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Environment & Climate News
July 2000
ALEC offers model TMDL legislation for states
The Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program has been part of the Clean Water Act since 1972. It directs states to take measures to improve the quality of ... (read more)
The Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program has been part of the Clean Water Act since 1972. It directs states to take measures to improve the quality of ... (read more)
Better green than red
In literally hundreds of experiments conducted around the world, the major food crops of China have been shown to produce substantial improvements in yield ... (read more)
In literally hundreds of experiments conducted around the world, the major food crops of China have been shown to produce substantial improvements in yield ... (read more)
Congress approves billions to buy land
As thousands of acres of federally owned land in New Mexico burned out of control, Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) and 314 of his colleagues in Congress passed ... (read more)
As thousands of acres of federally owned land in New Mexico burned out of control, Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) and 314 of his colleagues in Congress passed ... (read more)
Corporate America responds to biotech
McDonald’s Corporation recently notified its largest potato processor, Idaho’s J.R. Simplot Co., that the fast-food company would no longer accept genetically ... (read more)
McDonald’s Corporation recently notified its largest potato processor, Idaho’s J.R. Simplot Co., that the fast-food company would no longer accept genetically ... (read more)
Dear Carl
To: Carl Pope Executive Director Sierra Club Dear Carl: Sorry to bother you. I know how hard you work raising $50 million a year from the government ... (read more)
To: Carl Pope Executive Director Sierra Club Dear Carl: Sorry to bother you. I know how hard you work raising $50 million a year from the government ... (read more)
Details, details: Who gets to do what in a wilderness area?
Should BLM lands be inventoried? More than 100 organizations--including conservation groups, sportsmen’s clubs, and religious associations--have asked ... (read more)
Should BLM lands be inventoried? More than 100 organizations--including conservation groups, sportsmen’s clubs, and religious associations--have asked ... (read more)
Don’t let global warming bug you!
Chaos theory holds that the flutter of a butterfly’s wings can have far-reaching effects. So, too, can increasing plant defense mechanisms, upsetting the ... (read more)
Chaos theory holds that the flutter of a butterfly’s wings can have far-reaching effects. So, too, can increasing plant defense mechanisms, upsetting the ... (read more)
Donny, we hardly knew ye
As a child growing up in a big Irish family, I attended many a wake. Without fail, someone would comment of the dearly departed--call him Danny--“Danny, ... (read more)
As a child growing up in a big Irish family, I attended many a wake. Without fail, someone would comment of the dearly departed--call him Danny--“Danny, ... (read more)
Droughting the forecast
As we headed through spring, concern was growing that the Midwest was sitting on the brink of a major drought. An overflight of the region found it to ... (read more)
As we headed through spring, concern was growing that the Midwest was sitting on the brink of a major drought. An overflight of the region found it to ... (read more)
EPA Targets Cows and . . . You?
