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Nuclear Waste By Any Other Name... Energy Department Wants to Redefine Nuclear Waste		01 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Nuclear Waste By Any Other Name... Energy Department Wants to Redefine Nuclear Waste The U.S. Department of Energy is asking Congress for the power to redefine some nuclear waste to allow it to be left where it is or disposed of at low-level radioactive waste sites instead of buried deep underground. The waste in question consists of tens of millions of gallons of salts and sludg ...
Topics: Department of Energy, Nevada, nuclear power, politics, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Watching Their Waste California Passes Cutting-Edge E-Waste Law		26 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Watching Their Waste California Passes Cutting-Edge E-Waste Law Consistent with its habit of pushing the environmental envelope, California has adopted the nation's most comprehensive law governing the manufacture and disposal of electronics. The law has three main purposes: to speed the recycling of discarded computers and televisions (some 6 million of which await disposal across the ...
Topics: California, green living, politics, pollution and waste, recycling (all these topics)

Something Stinks EPA, Livestock Farms Seek to Cut Deal on Air Pollution		25 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Something Stinks EPA, Livestock Farms Seek to Cut Deal on Air Pollution Large livestock farms could gain immunity from air-pollution lawsuits by agreeing to monitor their emissions, under a new plan proposed by the U.S. EPA. The agency says the plan would benefit environmental regulators by generating data on how much air pollution is emitted by pork, poultry, dairy, and cattle farms; that ...
Topics: air pollution, food and agriculture, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics)

I've Seen the Smokestack and the Damage Done New Jersey Plays Hardball With Polluters		24 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
I've Seen the Smokestack and the Damage Done New Jersey Plays Hardball With Polluters In the most aggressive attack on polluters anywhere in the nation, New Jersey is demanding that more than 80 companies pay penalties for causing harm to the environment. The penalties are not simply the price tag of a cleanup; rather, they are natural-resource damage claims, under which companies must ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, New Jersey, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Turning the Vegetables	Suzy Becker	22 Sep 2003	Ha.

Topics: pollution and waste (all these topics)

The Ties That Blind Ties to Polluters Could Compromise Leavitt at EPA, Say Critics		17 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
The Ties That Blind Ties to Polluters Could Compromise Leavitt at EPA, Say Critics Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt (R), President Bush's nominee to head the U.S. EPA, has strong financial ties to polluters, which critics say cast doubt on his ability to do the job fairly and effectively. Nearly 10 percent of the campaign funds Leavitt raised over the last 10 years came from oil re ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, politics, pollution and waste, US EPA, Utah (all these topics)

Twisting Their Farms California Bills Would Crack Down on Air Pollution from Farms		16 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Twisting Their Farms California Bills Would Crack Down on Air Pollution from Farms For the first time, California farmers would have to do their part to curb air pollution, under a series of controversial bills approved last week by the state legislature. The state's agriculture industry has long enjoyed an exemption from the federal Clean Air Act, even though many of its act ...
Topics: air pollution, California, food and agriculture, politics, pollution and waste (all these topics)

It Was Fund While It Lasted Superfund Money Will Be Gone in One Month, GAO Says		03 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
It Was Fund While It Lasted Superfund Money Will Be Gone in One Month, GAO Says The countdown has begun: In one month, the Superfund will run out of money, according to a new study by the General Accounting Office. Money in the fund comes from a now-expired tax on industry and is used to clean up "orphan sites," toxic waste areas around the country where the polluter is unknown, no lo ...
Topics: Government Accountability Office, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics)

Giving Up the Ghost Fleet U.S. Navy Ships Get Ready for Transatlantic Trip, Toxics and All		03 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Giving Up the Ghost Fleet U.S. Navy Ships Get Ready for Transatlantic Trip, Toxics and All Thirteen is not a lucky number, and many fear that bad luck could trail in the wake of 13 decrepit and pollution-laden U.S. ships that are set to embark on a 4,500-mile voyage from Virginia to the British region of Teesside.* The ships are part of the U.S. Navy's "ghost fleet," a flotilla of 120 aging v ...
Topics: Atlantic Ocean, pollution and waste, toxics, US Navy (all these topics)

