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Promises, Promises, You Knew You'd Never Keep Breaking Promise, EPA Will Drop Cases Against Polluting Power Plants		06 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Promises, Promises, You Knew You'd Never Keep Breaking Promise, EPA Will Drop Cases Against Polluting Power Plants The U.S. EPA announced yesterday that it will drop investigations into 50 power plants accused of violating the federal Clean Air Act. Enviros and agency watchdogs warned about the possibility of such a shift when the Bush administration rolled back the act's New Source Review rules -- but agency offic ...
Topics: air pollution, energy, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Is That a Lawmaker in Your Pocket, or ... ? A breakdown of the Senate vote on the Climate Stewardship Act		05 Nov 2003	Muckraker

Topics: climate, energy, legislation, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

Board of Miseducation Environmental Textbook Author Sues Texas Over Alleged Censorship		05 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Board of Miseducation Environmental Textbook Author Sues Texas Over Alleged Censorship When it comes to textbook publishing, Texas calls the shots across the nation, by virtue of being big enough to need a whole heck of a lot of books. In the past, the Lone Star State has grabbed headlines for refusing to use science texts that teach evolutionary theory and not creationism; now, a major case is brewing over the t ...
Topics: politics, religion and spirituality, Texas (all these topics)

Sprawl in a Day's Work Slow Growth Sees Rapid Setback in Virginia County		05 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Sprawl in a Day's Work Slow Growth Sees Rapid Setback in Virginia County The vote took place yesterday in Loudoun County, Va., but the outcome was a blow to smart-growth advocates around the nation. Four years ago, voters propelled slow-growth advocates into eight out of nine county board positions, turning Loudoun into a national model of environmentally friendly urban planning. But yesterday's elections reshuffled the boa ...
Topics: placemaking, politics, Virginia (all these topics)

The Thrill of Defeat The climate bill lost out, but the environment may yet prove the winner	Amanda Griscom	05 Nov 2003	Muckraker
"We were nervous as hell," said Kevin Curtis, vice president of National Environmental Trust, describing the sentiment leading up to last Thursday's Senate vote that defeated the McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act, 43 to 55. "But it's a great start. This may seem to be a defeat now, but in the end, it's a victory." Lieberman stumps for his bill. Pho ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, Muckraker, outdoor recreation, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Terry Good News Schwarzenegger Names Conservationist to Head Cal/EPA		05 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Terry Good News Schwarzenegger Names Conservationist to Head Cal/EPA To the delight of environmentalists, California Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger has chosen Terry Tamminen to head the state's Environmental Protection Agency. Tamminen helped start the Santa Monica environmental organization BayKeeper, then went to work for another green group, Environment Now. He was one of t ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, politics, state politics, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

I'm on the Hunt, I'm After You Bush Angers Hunters and Anglers by Promoting Resource Extraction		04 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
I'm on the Hunt, I'm After You Bush Angers Hunters and Anglers by Promoting Resource Extraction The Bush administration is ticking off many traditionally Republican hunters and anglers with its plans to encourage logging and oil and gas drilling in natural areas throughout the Western U.S. Last week, 450 U.S. gun clubs sent a petition to the U.S. F ...
Topics: Alaska, logging, mining and drilling, Montana, national forests, outdoor recreation, politics, wildlife (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)

Hollow Weenies EPA Won't Restrict Use of Potentially Harmful Weed Killer		03 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Hollow Weenies EPA Won't Restrict Use of Potentially Harmful Weed Killer Talk about scary stuff: On Oct. 31, as people across the U.S. were getting ready to don costumes and pass out Halloween candy, the Bush administration announced that it would not impose new restrictions on the commonly used herbicide atrazine, which has been associated with low sperm counts and prostate cancer ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, health, politics, toxics, US EPA (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)

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)

Green Gobblin' California Fires Could Trigger Massive Changes in Forest Management		31 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Green Gobblin' California Fires Could Trigger Massive Changes in Forest Management The devastating forest fires raging across Southern California this week could initiate a change in environmental policy as sweeping -- but probably not as desirable -- as those ushered in by the Exxon Valdez oil spill and the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster. Forest-management experts say blame for the fires is widespread, but t ...
Topics: California, logging, politics, wilderness (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)

