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Environment & Climate News
August 2002
'Campaign ExxonMobil' runs out of energy
Protestors hoping to give ExxonMobil Corporation a public relations black eye for not backing their anti-energy agenda found themselves being shamed at ... (read more)
Protestors hoping to give ExxonMobil Corporation a public relations black eye for not backing their anti-energy agenda found themselves being shamed at ... (read more)
A Good Yarn
a review of Water Wars: Drought, Flood, Folly and the Politics of Thirst Riverhead Books - August 2002 by Diane Raines Ward Water Wars is a horribly ... (read more)
a review of Water Wars: Drought, Flood, Folly and the Politics of Thirst Riverhead Books - August 2002 by Diane Raines Ward Water Wars is a horribly ... (read more)
Americans believe in global warming ... and psychic powers, astrology, and UFOs
A nationwide survey conducted by the National Science Foundation concludes few Americans understand the scientific process, and many believe in pseudoscience ... (read more)
A nationwide survey conducted by the National Science Foundation concludes few Americans understand the scientific process, and many believe in pseudoscience ... (read more)
Americans reject public transportation, choose autos
Transit advocates claim recent increases in transit ridership are proof Americans are turning away from the automobile and that transit--especially rail ... (read more)
Transit advocates claim recent increases in transit ridership are proof Americans are turning away from the automobile and that transit--especially rail ... (read more)
August 2002 Environment & Climate News (pdf)
Environment & Climate News addresses wildfires raging across the West, EPA’s proposed reform of New Source Review, and the failure of public transit to ... (read more)
Environment & Climate News addresses wildfires raging across the West, EPA’s proposed reform of New Source Review, and the failure of public transit to ... (read more)
Bush retains Clinton-Gore legacy at USFS
Another public land squabble is shaping up in “Bush Country” with the announcement that U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Pacific Northwest Regional Forester Harv ... (read more)
Another public land squabble is shaping up in “Bush Country” with the announcement that U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Pacific Northwest Regional Forester Harv ... (read more)
Did Shark Victim 'Get What He Had Coming'?
A young Australian man was recently killed and eaten by a 20-foot-long great white shark while diving for scallops at Smokey Bay on the Australian West ... (read more)
A young Australian man was recently killed and eaten by a 20-foot-long great white shark while diving for scallops at Smokey Bay on the Australian West ... (read more)
EPA gives Army Corps green light to dump toxic sludge
The Army Corps of Engineers should be allowed to continue dumping toxic sludge into the Potomac River, according to an Environmental Protection Agency document, ... (read more)
The Army Corps of Engineers should be allowed to continue dumping toxic sludge into the Potomac River, according to an Environmental Protection Agency document, ... (read more)
EU ratifies biosafety protocol
The European Union took yet another step away from the rational regulation of genetically modified crop plants and foods in late June, when it became the ... (read more)
The European Union took yet another step away from the rational regulation of genetically modified crop plants and foods in late June, when it became the ... (read more)
Feds threaten fishing, hunting at Bear Dunes
A controversial proposal to create a federal wilderness in a portion of Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore has local residents, region-wide ... (read more)
A controversial proposal to create a federal wilderness in a portion of Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore has local residents, region-wide ... (read more)
Government land acquisition: Socialism by a landslide
If put to a vote, Americans would likely reject socialism by a substantial majority. Those same Americans, however, are voting by a substantial majority ... (read more)
If put to a vote, Americans would likely reject socialism by a substantial majority. Those same Americans, however, are voting by a substantial majority ... (read more)
Kyoto through the backdoor
In an effort to circumvent President George W. Bush’s principled rejection of the high-cost, negligible-benefit Kyoto Protocol, the Senate majority is trying ... (read more)
In an effort to circumvent President George W. Bush’s principled rejection of the high-cost, negligible-benefit Kyoto Protocol, the Senate majority is trying ... (read more)
New technology fights old pests, feeds more people
When I started farming 30 years ago, I never dreamed of how technological progress would revolutionize agriculture. We still can’t control the weather. ... (read more)
When I started farming 30 years ago, I never dreamed of how technological progress would revolutionize agriculture. We still can’t control the weather. ... (read more)
NSR’s Unintended Consequences
EPA’s Report to the President on New Source Review contains many case studies illustrating the unintended consequences of NSR. Here are just four examples. ... (read more)
EPA’s Report to the President on New Source Review contains many case studies illustrating the unintended consequences of NSR. Here are just four examples. ... (read more)
Religion and green ideology don’t mix
“Campaign ExxonMobil” persuaded a Catholic group to introduce a resolution, which garnered just 20 percent of shareholder votes, calling on the company ... (read more)
“Campaign ExxonMobil” persuaded a Catholic group to introduce a resolution, which garnered just 20 percent of shareholder votes, calling on the company ... (read more)
Scientist testifies against 55 mph speed limit
Dr. Kenneth Green, chief scientist for the Los Angeles-based Reason Foundation, testified on June 5 before the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Committee ... (read more)
Dr. Kenneth Green, chief scientist for the Los Angeles-based Reason Foundation, testified on June 5 before the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Committee ... (read more)
Sierra Club attacks Ford, SUVs
The Sierra Club is an environmental lobbying organization best known for its anti-logging stance, which has contributed to the wildfires devastating hundreds ... (read more)
The Sierra Club is an environmental lobbying organization best known for its anti-logging stance, which has contributed to the wildfires devastating hundreds ... (read more)
Suckers for junk science?
On May 12, 2002, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a Federal Register notice rejecting petitions I had filed to remove from the ... (read more)
On May 12, 2002, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a Federal Register notice rejecting petitions I had filed to remove from the ... (read more)
Was pre-Columbia America really wilderness?
As Henry Lamb mentions in the accompanying story, many environmentalists believe we should restore the land to a state of “pre-Columbian wilderness.” But ... (read more)
As Henry Lamb mentions in the accompanying story, many environmentalists believe we should restore the land to a state of “pre-Columbian wilderness.” But ... (read more)
Wildfires Rage across the West!
Wildfires are raging across several Western states this summer, quickly rendering 2000’s Year of the Wildfire a mere prelude to this year’s more widespread ... (read more)
Wildfires are raging across several Western states this summer, quickly rendering 2000’s Year of the Wildfire a mere prelude to this year’s more widespread ... (read more)