Getting Her Goat Goats are the hip new thing in eco-friendly weed management	Hillary Rosner	02 Sep 2003	Main Dish
The lawnmower was broken. Not that I knew how to use it, anyway, as I'd spent my whole life until a year ago in lawn-less New York City. Now, though, I was in Boulder, Colo., with waist-high weeds in my yard. I refused to even consider herbicides, but my attempt to pull the weeds by hand proved futile: After several hours, all I had to show was one small patch of bare turf and an aching bac ...
Topics: food and agriculture, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Vermiculite at the End of the Tunnel Company Ordered to Pay for Cleanup of Montana Town		28 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Vermiculite at the End of the Tunnel Company Ordered to Pay for Cleanup of Montana Town In the largest trial judgment awarded in the history of the Superfund law, a federal judge yesterday ordered W.R. Grace and Co. to repay the $54.5 million the federal government spent cleaning up asbestos contamination in the town of Libby, Mont. The company and its subsidiary had already agreed to pay ...
Topics: health, mining and drilling, Montana, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics)

Air Devils Draft Air Rule Could Be a Gift to Polluting Industries		22 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Air Devils Draft Air Rule Could Be a Gift to Polluting Industries Thousands of old, highly polluting power plants and other industrial facilities could get a free pass under a draft air-pollution rule that the Bush administration is expected to put in place before the end of the month. The rule, which represents a big win for oil, coal, and electric companies, wo ...
Topics: air pollution, commercial and industry organizations, energy, politics, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Sweeter Home Alabama Alabama PCB Suits End in $700 Million Settlement		21 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Sweeter Home Alabama Alabama PCB Suits End in $700 Million Settlement Monsanto Co. and its spin-off enterprise, Solutia, agreed yesterday to pay $700 million to settle state and federal lawsuits concerning five decades of PCB pollution in Anniston, Ala. From the 1930s to the 1970s, Monsanto (and later Solutia) used a plant in Anniston to produce PCBs, which are now banned in the U.S. because they are associate ...
Topics: Alabama, health, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics)

The Pen Is Mightier Than the Geiger Counter Energy Department Seeks Rule Change on N-Waste Disposal		21 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
The Pen Is Mightier Than the Geiger Counter Energy Department Seeks Rule Change on N-Waste Disposal Offshore oil drilling is one area where the Bush administration is trying to rewrite the rules; radioactive waste disposal is another. A month ago, a federal judge ordered the Department of Energy to remove 85 million gallons of liquid nuclear waste from sites in Idaho, South Carolina, and Washing ...
Topics: Department of Energy, Nevada, politics, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Hazing Incident EPA Settles Case Over Haze in National Parks		20 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Hazing Incident EPA Settles Case Over Haze in National Parks Visitors to U.S. national parks and other wild areas should be able to breathe a little easier in the future, thanks to a legal settlement signed yesterday by the U.S. EPA and Environmental Defense. Under the terms of the settlement, the agency has until April 2005 to cut haze in 156 national parks and wilderness areas, including Acadia ...
Topics: air pollution, national parks, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics)

Pain in the Acid Neighboring Nations to Blame for Acid Rain in Taiwan		20 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Pain in the Acid Neighboring Nations to Blame for Acid Rain in Taiwan More than half of the acid rain that falls on Taiwan is the result of pollutants blown in from neighboring countries, according to a study released yesterday by the nation's Environmental Protection Administration. Between January and July of this year, the average acidity of rain in Taiwan was 4.5 pH -- just a little less acidic than vinegar. Algae cannot sur ...
Topics: pollution and waste, Taiwan (all these topics)

Who Was That Unmasked Man, Anyway? Hanford Cleanup Workers Worry About Toxic Vapors		13 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Who Was That Unmasked Man, Anyway? Hanford Cleanup Workers Worry About Toxic Vapors Dozens of cleanup workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state -- the most contaminated site in the nation -- have registered complaints in the past two years about ammonia-laden vapors seeping up from waste tanks at the site. The workers bl ...
Topics: Department of Energy, health, nuclear power, pollution and waste, solid waste treatment and disposal, Washington (all these topics)

