Bush's latest clean-air proposals are better than nothing, but how much better?	Amanda Griscom	10 Dec 2003	Muckraker
Who let the smog out? Photo: EPA "I hate it that we're always complaining," said Eric Schaeffer, a former senior enforcement official at the U.S. EPA who resigned in 2002 to protest the Bush administration's poor record on nabbing polluters. "So, looking on the bright side, I suppose you could call this better than nothing." Schaeffer was referring to r ...
Topics: air pollution, Muckraker, politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Warm Planet, Cold Shoulder Bush Met in London by Environmental Protestors		19 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Warm Planet, Cold Shoulder Bush Met in London by Environmental Protestors Protesting the U.S. government's refusal to address the problem of global warming, environmental demonstrators gave President Bush a less-than-warm welcome yesterday as he arrived in London for a state visit. Up to 600 people noisily marched to the U.S. embassy to criticize Bush's ...
Topics: climate, Friends of the Earth, George Bush, Iraq, London, politics, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

Strawberry Yields Forever U.S. Could Endanger Ozone Layer with Push for Pesticide Use		10 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Strawberry Yields Forever U.S. Could Endanger Ozone Layer with Push for Pesticide Use In pushing for continued use of a controversial pesticide, the Bush administration could undermine international efforts to protect the ozone layer. The Montreal Protocol, a 1987 treaty ratified by the U.S. and other industrialized nations, calls for phasing out the ozone-depleting pesticide ...
Topics: European Union, food and agriculture, ozone, politics, toxics, United States (all these topics)

It's Chemical (Let's Do It) Europe Pushes for Chemical Testing, But U.S. Backs Voluntary Approach		04 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
It's Chemical (Let's Do It) Europe Pushes for Chemical Testing, But U.S. Backs Voluntary Approach While the European Commission voted last week to require new safety testing of chemicals (though not nearly as strict of testing as environmentalists would have liked), the U.S. is making no such strides. Rather, an average of two new chemicals are approved for use in the U.S. e ...
Topics: business, European Commission, European Union, politics, toxics, United States (all these topics)

Every Which Way but Loose Bush Administration Plans to Ease Sewage-Treatment Rules		03 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Every Which Way but Loose Bush Administration Plans to Ease Sewage-Treatment Rules More disease-carrying microbes from doo-doo could contaminate U.S. waterways, lakes, and coastlines if the Bush administration proceeds with plans to loosen sewage-treatment requirements. This week, the U.S. EPA intends to unveil a proposed rule change that would let many communities skip a ...
Topics: politics, rivers and watersheds, solid waste treatment and disposal, United States (all these topics)

Senate Chainsaw Massacre Senate Passes Healthy Forests Initiative		31 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Senate Chainsaw Massacre Senate Passes Healthy Forests Initiative Meanwhile, forest management in the rest of the U.S. is set to change, too, with yesterday's 80-14 Senate vote in favor of a compromise version of President Bush's Healthy Forests initiative. Although the vote was somewhat influenced by the fires in California, its effect will be felt well beyond the Golden State, on as many as 20 million acres ...
Topics: logging, politics, United States, wilderness (all these topics)

The Ghost of Climate Change Future Defeat on Climate Change Bill Masks Subtle Victory, Supporters Say		31 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
The Ghost of Climate Change Future Defeat on Climate Change Bill Masks Subtle Victory, Supporters Say As expected, a proposal to establish mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions was rejected yesterday by the U.S. Senate in a 55-43 vote. Still, supporters of the bill, which was sponsored by Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz) and Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.), were generally pleased with the outcome: Crossing party lines, six Republic ...
Topics: climate, politics, United States (all these topics)

Unsafe at Any Seed? A new consumer revolution could change the way we label food		30 Oct 2003	The Gist
There's a tongue-in-cheek ad campaign going on in New York City right now regarding smoking in public places. The ads feature slogans like, "If they ban smoking in airports, people will never fly again," and "If they ban smoking in bathrooms, people will never gossip again." I thought of this campaign when I stumbled across a Reuters article on Tuesday describing opposition to a new l ...
Topics: Department of Agriculture, food and agriculture, GMOs, green living, politics, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

