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Crime and No Punishment Pollution Enforcement Has Dropped Dramatically Under Bush		09 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Crime and No Punishment Pollution Enforcement Has Dropped Dramatically Under Bush President Bush talks tough about going after the bad guys, but it seems he's been letting one set of lawbreakers off the hook: polluters. Enforcement of environmental laws under Bush has been far weaker than it was under his father and under President Clinton, according to records from the last 15 years. The number of violation notices s ...
Topics: politics, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics)

A Case of Influence-a Enviros Say Pesticide Makers Are Illegally Influencing EPA		08 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
A Case of Influence-a Enviros Say Pesticide Makers Are Illegally Influencing EPA Northwest salmon and other endangered species could suffer because pesticide manufacturers are acting illegally to weaken rules on the use of dangerous chemicals, enviros are charging. A coalition of environmental groups, including the ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, fishing, National Wildlife Federation, Northwest, politics, Sierra Club, toxics, US EPA, wildlife (all these topics)

The Grazers' Edge Bush Administration Wants to Roll Back Grazing Rules		08 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
The Grazers' Edge Bush Administration Wants to Roll Back Grazing Rules You'd think Bush administration officials might want to spend their Friday afternoons planning happy hours or trying to sneak out of the office early, like normal people, but no: They like to spend their Friday afternoons quietly rolling back environmental protections, hoping that the news will get lost over the weekend. This past Frida ...
Topics: Department of Interior, politics, ranching, West (all these topics)

This Little Piggy Went to a Market-based System U.S. EPA Proposes New Market-Based Air Quality Regulations		05 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
This Little Piggy Went to a Market-based System U.S. EPA Proposes New Market-Based Air Quality Regulations Having failed thus far to push his "Clear Skies" initiative through Congress, President Bush is now trying to institute his air-pollution plan through regulatory channels. Yesterday, the Bush administration proposed new rules that would establish industry-wide emissions limits for sulfur ...
Topics: air pollution, politics, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics)

Through Sick and Thin 'Healthy Forests' Becomes Law While Endangered Species Rules Are Relaxed		04 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Through Sick and Thin "Healthy Forests" Becomes Law While Endangered Species Rules Are Relaxed President Bush signed his "Healthy Forests" initiative into law yesterday, a move that, never mind the name, left many environmentalists feeling sick. The Bush administration says the law will prevent fires by increasing the amount of l ...
Topics: logging, National Marine Fisheries Service, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Anglers Not Obtuse Dismayed by Enviro Policies, Some Anglers and Fishers Turn Against Bush		04 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Anglers Not Obtuse Dismayed by Enviro Policies, Some Anglers and Fishers Turn Against Bush Put President Bush in waders or camouflage and, what with his cowboy hat and rugged Western looks, he could easily grace the cover of Field &amp Stream. Yet the hunt-and-fish crowd, normally a loyal constituency of the Republican Party, is increasingly unhappy with the commander in chief. The president's efforts to roll back ...
Topics: politics, water pollution, wilderness (all these topics)

It's Not Over 'Til the Fat Lady Sings Climate talks are on the rocks, but not dead yet	Amanda Griscom	03 Dec 2003	Muckraker
The hippest catwalk in Milan this week. Photo: IISD. Milan is famous for opera and fashion, so perhaps it's appropriate that the United Nations' Kyoto Protocol conference, being held in the Italian city this week and next, has so far been characterized by high drama and public spectacle. Some 180 negotiators from around the world have been treated to rumors of deliberate sabotage ...
Topics: climate, international politics, Kyoto Protocol, mercury, Muckraker, politics, toxics (all these topics)

Meeting His Waterloo? House Tells Bush to Leave Clean Water Act Rules Alone		01 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Meeting His Waterloo? House Tells Bush to Leave Clean Water Act Rules Alone More than half of the members of the U.S. House of Representatives last week told President Bush to back off from proposed changes that would reduce protections for wetlands and streams under the Clean Water Act. In a letter sent to Bush, 218 representatives, including 26 Republicans, asked the administration to abandon a ...
Topics: politics, rivers and watersheds, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics)