Hot Topic Heat Wave in Europe Leads to Nuke Plant Worries		12 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Hot Topic Heat Wave in Europe Leads to Nuke Plant Worries The withering heat wave in Europe, which is believed to have led to dozens if not hundreds of deaths, is now causing problems at nuclear facilities and other power plants. Government authorities in France and Germany have announced that they are relaxing rules to let plants pump warmer-than ...
Topics: climate, France, Germany, health, marine life, nuclear power, pollution and waste, rivers and watersheds (all these topics)

Keeping the Chemical Fires Burning Army Begins Burning Chemical Weapons in Alabama		11 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Keeping the Chemical Fires Burning Army Begins Burning Chemical Weapons in Alabama To the dismay of environmentalists and many community members in Anniston, Ala., the U.S. Army on Saturday started incinerating millions of pounds of chemical weapons stored at an army depot in town, a process expected to take seven years. A federal judge cleared the way on Friday when he ruled that environmental and civil-rights groups had faile ...
Topics: Alabama, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Working on the Chain Gang California Cancels Use of Prison Labor to Recycle Electronics		07 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Working on the Chain Gang California Cancels Use of Prison Labor to Recycle Electronics California will no longer use underpaid federal prisoners to recycle the tons of potentially dangerous electronics discarded by state workers. The decision to stop shipping e-waste to prisons came in response to pressure from environmental and labor activists, who also successfully protested ...
Topics: business, California, green living, health, pollution and waste, recycling (all these topics)

Let the Games Be Green Enviros Accuse 2004 Athens Olympic Organizers of Green Failings		06 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Let the Games Be Green Enviros Accuse 2004 Athens Olympic Organizers of Green Failings Organizers of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens are already getting poor scores from environmentalists, who say the Greeks have missed numerous opportunities to make the games more eco-friendly. Greece won its bid to host the games in part by pledging to protect vulnerable natural and cultural areas an ...
Topics: Greece, green living, placemaking, pollution and waste, recycling (all these topics)

Mass Destruction of Weapons Chemical Weapons Incineration in Anniston, Ala., Delayed		06 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Mass Destruction of Weapons Chemical Weapons Incineration in Anniston, Ala., Delayed Just as local residents were scrambling for gas masks, the U.S. Army announced yesterday that it would delay startup of a controversial chemical-weapons incinerator in Anniston, Ala., until Friday, when a federal judge can consider an environmental group's request for a temporary restraining order against the facility. ...
Topics: air pollution, Alabama, health, pollution and waste (all these topics)

The Smoking Gun? Use of Depleted Uranium Weapons Raises Health Concerns in Iraq		04 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
The Smoking Gun? Use of Depleted Uranium Weapons Raises Health Concerns in Iraq High levels of radiation are showing up at a number of sites throughout Iraq, thanks to the use of depleted uranium (DU) weapons by U.S.-led forces during the war in March and April. DU is considered a potential cause of cancers and birth defects. Some Iraqi doctors and others say that use of DU ammunition during the 1991 Gulf ...
Topics: health, Iraq, pollution and waste, United States (all these topics)

The Sahara Club Global Climate Change Heats Up Africa		31 Jul 2003	Daily Grist
The Sahara Club Global Climate Change Heats Up Africa It's the cruelest of ironies: Africa, the continent that contributes the least to global climate change, is suffering the most from its effects, according to a study conducted by scientists at Great Britain's Hadley Center, one of the world's leading facilities for climate-change research. And here's another irony: Part of why climate change is having a stronger eff ...
Topics: Africa, climate, pollution and waste (all these topics)

The Fine Line British Polluters Undeterred by Penalties		31 Jul 2003	Daily Grist
The Fine Line British Polluters Undeterred by Penalties Some of the biggest and best known companies in the United Kingdom are also some of its worst polluters -- but neither financial penalties nor shame seem able to keep them in line, according to the Environment Agency's fifth annual Spotlight report on the environmental violations of companies in England and Wales. For the billion-dollar businesses in ques ...
Topics: business, pollution and waste, United Kingdom (all these topics)

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