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Trade in the Shade Bush allows Democrats to attach eco-protections to trade agreements		15 May 2007	Daily Grist
Trade in the Shade Bush allows Democrats to attach eco-protections to trade agreements If the Decider isn't careful, he's going to become the Compromiser. Last week, President Bush and congressional Democrats worked out a deal that will attach environmental and labor protections to trade accords in the works with Colombia, Panama, Peru, and South Korea. The compromise will requi ...
Topics: Congress, international treaties, Nancy Pelosi, news, politics, regulation (all these topics)

She Puts the Dud in Dudley Bush appoints anti-regulation advocate as top regulatory official		05 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
She Puts the Dud in Dudley Bush appoints anti-regulation advocate as top regulatory official Mere days ago, we mentioned that President Bush might give Congress the runaround by making recess appointments of industry-tied folk to top environmentally related positions in his administration. Well, that didn't take long. Meet Susan Dudley, the newly appointed head of the Office of Information and Regulatory ...
Topics: Congress, George Bush, news, politics, regulation (all these topics)

Rogers and Me An interview with Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers	Amanda Griscom Little	04 Apr 2007	Main Dish
Meet Jim Rogers, a great American paradox. He's the top gun at Duke Energy, a huge (and hugely polluting) power company; he's also one of the nation's most dogged advocates for federal regulation of greenhouse-gas emissions. Jim Rogers. Duke Energy operates smack in the heart of coal country in the Midwest and Southeast and derives 70 percent of its power from the dirtiest of all fossil fuels. Rogers ...
Topics: business, climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, greenish companies, interview, regulation (all these topics)

Nom de Doom Bush renominates controversial industry folk to environmental positions		02 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Nom de Doom Bush renominates controversial industry folk to environmental positions President Bush is recycling -- nominees, that is. To fill three top environmental jobs in his administration, Bush has re-suggested three folks with ties to polluting industries, all of whom were blocked by Congress the first time they were nominated. William Wehrum, temporary-seeking-permanent administrator for the EPA's air office ...
Topics: George Bush, news, politics, regulation (all these topics)

Wave of Futilation U.S. House, at odds with White House, passes $1.7 billion wastewater bill		08 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
Wave of Futilation U.S. House, at odds with White House, passes $1.7 billion wastewater bill The U.S. House made waves yesterday by passing the first of three water-quality bills it will consider this week. Faced with White House disapproval, feisty U.S. reps voted 367-58 to spend $1.7 billion over five years to modernize wastewater systems and stem sewage overflows across the country. ...
Topics: Congress, news, politics, regulation, water pollution, White House (all these topics)

Vive la Discorde E.U. leaders gather for summit, squabble over renewable-energy target		07 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
Vive la Discorde E.U. leaders gather for summit, squabble over renewable-energy target As European Union leaders gather for a two-day summit that starts tomorrow, one question is dominating the agenda: what exactly did the Olsen twins buy on their recent Paris shopping spree? Once that's answered, the heads ...
Topics: Angela Merkel, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, European Union, international politics, news, politics, regulation, renewable energy (all these topics)

Roughage Riders Senators threaten to impose industrial-strength rules on small vegetable farms	Tom Philpott	11 Oct 2006	Victual Reality
Salad greens thrive in the fall; they love brisk, cool nights and mild, sunny afternoons. Meet your greens. Photo: iStockphoto Here in western North Carolina, members of my farm's CSA (community-supported agriculture) program are enjoying salad mixes that include spicy arugula, mizuna, and purple Osaka leaves, along with bitter endive, earthy shinginku -- and yes, even spina ...
Topics: ag policy, agriculture, Congress, Department of Agriculture, food, local food, regulation, Victual Reality (all these topics)

Ag Reflex Factory farms let off the hook for water pollution, activists say	Amanda Griscom Little	30 Jun 2006	Muckraker
The Bush administration wants to let factory farms determine whether the animal excreta that oozes from their facilities into waterways should be regulated, environmentalists say -- and they argue that the plan, well, stinks. The cow factor. Photo: iStockphoto. Agriculture has long been a top source of water pollution in the U.S., but in the last two decades the scale of the problem h ...
Topics: agriculture, industrial ag, Muckraker, politics, regulation, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Muddy Waters Supremes divided on wetlands protection under Clean Water Act		20 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Muddy Waters Supremes divided on wetlands protection under Clean Water Act The Supreme Court ruled yesterday neither to sharply restrict the Clean Water Act nor to leave its current broad interpretation untouched. Instead it did ... something else. Spurred by two Michigan property-rights cases, the high court's contentious decision states that wetlands must at least be adjacent to a tributary that flows into a ...
Topics: news, politics, regulation, water pollution (all these topics)

Air Strike EPA plan would give political officials more say over air-quality standards	Amanda Griscom Little	14 Apr 2006	Muckraker
Who should decide what level of air pollution is safe -- scientists or political appointees? Plume and doom. Photo: iStockphoto. A counterintuitive answer came from top officials at the U.S. EPA last week. Bill Wehrum and George Gray, EPA's highest-ranking air and science officials, respectively, issued recommendations that some enviros and agency staffers fear could curtai ...
Topics: air pollution, John Dingell, Muckraker, ozone, politics, regulation, US EPA (all these topics)

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