The Kindest Cut Companies Show that Cutting Emissions Can Improve Performance		01 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
The Kindest Cut Companies Show that Cutting Emissions Can Improve Performance President Bush and many Republicans in Congress complain that restricting emissions of carbon dioxide would hobble the U.S. economy, but a growing number of companies are showing that cutting emissions can help the bottom line and they are pursuing reductions far greater than the voluntary ones proposed by Bush. Large alum ...
Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, politics (all these topics)

I'm Just a Bill, and I'm Still Sitting Here on Capitol Hill Energy Bill Is Doomed for This Year		25 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
I'm Just a Bill, and I'm Still Sitting Here on Capitol Hill Energy Bill Is Doomed for This Year Republican Senate leaders threw in the towel on the big energy bill last night, admitting that they couldn't muster the two additional votes needed to pass the controversial legislative package before Congress takes its holiday recess. The failure to pass the bill this year represents a stinging defeat for President Bush, and ...
Topics: energy, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Do Good Tell Bush and Co. to Keep Their Hands Off the Clean Water Act		25 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Do Good Tell Bush and Co. to Keep Their Hands Off the Clean Water Act If you appreciate clean waterways and coastlines, you have the Clean Water Act to thank -- and President Bush to fear. Earlier this year, the Bush administration unveiled a proposal that would make it easier for polluters and developers to contaminate or destroy non-navigable wetlands, streams, ...
Topics: lakes, marine life, politics, rivers and watersheds, water pollution, wetlands, wildlife (all these topics)

The Few, the Proud, the Exempt Defense Bill Will Exempt Military from Species-Protection Laws		24 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
The Few, the Proud, the Exempt Defense Bill Will Exempt Military from Species-Protection Laws The U.S. military may be having trouble achieving its goals in Iraq, but at least it's getting what it wants on Capitol Hill: exemptions from key environmental laws. President Bush today is scheduled to sign a $401 billion defense authori ...
Topics: air pollution, Department of Defense, marine life, oceans, politics, pollution and waste, US Military, US Navy, wildlife (all these topics)

Is That a Lawmaker in Your Pocket, or ... ? A breakdown of the Senate vote to end debate on the energy bill		21 Nov 2003	Muckraker
A massive energy bill backed by the Bush administration stalled out in the Senate this morning, when its supporters failed to garner the necessary 60 votes to end debate on the legislation. Only 57 senators voted to halt debate; 40 voted to keep it going. Those in favor of the bill, which has already been passed by the House, say it would increase and diversify energy sources a ...
Topics: biofuels, energy, Muckraker, politics, renewable energy, US House of Representatives (all these topics)

Slope on a Rope Bush Administration Opens Alaskan Land to Drilling		21 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Slope on a Rope Bush Administration Opens Alaskan Land to Drilling Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge isn't on the oil-and-gas chopping block under the terms of the current behemoth energy bill, but the rest of the state isn't quite as lucky: The Bush administration will announce today that it plans to open 8.8 million acres of Ala ...
Topics: Alaska, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior, energy, mining and drilling, oceans, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Stall's Well That Ends Well Opponents Block Vote on Energy Bill in Senate		21 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Stall's Well That Ends Well Opponents Block Vote on Energy Bill in Senate A massive and highly controversial energy bill stalled out in the Senate this morning, when its supporters fell two short of the necessary 60 votes to end debate on the legislation. Those in favor of the bill, which has already been passed by the House, argue that it would increase and diversify energy sources and help some farmers by encouragi ...
Topics: energy, food and agriculture, politics (all these topics)

The Loophole in the Ozone Layer How many international environmental treaties can one administration sabotage?		20 Nov 2003	The Gist
From just about anywhere you are on the planet, the city of Punta Arenas, Chile, is very, very far away. Perched on the banks of the Strait of Magellan, Punta Arenas is bounded on the north by the ice fields of Patagonia, a place that the combined forces of nature and the outdoor-gear industry have made synonymous with all things rugged and remote. To the south, on the other ...
Topics: health, ozone, politics (all these topics)