It's My Party, I Can Write If I Want to Former EPA Chief to Call for Moderation in New Book		29 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
It's My Party, I Can Write If I Want to Former EPA Chief to Call for Moderation in New Book Christie Whitman, who seemed none too happy during her conflict-laden stint as head of the U.S. EPA, has found a new vocation: author. Whitman has struck a deal with the Penguin Group to publish a book that will call for political moderation instead of hard-line stands. Presumably, she knows whereof she writes: Whitman ran ...
Topics: climate, politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Stating the Obvious More States Make Strides to Address Global Warming		29 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Stating the Obvious More States Make Strides to Address Global Warming In the absence of any meaningful action on climate change by the Bush administration, more than half of U.S. states are stepping up to address the problem through legislation, programs launched by governors, or lawsuits. In the last three years, state legislatures have approved at least 29 bills that deal with some aspect of global wa ...
Topics: climate, politics, renewable energy, United States (all these topics)

In the Hot Seat States Sue Federal Government Over Climate Change		24 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
In the Hot Seat States Sue Federal Government Over Climate Change Responding to a U.S. EPA decision earlier this summer that the agency does not have the authority to regulate carbon dioxide from vehicles and power plants, 12 states filed suit against the federal government yesterday to force the Bush administration to do something about global climate change. The suit alleges that the EPA is ignoring federal stud ...
Topics: climate, politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Kerry the Day Kerry Bashes Bush on Environment and Outlines Eco-Plan		21 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Kerry the Day Kerry Bashes Bush on Environment and Outlines Eco-Plan Senator and presidential contender John Kerry (D-Mass.) came out swinging on the environment yesterday, urging the public to rise up against President Bush's policies on water, land, air, and energy. "George Bush is the kind of politician who would cut down a tree and then climb on the stump that remains and give a speech about conservation," Kerry said. ...
Topics: politics, United States (all these topics)

Sludge Not Lest Ye Be Sludged Bush Administration Won't Regulate Farm Dioxins		20 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Sludge Not Lest Ye Be Sludged Bush Administration Won't Regulate Farm Dioxins Nothing will get in the way of farmers using dioxin-tainted sewage sludge as fertilizer on their crops, thanks to a Bush administration decision announced on Friday. The U.S. EPA declared that it sees no need to regulate dioxins in sewage sludge that is applied to land in the U.S., say ...
Topics: food and agriculture, health, politics, pollution and waste, toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Green Thumbs-Down Don't gamble with your vote in 2004	Norman Soloman	15 Oct 2003	Soapbox
Is Ralph ready to run? Photo: Nader 2000. Activists have plenty of good reasons to challenge the Democratic Party operatives who focus on election strategy while routinely betraying progressive ideals. Unfortunately, the national Green Party now shows appreciable signs of the reverse problem -- focusing on admirable ideals without plausible strategy. If Ralph Nader runs for president next year, as now appears qui ...
Topics: political groups, politics, United States (all these topics)

Whatever Floats Your Vote Fun facts on voters' environmental values and more	Collin Dunn	15 Oct 2003	Counter Culture
73 -- percentage of Americans who think political candidates' positions on the environment are "very important" or "somewhat important"1 61 -- percentage who say they are either active participants in or sympathizers with the environmental movement2 30 -- percentage who list the environment as an "extremely important" factor in deciding for whom to vote3 49 -- per ...
Topics: elections, politics, United States (all these topics)

Electoral Collage A special edition on elections and the environment		15 Oct 2003	Main Dish
"Information is the currency of democracy," said Thomas Jefferson, who, as the oft-cited father of democracy, presumably knew whereof he spoke. Alas, a couple of hundred years later, it seems more accurate to say that currency is the currency of democracy. Here at the height of the Information Age, information about the workings of our democracy is increasingly tough to come by (think of the Bush administr ...
Topics: politics, United States (all these topics)

