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Environment & Climate News
December 2003
California Torched by Worst Wildfires in State History
Wildfires torched Southern California during the latter half of October, devastating an area larger than Rhode Island and prompting the U.S. Senate to finally ... (read more)
Wildfires torched Southern California during the latter half of October, devastating an area larger than Rhode Island and prompting the U.S. Senate to finally ... (read more)
December 2003 Environment & Climate News (pdf)
The December 2003 issue of Environment & Climate News features extensive coverage of climate change issues, reporting on several recent defeats for global ... (read more)
The December 2003 issue of Environment & Climate News features extensive coverage of climate change issues, reporting on several recent defeats for global ... (read more)
Eco-Terrorists Stepping up Attacks Across America
Environmental terrorists, already designated by the FBI as the nation’s No. 1 domestic terrorism threat, ran rampant across America during summer and fall ... (read more)
Environmental terrorists, already designated by the FBI as the nation’s No. 1 domestic terrorism threat, ran rampant across America during summer and fall ... (read more)
EPA Finds No Harm in Using Sewage Sludge as Fertilizer
After five years studying the application of sewage sludge as a fertilizing agent, the Environmental Protection Agency has found virtually no adverse health ... (read more)
After five years studying the application of sewage sludge as a fertilizing agent, the Environmental Protection Agency has found virtually no adverse health ... (read more)
EPA Seeks to Monitor GM Crops from Space
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced it is considering a project that would allow it to monitor gene-spliced crops from space. Experiments ... (read more)
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced it is considering a project that would allow it to monitor gene-spliced crops from space. Experiments ... (read more)
EPA, Justice Department Score New Round of Enforcement Actions
The U.S. Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency announced several new Clean Air and Clean Water fines during the month of October. ChevronTexaco ... (read more)
The U.S. Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency announced several new Clean Air and Clean Water fines during the month of October. ChevronTexaco ... (read more)
Federal Study Finds Lighter Vehicles Cause More Deaths
Reducing the weight of cars and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) results in significantly higher death rates among American motorists, concluded an October ... (read more)
Reducing the weight of cars and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) results in significantly higher death rates among American motorists, concluded an October ... (read more)
Global Warming Bill Defeated in Senate
Senate legislation to cap greenhouse gas emissions—the first of its kind since the Senate unanimously rejected the Kyoto Protocol in 1997—was defeated on ... (read more)
Senate legislation to cap greenhouse gas emissions—the first of its kind since the Senate unanimously rejected the Kyoto Protocol in 1997—was defeated on ... (read more)
GM Announces Hybrid Technology for Mass Transit
General Motors Corp. has announced a new, road-ready hybrid electric technology that will save the Seattle area 750,000 gallons of fuel per year and could ... (read more)
General Motors Corp. has announced a new, road-ready hybrid electric technology that will save the Seattle area 750,000 gallons of fuel per year and could ... (read more)
High Costs of Kyoto Compliance Punishing Canadians
Roughly a year after signing the Kyoto Protocol, the Canadian federal government has taken concrete actions that make it possible to put a price tag on ... (read more)
Roughly a year after signing the Kyoto Protocol, the Canadian federal government has taken concrete actions that make it possible to put a price tag on ... (read more)
Hog Farms and the Environment: An Investigative Series
Across the United States, residents in a growing number of communities are expressing concern over hog farms—a type of livestock operation technically known ... (read more)
Across the United States, residents in a growing number of communities are expressing concern over hog farms—a type of livestock operation technically known ... (read more)
Houghton Calls Global Warming a Weapon of Mass Destruction
The British newspaper The Guardian recently ran an article by Sir John Houghton asserting that “human-induced climate change is a weapon of mass destruction.” ... (read more)
The British newspaper The Guardian recently ran an article by Sir John Houghton asserting that “human-induced climate change is a weapon of mass destruction.” ... (read more)
Kyoto? Nyet!
Russian President Vladimir Putin stunned the European Union and global warming activists by expressing skepticism of global warming theory at the September ... (read more)
Russian President Vladimir Putin stunned the European Union and global warming activists by expressing skepticism of global warming theory at the September ... (read more)
Leavitt Nomination Approved by Senate
Three-term Utah Governor Mike Leavitt assumed the reins of the Environmental Protection Agency on October 28 as the U.S. Senate overcame several procedural ... (read more)
Three-term Utah Governor Mike Leavitt assumed the reins of the Environmental Protection Agency on October 28 as the U.S. Senate overcame several procedural ... (read more)
Nitrate Alarmists Cost Consumers Plenty
Early in the Bush administration, a political row erupted over proposed changes in the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for arsenic in drinking water. In ... (read more)
Early in the Bush administration, a political row erupted over proposed changes in the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for arsenic in drinking water. In ... (read more)
Paper Companies to Pay $60 Million for Fox River Cleanup
Two paper companies that discharged PCBs into northeast Wisconsin’s Fox River have agreed to pay $50 million toward the cleanup of the river’s headwaters. ... (read more)
Two paper companies that discharged PCBs into northeast Wisconsin’s Fox River have agreed to pay $50 million toward the cleanup of the river’s headwaters. ... (read more)
Senator Refutes Global Warming Hypothesis: Part 2 in a Series
Managing Editor’s note: Senator James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, fired the opening salvo July ... (read more)
Managing Editor’s note: Senator James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, fired the opening salvo July ... (read more)
States Sue EPA for Refusing to Regulate CO2
Officials from 10 states, primarily in the Northeast and on the West Coast, have taken steps to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency’s finding ... (read more)
Officials from 10 states, primarily in the Northeast and on the West Coast, have taken steps to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency’s finding ... (read more)
U.S., Russia Create Oil Spill Prevention and Response Plan
U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham and Russian Energy Minister Igor Yusufov announced on September 22 that the two nations have joined forces to create ... (read more)
U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham and Russian Energy Minister Igor Yusufov announced on September 22 that the two nations have joined forces to create ... (read more)
