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Plumbing New Depths D.C. Lead Contamination Casts Doubt on EPA Testing Methods		05 Mar 2004	Daily Grist
Plumbing New Depths D.C. Lead Contamination Casts Doubt on EPA Testing Methods The ongoing drama over lead contamination in Washington, D.C., tap water promises to spill over (ahem) to the rest of the country, as a hearing on Capitol Hill today examines how federal agencies handle local drinking-water safety. Extensive testing of residential tap water by the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority -- conducted in an ...
Topics: toxics, US EPA, Washington DC, water pollution (all these topics)

Wave Hello! Wave Power Poised to Go Commercial Off Coast of Spain		02 Mar 2004	Daily Grist
Wave Hello! Wave Power Poised to Go Commercial Off Coast of Spain Ocean Power Technologies, a leader in the fledgling wave-power industry, is set to launch a pilot project off the north shore of Spain. Ten power-generating buoys will be placed in the Bay of Biscay, where they will float just below the surface and transform wave energy into mechanical force, which drives a generator that transmits power to shore via underground cables ...
Topics: Spain, water pollution (all these topics)

We Will Rocket You EPA and DOD Square Off Over Rocket-Fuel Pollution		02 Mar 2004	Daily Grist
We Will Rocket You EPA and DOD Square Off Over Rocket-Fuel Pollution The U.S. EPA is squaring off against the Department of Defense and NASA over ammonium perchlorate, a chemical long used by DOD and NASA for munitions and rocket fuel, and typically disposed of by being diluted in water and dumped on the ground. Based on studies of rodents and children, the EPA contends that perchlorate ...
Topics: Department of Defense, pollution and waste, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Biscuit Gets No Gravy Biscuit Fire Salvage-Logging Plan Knocked by EPA		26 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: logging, Oregon, US EPA, US Forest Service, water pollution, wilderness (all these topics)

Pipe Down D.C. Issues Warning Over Lead in Residential Pipes		25 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Pipe Down D.C. Issues Warning Over Lead in Residential Pipes Washington, D.C., health officials will announce today that pregnant women and children under the age of 6 who live in homes in the city with lead service lines should immediately stop drinking unfiltered tap water and have their blood tested for lead. D.C. Water and Sewer Authority officials plan to distribute free water filters to up to 10,000 of ...
Topics: health, toxics, Washington DC, water pollution (all these topics)

Going Postal Opinions on Atkins, Plus a Touching Tale of a Family Reunited and More		23 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: health, water pollution (all these topics)

True North InterActivist Michael North on Solar Community Centers and More		23 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: business, education, globalization, Hawaii, water pollution (all these topics)

To Leach His Own Nalgene Water Bottles May Be Hazardous to Your Health		18 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
To Leach His Own Nalgene Water Bottles May Be Hazardous to Your Health Here's some bummer news for the outdoorsy set: Recent studies have shown that polycarbonate plastics, including the kind used in popular Nalgene water bottles, may leach one of their constituent chemicals into water. The chemical in question, bisphenol-A, has been shown to cause chromosomal disorders and endocrine disruption and to have adve ...
Topics: health, pollution and waste, water pollution (all these topics)

Ash Holes Enviro Groups Ask EPA to Halt Ash Dumping		10 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Ash Holes Enviro Groups Ask EPA to Halt Ash Dumping A coalition of 125 environmental groups has filed a petition with the U.S. EPA, asking it to immediately halt the dumping of waste ash from coal-fired power plants. They claim the ash contains a variety of toxins and pollutes ground, surface, and drinking wat ...
Topics: energy, environmental non-government organizations, health, National Academy of Sciences, pollution and waste, toxics, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

One Meeellion Dollars! Iraq's Environment Ministry Faces Big Problems and a Small Budget		09 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
One Meeellion Dollars! Iraq's Environment Ministry Faces Big Problems and a Small Budget Iraq's first environment ministry, facing a host of daunting ecological problems and a list of 35 priority projects that would cost more than $200 million, has been allotted a 2004 budget of ... $1 ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, health, Iraq, Middle East, nuclear power, pollution and waste, rivers and watersheds, United Nations, water pollution (all these topics)