Water is the key to all life and the source of innumerable conflicts. True to form, our U.S. government now sees water as a vast, untapped source of potential ... (read more)
Water is the key to all life and the source of innumerable conflicts. True to form, our U.S. government now sees water as a vast, untapped source of potential ... (read more)
Forest Service releases impact statement for roadless ban
The U.S. Forest Service released on May 9 its proposed Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) regarding the Clinton-Gore administration’s plan to ban ... (read more)
The U.S. Forest Service released on May 9 its proposed Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) regarding the Clinton-Gore administration’s plan to ban ... (read more)
Governors, Congress Support Biotech Industry
In June, Environment & Climate News reported a new $50 million effort launched by the biotechnology industry to educate the public about the advantages ... (read more)
In June, Environment & Climate News reported a new $50 million effort launched by the biotechnology industry to educate the public about the advantages ... (read more)
Heritage Foundation offers timely advice to political candidates
The Washington, DC-based Heritage Foundation has recently released its Issues 2000 — The Candidate’s Briefing Book, a massive tome offering careful analysis ... (read more)
The Washington, DC-based Heritage Foundation has recently released its Issues 2000 — The Candidate’s Briefing Book, a massive tome offering careful analysis ... (read more)
Jimmying the Truth about Climate Change
On April 18, 2000, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator James Baker and Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) ... (read more)
On April 18, 2000, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator James Baker and Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) ... (read more)
Just breathe
In the global warming research arena, even those things we are certain we know are things that cannot be confirmed with any certainty. The latest big ... (read more)
In the global warming research arena, even those things we are certain we know are things that cannot be confirmed with any certainty. The latest big ... (read more)
Let us use some common sense here
by the Hon. Cliff Stearns (R-Florida) addressing the House of Representatives May 10, 2000 Mr. Chairman, I thank my colleague for yielding time to ... (read more)
by the Hon. Cliff Stearns (R-Florida) addressing the House of Representatives May 10, 2000 Mr. Chairman, I thank my colleague for yielding time to ... (read more)
MTBE ban proposed in Michigan
The Michigan legislature has taken up a bill that would ban the water-polluting gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE). Introduced by Rep. ... (read more)
The Michigan legislature has taken up a bill that would ban the water-polluting gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE). Introduced by Rep. ... (read more)
New voice on the environmental left
A potentially powerful news organization has been launched to spread the message of the left-wing environmental movement. Verde Media has been established, ... (read more)
A potentially powerful news organization has been launched to spread the message of the left-wing environmental movement. Verde Media has been established, ... (read more)
No easy alternatives to internal combustion engine
As Vice President and Presidential candidate Al Gore was reiterating his controversial call for “phasing out” the internal combustion engine in less than ... (read more)
As Vice President and Presidential candidate Al Gore was reiterating his controversial call for “phasing out” the internal combustion engine in less than ... (read more)
No Mandatory Food Labeling . . . Yet
New regulations issued by the Clinton-Gore administration would require biotechnology companies to notify the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) four months ... (read more)
New regulations issued by the Clinton-Gore administration would require biotechnology companies to notify the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) four months ... (read more)
Playing the numbers with climate model accuracy
Those who proudly claim their climate models duplicate reality, provided [insert your favorite caveat here], have been irritated by one particularly nasty ... (read more)
Those who proudly claim their climate models duplicate reality, provided [insert your favorite caveat here], have been irritated by one particularly nasty ... (read more)
Private conservation: An environmental success story
Expressing his support for an Interior Department proposal to create three new National Monuments and expand a fourth monument in the West, President Clinton ... (read more)
Expressing his support for an Interior Department proposal to create three new National Monuments and expand a fourth monument in the West, President Clinton ... (read more)
Sea-ing nothing new under the sun
One little-known mystery of global warming is an event that took place some 24 years ago. Now known as the “1976 Pacific Climate Shift,” this steplike change ... (read more)
One little-known mystery of global warming is an event that took place some 24 years ago. Now known as the “1976 Pacific Climate Shift,” this steplike change ... (read more)
Summer Suboptimum
Like moths to flame, a few climate scientists and many enviropoliticos are irresistibly drawn to pronouncements of record high temperatures. We have ... (read more)
Like moths to flame, a few climate scientists and many enviropoliticos are irresistibly drawn to pronouncements of record high temperatures. We have ... (read more)
TAR-2000: The Empire Strikes Back
Lawyers are fond of saying, “If you don’t like the law, argue the facts. If you don’t like the facts, argue the law.” At the United Nations, without ... (read more)
Lawyers are fond of saying, “If you don’t like the law, argue the facts. If you don’t like the facts, argue the law.” At the United Nations, without ... (read more)
Toxic Release Inventory Data Issued
EPA released its 1998 Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data May 11, 2000. The data for the first time include information from seven industrial sectors, including ... (read more)
EPA released its 1998 Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data May 11, 2000. The data for the first time include information from seven industrial sectors, including ... (read more)
Uncle Sam sues Uncle Sam over air pollution
Nearly every day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces a new lawsuit or administrative action against an alleged industrial polluter. ... (read more)
Nearly every day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces a new lawsuit or administrative action against an alleged industrial polluter. ... (read more)
