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State of the Art		02 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
State of the Art One hundred years ago, progressives believed that states were laboratories of democracy, small-scale testing grounds for innovative policies. While the civil-rights struggle cast that view into disfavor, it may be on its way to a renaissance, led by forward-thinking state leaders concerned about the environment. Spurred by the federal governme ...
Topics: air pollution, California, green living, Maryland, New Mexico, politics, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Cap 'n' Trade Cut 'n' Paste		02 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Cap 'n' Trade Cut 'n' Paste If new rules proposed by the Bush administration to cut power-plant mercury emissions sound like they were written by industry lobbyists, it's only because, well, they kinda were. The proposal, released by the U.S. EPA on Friday for a 60-day public comment period, contains at least 12 paragraphs lifted almost verbatim from memorandums sent to the EPA by Latham & Watkins, a top ...
Topics: politics, pollution and waste, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Footprint on the Gas Exxon Responsible for 5 Percent of All Historical CO2 Emissions		30 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Footprint on the Gas Exxon Responsible for 5 Percent of All Historical CO2 Emissions Since its founding as the Standard Oil Trust in 1882, ExxonMobil and its predecessor companies have been responsible for between 4.7 and 5.3 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions. Ever. In the whole world. So claims a report, "Exxon's Climate Footprint," draw ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, commercial and industry organizations, ozone, politics, pollution and waste (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)

Vultural Phenomenon Indian Vultures Near Extinction Due to Cattle Painkiller		29 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Vultural Phenomenon Indian Vultures Near Extinction Due to Cattle Painkiller Three vulture species in India are nearing extinction at an unprecedented rate due to a common painkiller used on cattle in the region. The drug, diclofenac, is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory in the same class as ibuprofen. It has been widely used on humans for decades; it was adopted for veterinary u ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, India, pollution and waste, wildlife (all these topics)

MTBE-Free or Die EPA Attempts to Defuse MTBE Issue in New Hampshire		28 Jan 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: air pollution, elections, New Hampshire, political groups, politics, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics)

Tempest in a Teapot Government to Bury CO2 in Teapot Dome Oil Field		28 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Tempest in a Teapot Government to Bury CO2 in Teapot Dome Oil Field The U.S. Department of Energy is planning to bury some 1.6 million tons of carbon dioxide a year underneath the Teapot Dome oil field in central Wyoming, in the largest carbon-sequestration test project ever undertaken. The process, which involves compressing CO2 into liquid form and ...
Topics: climate, Department of Energy, energy, ozone, politics, pollution and waste, water pollution, Wyoming (all these topics)

20,000 Toxins Under the Sea Ocean Mammals Getting Pummeled by Pollution		27 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
20,000 Toxins Under the Sea Ocean Mammals Getting Pummeled by Pollution New research indicates that human-made toxins have infiltrated deep and remote parts of the ocean. The Ocean Alliance, a Massachusetts-based research organization, has found troubling levels of DDT, PCBs, and other contaminants in the blubber of sperm whales. Scienti ...
Topics: Australia, marine life, oceans, pollution and waste, toxics, United States, water bodies and marine life, wildlife (all these topics)

Fetal Detraction Air Quality One-Two Punch Hurts Fetuses		27 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Fetal Detraction Air Quality One-Two Punch Hurts Fetuses The combined effects of air pollution and secondhand smoke can hurt fetal development, says a new study conducted in New York City by the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health. While previous studies have addressed the effects of both factors in isolation, this study marks the first attempt to study the cumula ...
Topics: air pollution, food and agriculture, health, New York, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Zinc Positive Supreme Court Sides With EPA in Clean Air Case		22 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Zinc Positive Supreme Court Sides With EPA in Clean Air Case A narrowly divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the U.S. EPA has the authority to override state government decisions on what constitutes the "best available" anti-pollution technology. Enviros hailed the decision as a victory for clean air, while libertarian think tanks, a coali ...
Topics: air pollution, Alaska, environmental justice, politics, pollution and waste, US EPA, West (all these topics)

Enough to Make Your Lead Spin Lead Poisoning Is an Environmental, Not Medical, Problem		22 Jan 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: environmental justice, health, politics, pollution and waste, Rhode Island, toxics (all these topics)

Permission to Pollute, Sir! Pentagon Requests Exemption From Three More Environmental Laws		15 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Permission to Pollute, Sir! Pentagon Requests Exemption From Three More Environmental Laws The Department of Defense plans to petition Congress for exemption from three federal environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act and two toxic waste statutes. This will mark the third time in three years the Pentagon has made the appeal; Congress denied the first two requ ...
Topics: air pollution, Department of Defense, John Dingell, pollution and waste, toxics, US EPA (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)

I Am the Toxic Walrus Arctic Natives, Minding Own Business, Suffer From Our Pollutants		13 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
I Am the Toxic Walrus Arctic Natives, Minding Own Business, Suffer From Our Pollutants Toxic industrial chemicals, carried north by wind, ocean, and river currents, are polluting the traditional diet of native Arctic peoples in Greenland and Arctic Canada. The pollutants, including PCBs and up to 200 other hazardous compounds, are first consumed by zooplankton, then trav ...
Topics: Arctic, Canada, food and agriculture, health, oceans, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics)