Do I Smell Bacon? Congress Refuses to Interfere with California Clean-Air Regulations		20 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Do I Smell Bacon? Congress Refuses to Interfere with California Clean-Air Regulations One trouble with pork-barrel politics: Sometimes your colleagues decide you're acting like a pig. That may be what happened yesterday, when congressional negotiators tossed out Sen. Kit Bond's (R-Mo.) spending-bill amendment, which would have prevented California from requiring catalytic converters on small engines, such as those found ...
Topics: air pollution, California, politics (all these topics)

Hasta La Vista, Regulations Schwarzenegger Puts a Hold on Pending Environmental Regulations		19 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Hasta La Vista, Regulations Schwarzenegger Puts a Hold on Pending Environmental Regulations California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) was in office only a few hours before throwing a wrench into a number of environmental-protection efforts by placing a hold on all pending state regulations in order to review their potential impact on the state's business climate. Affect ...
Topics: air pollution, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, health, politics, water pollution (all these topics)

The Wrath of Grapes Ban on Biotech Crops Makes the Ballot in a California County		19 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
The Wrath of Grapes Ban on Biotech Crops Makes the Ballot in a California County Voters in Northern California's Mendocino County will be the first in the nation with a chance to rebuff growers of genetically modified (GM) crops. Local anti-biotechnology activists gathered enough signatures to secure a spot on the March ballot for an initiative that would ban the raising of GM crops in the county. The camp ...
Topics: California, food and agriculture, GMOs, politics (all these topics)

Wetland's End Bush administration floats new plan that would gut wetland protections	Amanda Griscom	19 Nov 2003	Muckraker
It's close to a nightmare scenario and at the very least it's a very bad dream." That's how Jim Murphy, wetlands and water resources counsel at the National Wildlife Federation, characterized a draft-stage rewrite of a Clean Water Act rule, which was leaked to The Los Angeles Times by a top government official earlier this month. The rewrite has been in the works since January ...*
Topics: air pollution, Muckraker, politics, wetlands (all these topics)

Fishing for Answers Bush Administration Admits Role in Klamath Fish Die-Off		19 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Fishing for Answers Bush Administration Admits Role in Klamath Fish Die-Off The Bush administration has finally admitted to its role in last year's die-off of more than 34,000 chinook and coho salmon in the Klamath River basin, which straddles the Oregon-California border: The massive fish kill was caused a ...
Topics: California, dams, energy, fishing, food and agriculture, Oregon, politics, rivers and watersheds, US Fish and Wildlife Service, water conflicts (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)

Kill Bill! Final Version of Energy Bill Is Bad News for the Environment		18 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Kill Bill! Final Version of Energy Bill Is Bad News for the Environment After many weeks of pork-barrel politics conducted behind closed doors, Republican negotiators yesterday released a final version of the first big energy bill to emerge from Congress in more than a decade -- and it's a doozy. The package, which contains loads of subsidies for industry and loads of bad news for ...
Topics: air pollution, Alaska, energy, Midwest, nuclear power, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Empty Suits MTBE Producers Would Get Relief from Lawsuits Under Energy Bill		18 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Empty Suits MTBE Producers Would Get Relief from Lawsuits Under Energy Bill Of all the anti-environmental provisions in the energy bill, the one raising perhaps the most ire would limit the liability of companies that produce the fuel additive MTBE, which has been found to contaminate water supplies across the country. Not only would the measure shield the companies from future lawsuits related to water pollution ...
Topics: energy, politics, toxics, water pollution (all these topics)

A Low-level Blow Bush Plans to Loosen Rules for Radwaste Disposal		18 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
A Low-level Blow Bush Plans to Loosen Rules for Radwaste Disposal Radioactive waste may be coming soon to a dump near you, brought to you by -- you guessed it -- the Bush administration. The U.S. EPA is proposing a significant rule change that would let the nuclear industry dispose of low-level radwaste at commonplace dumps and hazardous waste sites that weren't designed to handle it. The cha ...
Topics: nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

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