Glade Tidings Judge Agrees to Appoint Expert to Oversee Everglades Cleanup		30 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Glade Tidings Judge Agrees to Appoint Expert to Oversee Everglades Cleanup Dealing a blow to both Bush administrations (that is, G.W. in the White House and Jeb in Florida), a federal judge agreed late yesterday to appoint an expert to monitor the $8 billion restoration and cleanup of the Everglades. Environmentalists and a Native American tribe had asked for such an appointment, but government agencies and the ...
Topics: environmental restoration, Florida, politics (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)

The Lay of the Landslide A look behind the Senate's thumbs-up on Leavitt	Amanda Griscom	29 Oct 2003	Muckraker
It's no surprise that Mike Leavitt will finally take the helm at the U.S. EPA. But who knew, after all the Democratic resistance to his nomination, that keen political maneuvering on the part of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Jim Connaughton, head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, would usher the Utah governor into the EPA administrator slot by a landslide? L ...
Topics: Muckraker, politics, US EPA (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)

Fighting Fire With Hot Air California Wildfires Put Pressure on Senate to Pass Bush's Forest Plan		28 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Fighting Fire With Hot Air California Wildfires Put Pressure on Senate to Pass Bush's Forest Plan The wildfires raging through Southern California are turning up the heat on senators to pass President Bush's "Healthy Forests" plan, which would limit environmental and judicial reviews of many logging projects in national forests with the stated aim of reducing the risk of fire. But enviros say the ...
Topics: California, logging, national forests, politics (all these topics)

Airing Out the Dirty Laundry EPA Official Knew Rule Change Could Hurt Enforcement, GAO Says		27 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Airing Out the Dirty Laundry EPA Official Knew Rule Change Could Hurt Enforcement, GAO Says The top air-quality official at the U.S. EPA was warned repeatedly by agency staffers that changes to the New Source Review rules of the Clean Air Act could undermine enforcement actions against polluting industrial plants, a General Accounting Office report found last week. But still the official, Assistant EPA Administrato ...
Topics: air pollution, energy, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Brown Out Two Enviros Named to San Francisco Power Commission in Political Coup		27 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Brown Out Two Enviros Named to San Francisco Power Commission in Political Coup A political coup in San Francisco last week led to two environmentalists being named to the city's Public Utilities Commission: former Sierra Club President Adam Werbach and Robin Chiang, an architect specializing in eco-friendly design and construction. San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly was serving as acting mayor for a day while Mayor Wi ...
Topics: California, politics, San Francisco (all these topics)

Under African Sighs Zimbabwe's Wildlife Suffer Under Political Turmoil		27 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Under African Sighs Zimbabwe's Wildlife Suffer Under Political Turmoil Zimbabwe's corrupt and troubled government is not only making life miserable for many of the country's people but also for its once famous populations of elephants, rhinoceroses, and other wild animals. By some estimates, up to two-thirds of animals on Zimbabwe's game farms and wildlife preserves have been killed, including endangered speci ...
Topics: national parks, politics, wildlife, Zimbabwe (all these topics)

Chemical Reaction E.U. Waters Down Chemical Safety Testing Plan		24 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Chemical Reaction E.U. Waters Down Chemical Safety Testing Plan In a blow to advocates of environmental and human health, the European Union dramatically narrowed the scope of its plan to require safety testing for tens of thousands of chemicals. The move was motivated primarily by financial concerns, and the narrower plan is expected to save billions of dollars. But the timing -- in the middle of a bar ...
Topics: business, European Union, health, politics, toxics (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)

Poor Judgment Company Warns Poor and Minorities They Will Suffer if N-Plant Is Closed		24 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Poor Judgment Company Warns Poor and Minorities They Will Suffer if N-Plant Is Closed The power company Entergy Nuclear Northeast is warning low-income and minority citizens in New York that more power plants will be built in their neighborhoods if the state's highly controversial Indian Point nuclear power plant is closed. Critics say the move is an inap ...
Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, energy, environmental justice, New York, politics (all these topics)

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