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March 2002
Abraham selects Yucca Mountain; political legal battles begin
Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announced on January 11 he will officially recommend Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the permanent storage site for the nation's ... (read more)
Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announced on January 11 he will officially recommend Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the permanent storage site for the nation's ... (read more)
Air quality improvements contradict call for new regs
America's air quality continues to get better, with particularly strong progress in the Chicago area. A recently released Environmental Protection Agency ... (read more)
America's air quality continues to get better, with particularly strong progress in the Chicago area. A recently released Environmental Protection Agency ... (read more)
Alliance of feds, activist groups threatens rural America
One of the most potent political alliances to emerge in the United States in recent years is carrying out a well-coordinated and unrelenting assault on ... (read more)
One of the most potent political alliances to emerge in the United States in recent years is carrying out a well-coordinated and unrelenting assault on ... (read more)
Army Corps urges more natural Missouri River ...
The Missouri River will become wilder and less predictable if the federal government follows recommendations of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Releasing ... (read more)
The Missouri River will become wilder and less predictable if the federal government follows recommendations of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Releasing ... (read more)
Balancing act
The first line of defense for a sound, common-sense approach to environment issues is made up of local citizens participating at the grassroots level. ... (read more)
The first line of defense for a sound, common-sense approach to environment issues is made up of local citizens participating at the grassroots level. ... (read more)
Bush announces hydrogen-cell automobile initiative
The Bush administration will provide massive new funding to encourage American automobile manufacturers to research and develop hydrogen fuel cell cars, ... (read more)
The Bush administration will provide massive new funding to encourage American automobile manufacturers to research and develop hydrogen fuel cell cars, ... (read more)
Bush brothers sign landmark Everglades agreement
President George W. Bush and Florida Governor Jeb Bush on January 10 signed an agreement ensuring that water captured under a $7.8 million Everglades ... (read more)
President George W. Bush and Florida Governor Jeb Bush on January 10 signed an agreement ensuring that water captured under a $7.8 million Everglades ... (read more)
Bush Forest Service, federal judge further restrict logging
Anti-market activist groups won two significant victories in December and January as first the Bush Forest Service, and then a federal district judge, ... (read more)
Anti-market activist groups won two significant victories in December and January as first the Bush Forest Service, and then a federal district judge, ... (read more)
CDC: Centers for Development Control?
In a development watched closely by those of us who live beyond the city limits, doctors and researchers from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued ... (read more)
In a development watched closely by those of us who live beyond the city limits, doctors and researchers from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued ... (read more)
Daschle battles environmentalists over spent South Dakota mine
The battle over Missouri River water is not the only environmental issue in which Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle is battling fellow Democrats. Daschle ... (read more)
The battle over Missouri River water is not the only environmental issue in which Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle is battling fellow Democrats. Daschle ... (read more)
Enron backed emissions trading
Democrats hope to link the Bush administration with the Enron debacle. Democratic National Committee spokesperson Jennifer Palmieri crows: "Enron now ... (read more)
Democrats hope to link the Bush administration with the Enron debacle. Democratic National Committee spokesperson Jennifer Palmieri crows: "Enron now ... (read more)
Forest Service caught submitting false visitor numbers
At the same time the lynx and grizzly bear scandals were being uncovered, the U.S. Forest Service was forced to admit still another instance of providing ... (read more)
At the same time the lynx and grizzly bear scandals were being uncovered, the U.S. Forest Service was forced to admit still another instance of providing ... (read more)
Gov't researchers caught planting false ESA evidence
Congressmen from western states called on the federal government to mount an investigation after government researchers were caught planting false evidence ... (read more)
Congressmen from western states called on the federal government to mount an investigation after government researchers were caught planting false evidence ... (read more)
Japan withdraws from Kyoto treaty
The Japanese government began the new year by shocking observers with the news it will not abide by the Kyoto protocol. The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper ... (read more)
The Japanese government began the new year by shocking observers with the news it will not abide by the Kyoto protocol. The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper ... (read more)
Judge blocks logging of burned trees
Market-friendly environmentalists suffered a second defeat as a federal district judge on January 8 blocked a Bush administration decision to allow logging ... (read more)
Market-friendly environmentalists suffered a second defeat as a federal district judge on January 8 blocked a Bush administration decision to allow logging ... (read more)
Local community split on Yucca Mountain site
Congressional Democrats and Nevada politicians of both parties have generally opposed the selection of Yucca Mountain for the permanent storage of America's ... (read more)
Congressional Democrats and Nevada politicians of both parties have generally opposed the selection of Yucca Mountain for the permanent storage of America's ... (read more)
March 2002 Environment & Climate News (pdf)
The March 2002 issue of Environment & Climate News features Page 1 coverage of a disturbing trend in the U.S. Forest Service: Lying. The issue also features ... (read more)
The March 2002 issue of Environment & Climate News features Page 1 coverage of a disturbing trend in the U.S. Forest Service: Lying. The issue also features ... (read more)
New studies throw cold water on warming theory
Two major new studies, as well as temperature readings from precise satellite measurements, have produced strong new evidence the Earth is not warming. ... (read more)
Two major new studies, as well as temperature readings from precise satellite measurements, have produced strong new evidence the Earth is not warming. ... (read more)
Open mouth, insert foot
For advocates of global warming theory, new evidence showing no global warming could not have come at a worse time. The Science and Nature studies, and ... (read more)
For advocates of global warming theory, new evidence showing no global warming could not have come at a worse time. The Science and Nature studies, and ... (read more)
Skeptical Environmentalist Savaged, Vindicated
Scientific American has sicced the big dogs on Danish statistician Bjørn Lomborg for having the audacity to publish a highly referenced book, The Skeptical ... (read more)
Scientific American has sicced the big dogs on Danish statistician Bjørn Lomborg for having the audacity to publish a highly referenced book, The Skeptical ... (read more)
Spitzer's New York smog
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer claims the Bush administration is verging on a "wholesale weakening of the Clean Air Act." In fact, Spitzer is the ... (read more)
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer claims the Bush administration is verging on a "wholesale weakening of the Clean Air Act." In fact, Spitzer is the ... (read more)
Still wrong after all these years
The World Summit on Sustainable Development will convene in Johannesburg, South Africa, in September 2002. The World Summit is the 10th anniversary follow-up ... (read more)
The World Summit on Sustainable Development will convene in Johannesburg, South Africa, in September 2002. The World Summit is the 10th anniversary follow-up ... (read more)
SUVs and the addiction to taxation
Just when the blame-America-for-September 11 campaigns appeared to be running out of gas, a new version is rapidly gaining momentum. Blame the SUV! The ... (read more)
Just when the blame-America-for-September 11 campaigns appeared to be running out of gas, a new version is rapidly gaining momentum. Blame the SUV! The ... (read more)
White House revising Clean Air rules
White House officials spent the first month of the year putting together proposed changes in rules enforcing the Clean Air Act. As a blueprint of the ... (read more)
White House officials spent the first month of the year putting together proposed changes in rules enforcing the Clean Air Act. As a blueprint of the ... (read more)