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Environment & Climate News
January 2005
Anti-Biotech Ballot Initiatives Fail in California
Local initiatives in three of four counties that had put biotechnology bans on the November ballot were defeated, following strong opposition to the measures ... (read more)
Local initiatives in three of four counties that had put biotechnology bans on the November ballot were defeated, following strong opposition to the measures ... (read more)
Arctic Ice Hype
Editor's note: Environmental scientist S. Fred Singer responded to a November 2 story in the Financial Times reporting on a recent study that claimed the ... (read more)
Editor's note: Environmental scientist S. Fred Singer responded to a November 2 story in the Financial Times reporting on a recent study that claimed the ... (read more)
Commentary: Strategic Petroleum Reserve Inflating Oil Prices
With gasoline prices surging, American politicians are facing pressure to do something to protect consumers. Most of the suggestions offered thus far, such ... (read more)
With gasoline prices surging, American politicians are facing pressure to do something to protect consumers. Most of the suggestions offered thus far, such ... (read more)
Consensus Can Be Bad for Climate Science
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has complained about the failure of countries to reach agreement on scientific evidence of the human-made portion of global ... (read more)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has complained about the failure of countries to reach agreement on scientific evidence of the human-made portion of global ... (read more)
Counties May Not Impose Farm Pollution Laws, Top Iowa Court Rules
Iowa farmers will not be required to comply with a patchwork of county-specific environmental laws, thanks to an October 6 ruling of the Iowa Supreme Court. ... (read more)
Iowa farmers will not be required to comply with a patchwork of county-specific environmental laws, thanks to an October 6 ruling of the Iowa Supreme Court. ... (read more)
Environmental Group Files Suit Against California Wind Farm
Citing the slaughter of thousands of birds each year at the Altamont Pass, California wind farm, the San Francisco-based Center for Biological Diversity ... (read more)
Citing the slaughter of thousands of birds each year at the Altamont Pass, California wind farm, the San Francisco-based Center for Biological Diversity ... (read more)
Environmentalist Propaganda for Kids
The Future of the Earth: An Introduction to Sustainable Development for Young Readers, by Yann Arthur-Bertrand ($16.95, cloth, 76 pages; Harry N. Abrams ... (read more)
The Future of the Earth: An Introduction to Sustainable Development for Young Readers, by Yann Arthur-Bertrand ($16.95, cloth, 76 pages; Harry N. Abrams ... (read more)
Environmentalists Call for Drastic Reductions in Greenhouse Emissions
A coalition of environmental activists made news during October by calling for rich countries to do more to control global warming and to help poor nations ... (read more)
A coalition of environmental activists made news during October by calling for rich countries to do more to control global warming and to help poor nations ... (read more)
January 2005 Environment & Climate News (PDF)
The January 2005 issue of Environment & Climate News offers a centerspread feature on environmentalist opposition to wind power proposals in California, ... (read more)
The January 2005 issue of Environment & Climate News offers a centerspread feature on environmentalist opposition to wind power proposals in California, ... (read more)
Kansas Audubon Society Opposes Wind Farm
Farmers near Flint Hills, Kansas are receiving help from environmental activist groups in their opposition to a proposed wind farm. The Audubon Society ... (read more)
Farmers near Flint Hills, Kansas are receiving help from environmental activist groups in their opposition to a proposed wind farm. The Audubon Society ... (read more)
Kyoto Causing Economic Anguish in Japan, Britain
One of the reasons the U.S. Senate unanimously rejected the Kyoto Protocol was the treaty's disproportionate punishment of the U.S. economy relative to ... (read more)
One of the reasons the U.S. Senate unanimously rejected the Kyoto Protocol was the treaty's disproportionate punishment of the U.S. economy relative to ... (read more)
Louisiana Wind Farm Economically Unviable
A proposed wind farm off the coast of Louisiana is economically unviable, wind farm supporters admit, and will fail unless the state forces its citizens ... (read more)
A proposed wind farm off the coast of Louisiana is economically unviable, wind farm supporters admit, and will fail unless the state forces its citizens ... (read more)
Massachusetts Wind Farm Threatens More than 100,000 Birds
An Army Corps of Engineers report on the impact of a proposed offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound reports that radar detected 127,697 birds and bats flying ... (read more)
An Army Corps of Engineers report on the impact of a proposed offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound reports that radar detected 127,697 birds and bats flying ... (read more)
Mining Companies Receive Environmental Awards
Mining is making tremendous strides in terms of working conditions and environmental impact, said U.S. Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton at the U.S. ... (read more)
Mining is making tremendous strides in terms of working conditions and environmental impact, said U.S. Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton at the U.S. ... (read more)
Montana Court Establishes New 'Zero Tolerance' Standard for Environmental Cleanup
As Texaco, Inc. found out recently, no good deed goes unpunished. In 1955, a leaking pipe at a gasoline refinery operated by Texaco since the 1920s in ... (read more)
As Texaco, Inc. found out recently, no good deed goes unpunished. In 1955, a leaking pipe at a gasoline refinery operated by Texaco since the 1920s in ... (read more)
Montana, Wyoming Challenge Federal Wolf Policies
The gray wolf population has reached sufficient numbers in the northern Rocky Mountains to justify its removal from the endangered species list, say federal ... (read more)
The gray wolf population has reached sufficient numbers in the northern Rocky Mountains to justify its removal from the endangered species list, say federal ... (read more)
New Hope for Asbestos Litigation Reform
Hopes for crafting compromise legislation to reform the asbestos litigation process have been revived as a result of the November elections. The Republican ... (read more)
Hopes for crafting compromise legislation to reform the asbestos litigation process have been revived as a result of the November elections. The Republican ... (read more)
Nuclear Power Wins Endorsement of Engineers
The 120,000-member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) recently endorsed nuclear power as a safe and efficient source for supplying America's ... (read more)
The 120,000-member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) recently endorsed nuclear power as a safe and efficient source for supplying America's ... (read more)
Scientists Dispute Sensational Claims of Arctic Ice Melt
Eleven distinguished scientists, most of whom specialize in climatology, on November 16 published an open letter to Senator John McCain (R-AZ), who has ... (read more)
Eleven distinguished scientists, most of whom specialize in climatology, on November 16 published an open letter to Senator John McCain (R-AZ), who has ... (read more)
Senator Exposes Partisan Environmental 'Charities' in Floor Speech
In a speech on the U.S. Senate floor October 4, Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) outlined the connection between environmental groups, government funding, and ... (read more)
In a speech on the U.S. Senate floor October 4, Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) outlined the connection between environmental groups, government funding, and ... (read more)