Letter Rip Grist Readers Get Ornery -- And We Like It		06 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: elections, food and agriculture, politics, water pollution (all these topics)

Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged		04 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged A coalition of more than 60 environmental, civil-rights, and Native American groups have sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee opposing the confirmation of William G. Myers III to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Before serving as the Interior Department's chief legal offic ...
Topics: Department of Interior, environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, politics, ranching, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

Wet's It to You?		02 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Wet's It to You? Goods and services provided by wetlands across the globe are worth some $70 billion, claims a new study released by the World Wildlife Fund, but those wetlands are in danger of being destroyed. Valuable wetland functions range from recreation to water filtration and flood control; however, insufficient knowledge about wetlands leads policy-makers t ...
Topics: outdoor recreation, rivers and watersheds, water pollution, wetlands, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics)

Swinging Both Ways Bush Announces Environmental Money for Swing States		30 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Swinging Both Ways Bush Announces Environmental Money for Swing States A recent flurry of announcements from the Bush administration about proposed funding increases for environmental projects -- including salmon restoration and brush clearing in the Northwest, Everglades protection in Florida, and cleanup of the Great Lakes -- has some enviros suspiciou ...
Topics: elections, Florida, Northwest, politics, rivers and watersheds, US EPA, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics)

Sunny Disposition Activist Strives to Make Solar Hip, Not Hippie		30 Jan 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: California, green living, water pollution (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)

Semper Filthy Controversy Grows Over Contaminated Water on Marine Base		28 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Semper Filthy Controversy Grows Over Contaminated Water on Marine Base In what could be one of the largest contaminated water cases in U.S. history, hundreds of lawsuits have been filed against the U.S. military over dirty water at Camp Lejeune, a North Carolina Marine Corps base. In 1980, tests of drinking water wells at the base revealed high levels of toxic chemicals, but the Marine Corps did no ...
Topics: health, North Carolina, toxics, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Irrigation Irritation Agricultural Water Efficiency May Do More Harm Than Good		28 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Irrigation Irritation Agricultural Water Efficiency May Do More Harm Than Good Using water more efficiently in farming may ultimately increase long-term water shortages, warn some water experts. Although efficiency efforts -- such as lining irrigation ditches to prevent leaks and delivering water directly to roots rather than flooding fields -- are touted as a solution ...
Topics: climate, food and agriculture, green living, toxics, United Kingdom, water pollution (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)

Super Markets Free Markets May Be the Ticket to a Clean Energy Revolution		08 Jan 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: green living, politics, water pollution (all these topics)

Mine Every Mountain, Fill Every Stream Bush Admin. Rule Change Would Give a Boost to Mountaintop Mining		08 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Mine Every Mountain, Fill Every Stream Bush Admin. Rule Change Would Give a Boost to Mountaintop Mining Mountaintop-removal mining is poised to get even easier thanks to a rule change proposed by the Bush administration yesterday. Significant chunks of Appalachia have already been devastated by this mining technique, which involves blasting off the t ...
Topics: Department of Interior, mining and drilling, politics, rivers and watersheds, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

Task Force Majeure The Supreme Court may alleviate Cheney's energy task force troubles	Amanda Griscom	17 Dec 2003	Muckraker
On Monday, the Supreme Court offered Vice President Dick Cheney a possible escape hatch from the great energy task force imbroglio. The high court agreed to hear an appeal from Cheney, who for more than a year has been defying a federal judge's order to pony up documents about his infamous 2001 task force. Those behind the lawsuit against the veep are certain the documents will re ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, mercury, Muckraker, New Jersey, politics, toxics, United States, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Fres-yes! Fresno Launches Big Solar Project		08 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Fres-yes! Fresno Launches Big Solar Project Fresno, Calif., is aiming to put itself on the clean-energy map with a major new solar-power project that will be one of the largest of its kind on the West Coast. The Fresno City Council voted last week to spend $4.7 million to put solar panels on a number of large city building and install energy-efficient lighting, heating, and cooling systems in the facilities. The plan is to have ...
Topics: California, water pollution (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)

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)

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