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August 2003
Alabama Jury Breaking the Bank in Suspect PCB Case
An Alabama jury has awarded $73 million in property damage and emotional distress awards to 380 people who have detected PCBs on their property. Significantly, ... (read more)
An Alabama jury has awarded $73 million in property damage and emotional distress awards to 380 people who have detected PCBs on their property. Significantly, ... (read more)
An Unnecessary Energy Crisis
Since 1998, virtually all newly constructed power plants have been designed to run on natural gas. Not that it is any cheaper to produce power from ... (read more)
Since 1998, virtually all newly constructed power plants have been designed to run on natural gas. Not that it is any cheaper to produce power from ... (read more)
Animal Tests Overstate Cancer Fears: Part 3 of 3
Cancer scares created by environmental activist groups frequently focus on man-made chemicals. However, such chemicals play a very small role in human ... (read more)
Cancer scares created by environmental activist groups frequently focus on man-made chemicals. However, such chemicals play a very small role in human ... (read more)
Appeals Court Upholds California MTBE Ban
A federal appeals court has upheld California’s ban on the controversial gasoline additive MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl ether), finding the ban does not ... (read more)
A federal appeals court has upheld California’s ban on the controversial gasoline additive MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl ether), finding the ban does not ... (read more)
Army Corps Polluting Columbia Basin Rivers
The rainbow colors dancing on the Pacific Northwest’s Columbia River paint an irrefutable picture. Trailing 200 feet downstream from the Bonneville ... (read more)
The rainbow colors dancing on the Pacific Northwest’s Columbia River paint an irrefutable picture. Trailing 200 feet downstream from the Bonneville ... (read more)
August 2003 Environment & Climate News (pdf)
The August issue of Environment & Climate News offers several articles addressing myths about health hazards in the natural environment. Among them: ... (read more)
The August issue of Environment & Climate News offers several articles addressing myths about health hazards in the natural environment. Among them: ... (read more)
Chesapeake Bay Blues
Chesapeake Bay Blues: Science, Politics, and the Struggle to Save the Bay by Howard R. Ernst Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003, 224 pages $22.95 ... (read more)
Chesapeake Bay Blues: Science, Politics, and the Struggle to Save the Bay by Howard R. Ernst Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003, 224 pages $22.95 ... (read more)
Climate Change: The Science Isn’t Settled
Despite the certainty many seem to feel about the causes, effects, and extent of climate change, we are in fact making only slow progress in our understanding ... (read more)
Despite the certainty many seem to feel about the causes, effects, and extent of climate change, we are in fact making only slow progress in our understanding ... (read more)
Congress Mulls FDA Authority over Tobacco
As President George W. Bush considered joining an international tobacco control treaty, Congress conducted hearings into the desirability of giving the ... (read more)
As President George W. Bush considered joining an international tobacco control treaty, Congress conducted hearings into the desirability of giving the ... (read more)
EPA: Environment Getting Cleaner, Safer
Christie Whitman’s departure from the leadership of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was marked by one of the few really outstanding accomplishments ... (read more)
Christie Whitman’s departure from the leadership of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was marked by one of the few really outstanding accomplishments ... (read more)
Forest Service Budget Pits Forest Management against Fire Suppression
Ask any district ranger, or any on-the-ground Forest Service employee, and they will tell you the national forests are suffering from a severe budget ... (read more)
Ask any district ranger, or any on-the-ground Forest Service employee, and they will tell you the national forests are suffering from a severe budget ... (read more)
Fuels Treatment Is Not Sound Forest Management
Professional foresters have a tendency to think every forest needs their tender loving care. Even young foresters who want to save old growth often agree ... (read more)
Professional foresters have a tendency to think every forest needs their tender loving care. Even young foresters who want to save old growth often agree ... (read more)
Horinko Is Named Interim EPA Administrator
Senior EPA official Marianne Horinko was appointed on July 10 as the second interim EPA Administrator to serve since Christie Whitman’s resignation. Horinko ... (read more)