Do Good Tell Your Senators to Nix the Anti-Enviro Energy Bill		14 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Do Good Tell Your Senators to Nix the Anti-Enviro Energy Bill Here are three good reasons environmentalists should be worried about the energy bill currently in joint conference committee at the U.S. House and Senate. First, it includes virtually no conservation measures -- nothing to improve the fuel efficiency of cars and trucks, nothing to wean the country off of its unhealthy and unsafe dependence on fossil fuels. Secon ...
Topics: energy, politics, United States (all these topics)

A Monumental Decision Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Challenge to National Monuments		07 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
A Monumental Decision Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Challenge to National Monuments The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a pillar of former President Clinton's environmental legacy yesterday when it refused to hear challenges to the creation of seven national monuments in five Western states. The Mountain States Legal Foundation, a conservative law firm, argued that Clinton overstepped the bounds of the 1 ...
Topics: Bill Clinton, politics, United States, West, wilderness (all these topics)

Run Out on a Rail Senate Rejects White House Proposal to Restructure Amtrak		03 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Run Out on a Rail Senate Rejects White House Proposal to Restructure Amtrak A White House plan to restructure Amtrak was, uh, derailed yesterday by nearly unanimous bipartisan opposition in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The six-year Amtrak reauthorization bill proposed ending federal operating subsidies for the passenger rail service, opening some routes to private operators, and turnin ...
Topics: placemaking, politics, United States (all these topics)

Strip-tease Republicans Drop Renewable Requirement from Energy Bill		30 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Strip-tease Republicans Drop Renewable Requirement from Energy Bill A measure that would require large utilities to produce 10 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2019 has been stripped out of a big energy bill by Republican congressional negotiators. Yesterday, 53 senators, including eight Republicans, called for the provision to be reinstated, but to no avail. In ano ...
Topics: politics, renewable energy, toxics, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

The Cost Is Clear Benefits of U.S. Clean-Air Rules Far Outweigh Costs, Report Says		29 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
The Cost Is Clear Benefits of U.S. Clean-Air Rules Far Outweigh Costs, Report Says The benefits of some major U.S. environmental laws appear to dramatically outweigh the costs, according to a new federal report that is giving environmentalists reason to cheer. The Office of Management and Budget found that tough clean-air regulations implemented over the past decade brought health a ...
Topics: air pollution, Office of Budget and Management, politics, United States (all these topics)

Knights Who Say 'NEPA' White House Task Force Proposes Alterations to NEPA		25 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Knights Who Say "NEPA" White House Task Force Proposes Alterations to NEPA One of the nation's most important environmental laws could be fundamentally altered, if suggestions from a White House task force are implemented. A panel of the Council on Environmental Quality yesterday proposed dozens of changes to the National Environmental Policy Act, a 1970 law that requires all major federa ...
Topics: Council on Environmental Quality, politics, United States (all these topics)

E.P.-Eh? The Environmental Protection Agency just isn't like it was in the good old (Nixon) days	Russell Train	22 Sep 2003	Soapbox
Mike Leavitt -- how long will he be smiling? Photo: Utah governor's office. There has been considerable adverse comment from the environmental community about President Bush's nomination of Utah Gov. Michael Leavitt (R) to head the U.S. EPA. Most of that criticism has focused on the governor's environmental record in Utah, a record that appears to have both positive and n ...
Topics: politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Last Scoundrels of Refuge Republicans Push for Oil Drilling in the Arctic Refuge -- Again		22 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Last Scoundrels of Refuge Republicans Push for Oil Drilling in the Arctic Refuge -- Again It's the story that never dies: Republicans are once again plotting to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil and gas drilling, this time by adding a provision to a major energy bill that is now being hammered out in a congressional conference committee. Most Democ ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, mining and drilling, political groups, politics, United States (all these topics)

Mexican Standoff Feds Will Study Environmental Impact of Mexican Trucks on U.S. Roads		27 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Mexican Standoff Feds Will Study Environmental Impact of Mexican Trucks on U.S. Roads Bowing to a federal court order, the Bush administration announced yesterday that it will study what the environmental impact would be of an increase in Mexican trucks on U.S. roads. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals banned Mexican trucks from the U.S. in resp ...
Topics: air pollution, Department of Transportation, globalization, Mexico, placemaking, politics, United States (all these topics)

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