Death Be Not Toxic Green Burials Catch on Amongst the Eco-Friendly Set		12 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Death Be Not Toxic Green Burials Catch on Amongst the Eco-Friendly Set It's no longer enough to live an eco-friendly life; now, the greenest of the green are planning for their own eco-friendly deaths. A small but growing number of people are seeking out burial in green cemeteries. Ramsey Creek Preserve in Westminster, S.C., is one such spot, a 35-acre expanse of woodla ...
Topics: green living, pollution and waste, South Carolina, toxics, United Kingdom, wildlife (all these topics)

Down, Down, and Away -- It's Superfund Superfund Sites to Remain Toxic Due to Lack of Funding		09 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Down, Down, and Away -- It's Superfund Superfund Sites to Remain Toxic Due to Lack of Funding According to the U.S. EPA's inspector general, the Superfund program faces a $175 million shortfall this year; as a result, cleanup will not begin on 11 of the nation's worst toxic waste sites. Superfund was established in 1980 as an attempt to force polluting industries to pay to clean up their messes. Cleanup of to ...
Topics: politics, pollution and waste, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Adieu, Adieu, to You and You and You Top EPA Enforcers Abandon the Agency		07 Jan 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: air pollution, energy, environmental justice, politics, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics)

Hey, Where Is Everybody? Deafening Silence Greets Bush's Call for Voluntary Pollution Cuts		07 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Hey, Where Is Everybody? Deafening Silence Greets Bush's Call for Voluntary Pollution Cuts Two years in, President Bush's "Climate Leaders" program -- a call for commitments from companies to voluntarily cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent or more within a decade -- has seen only 50 of the thousands of polluting companies in the U.S. sign up, and of those only 14 have set concrete go ...
Topics: business, climate, politics, pollution and waste (all these topics)

We Love to Fly and It Shows Britain Mulls Ways to Limit Impact of Aviation Industry		17 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
We Love to Fly and It Shows Britain Mulls Ways to Limit Impact of Aviation Industry With the holidays looming, the airports and skies are fuller than ever -- unfortunately for the environment. Air travel is the most environmentally damaging way to get around, with planes using vast quantities of fossil fuels and emitting toxic byproducts and greenhouse gases. The issue is looming larg ...
Topics: Friends of the Earth, placemaking, pollution and waste, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Judge to Bush: Are You Yellowstoned? Federal Judge Reinstates Clinton Snowmobile Ban in Yellowstone		17 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Judge to Bush: Are You Yellowstoned? Federal Judge Reinstates Clinton Snowmobile Ban in Yellowstone In a sharply worded ruling issued just hours before the start of the winter snowmobiling season in Yellowstone National Park, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan nixed the Bush administration's plans to allow nearly 1,000 snowmobiles in the park every day. The 49-page ruling pointed out that ...
Topics: national parks, outdoor recreation, politics, pollution and waste (all these topics)

The Weak in Review Bush's Mercury Plan Was Rejected by Clinton EPA as Too Weak		16 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
The Weak in Review Bush's Mercury Plan Was Rejected by Clinton EPA as Too Weak The Bush administration's new plan for regulating mercury emissions from power plants is virtually the same as one that the Clinton administration considered and dismissed because it appeared to violate the federal Clean Air Act, former U.S. EPA officials said yesterday. The Bush proposal caused an uproar among environmentalists and public-health ad ...
Topics: politics, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Bicycles Shanghaied Shanghai Bans Bicycles from Major Streets		15 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Bicycles Shanghaied Shanghai Bans Bicycles from Major Streets Shanghai, China, whose streets once teemed with peddling people, will ban bicycles from most major thoroughfares beginning next year. It's a dramatic (and, many say, depressing) shift for a city that was home to some of the nation's earliest bicycle factories. Now, Shanghai has become a center of China's burgeoning auto industry. Though bicycles are still ...
Topics: China, placemaking, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Baby's Breath Exposure to Pesticides May Lead to Childhood Asthma		12 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Baby's Breath Exposure to Pesticides May Lead to Childhood Asthma Yet another reason to keep pesticides out of the house: Children exposed to household bug-killing chemicals during the first year of life may be more than twice as likely to develop asthma as those not exposed, according to new research by scientists at the University of Southern California. Kids' asthma risk is also increased by exposure to wood smoke, cockroache ...
Topics: health, pollution and waste (all these topics)

True Grime Stories Rochester Investigates Link Between Lead and Crime		11 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
True Grime Stories Rochester Investigates Link Between Lead and Crime If you read yesterday's review of Six Modern Plagues in Grist, you know that environmental problems can be linked to health issues. But can they be linked to crime? That's what officials in Rochester, N.Y., are trying to determine by investigating the relationship between violent behavior and lead poisoning, which can cause neurological damage and p ...
Topics: health, New York, pollution and waste (all these topics)

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)

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