Senior EPA official Marianne Horinko was appointed on July 10 as the second interim EPA Administrator to serve since Christie Whitman’s resignation. Horinko ... (read more)
House, Senate Vote to Double Ethanol Fuel Requirement
The U.S. Senate on June 5 approved by a 67-29 vote a measure to double the ethanol requirement in the nation’s gasoline. The ethanol requirement will ... (read more)
The U.S. Senate on June 5 approved by a 67-29 vote a measure to double the ethanol requirement in the nation’s gasoline. The ethanol requirement will ... (read more)
Liberal Environmentalists Impede Natural Gas Development
On June 10, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan testified to Congress that environmental and energy concerns could cause “debilitating spikes” in ... (read more)
On June 10, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan testified to Congress that environmental and energy concerns could cause “debilitating spikes” in ... (read more)
Lung Association Distorts Air Quality Data
The American Lung Association’s (ALA) new study, State of the Air: 2003, gave a failing grade on air quality to more than half the nation’s counties. ... (read more)
The American Lung Association’s (ALA) new study, State of the Air: 2003, gave a failing grade on air quality to more than half the nation’s counties. ... (read more)
Montana Bans Land Sales to Federal Government
In protest of the federal government’s over-reaching and its mismanagement of public lands, Montana has become the first state in the union to prohibit ... (read more)
In protest of the federal government’s over-reaching and its mismanagement of public lands, Montana has become the first state in the union to prohibit ... (read more)
NAS Rejects New Dioxin Regulation
After decades at the top of the list of “deadly chemicals” decried by liberal environmentalists, dioxin’s risk has been found to be too small to merit ... (read more)
After decades at the top of the list of “deadly chemicals” decried by liberal environmentalists, dioxin’s risk has been found to be too small to merit ... (read more)
Natural Gas 'Shortage' Puts Crunch on Environment, Economy
Natural gas supplies under current laws and regulations are unable to keep up with growing demand, testified Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan in ... (read more)
Natural gas supplies under current laws and regulations are unable to keep up with growing demand, testified Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan in ... (read more)
PCB Lawsuit Threatens Pennsylvania Business Climate
What critics have called a “bizarre” jury verdict, holding a chemical manufacturer responsible for the costs of rebuilding a state-owned building after ... (read more)
What critics have called a “bizarre” jury verdict, holding a chemical manufacturer responsible for the costs of rebuilding a state-owned building after ... (read more)
Planning Is a Tool, Not a Goal
Local government officials often lament the fact that “not enough planning” has gone on in their communities. Like virtue, urban planning seems to be ... (read more)
Local government officials often lament the fact that “not enough planning” has gone on in their communities. Like virtue, urban planning seems to be ... (read more)
Secondhand Smoke Fears Overstated, Study Finds
A 38-year study of Californians, begun by the American Cancer Society and concluded by the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), has concluded ... (read more)
A 38-year study of Californians, begun by the American Cancer Society and concluded by the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), has concluded ... (read more)
Study Finds No Health Risks for Above-Average Mercury Levels
A comprehensive study of 643 children, tracked from the womb to 9 years of age, has found no health risks resulting from exposure to above-average levels ... (read more)
A comprehensive study of 643 children, tracked from the womb to 9 years of age, has found no health risks resulting from exposure to above-average levels ... (read more)
U.S. Set to Join Anti-Smoking Treaty
In an unexpected reversal of federal policy, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson has pledged the U.S. will support a controversial global ... (read more)
In an unexpected reversal of federal policy, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson has pledged the U.S. will support a controversial global ... (read more)
Wisconsin Legislature Rejects Land Purchases
The Wisconsin legislature’s Joint Finance Committee has voted overwhelmingly to ignore the availability of state stewardship funds and forego buying private ... (read more)
The Wisconsin legislature’s Joint Finance Committee has voted overwhelmingly to ignore the availability of state stewardship funds and forego buying private ... (read more)