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New Republican leaders emerging in battle against climate change
Last week, an international task force co-chaired by Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine) predicted a fast-approaching “point of no return” for climate change — possibly in as few as 10 years — after which the crisis and its symptoms will be irreversible. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine). You probably didn’t read about it in the U.S. […]
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I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means
In SOTU speech, Bush mentions eco-responsible energy, dodges climate In his State of the Union speech last night — in between 27 utterances each of the words “freedom” and “terror” or their variants — President Bush squeezed in a brief nod to green issues. He said that the country needs “environmentally responsible” energy sources, just […]
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Eternal Sunshine of the British Mind
U.K. freedom-of-information rules promise access to crucial enviro data In sharp contrast to America’s growing number of terror-inspired no-right-to-know rules restricting citizens’ access to government info crucial to environmental health and safety, new rules in Britain that took effect Jan. 1 are intended to do just the opposite (no, not incite terrorism): ensure citizens’ access […]
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Exeter Stage Left
Climate eggheads conclude we’re toast, not sure when we’ll hear the ding A three-day scientific conference on global warming in Exeter, U.K., that wrapped up today vividly illustrates the frustrating current state of the climate-change debate. There was a palpable sense of urgency among the scientists in attendance, as various studies predicted that global warming […]
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Reid Between the Mines
Senate Democratic leader Reid is a friend to the mining industry Sen. Harry Reid, the new leader of the Senate Democrats, knows full-well that his home state of Nevada isn’t a liberal or environmental stronghold. Thus he has had to balance his party’s political agenda with his state’s economic interests, and one of those big […]
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It Takes a Six-State Caucus to Raise a Child
Midwest states announce effort to protect children from eco-hazards Youngsters in six Midwestern states may soon be safer from environmental dangers ranging from pesticide use in schools to toxic fumes from school-bus tailpipes. Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin lawmakers in the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators have agreed to work together to create […]
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Are Too!
Judge says Bush admin wrong in claiming NW wolves aren’t endangered Yesterday, a federal judge rescinded the 2003 federal rule downgrading gray wolves in the Northwest U.S. from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act, saying the Bush administration’s decision was “not based on the present or future threats to the wolf or the […]
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Paying Flip Service
California puts John Muir on its official quarter California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) and state first lady Maria Shriver yesterday introduced the new California quarter, bearing the likeness of venerable conservationist John Muir and the once-almost-extinct California condor he did so much to preserve. “Muir lit the torch of conservation in our state,” said the […]
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The Shallow End of the Secretarial Pool
Senate confirms Bodman to head Energy Department Sam Bodman’s nomination to serve as energy secretary sailed through the Senate yesterday, despite his having little to no experience working on energy issues. Now he can get to work pushing Bush’s big energy bill through Congress, fighting for the opening of the proposed nuclear-waste repository at Yucca […]
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Yucca, Who Needs Ya?
Nuclear advocates take back the whole “Yucca is a necessity” thing Nuclear advocates have long insisted that the planned nuclear-waste repository at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain is necessary before new nuclear reactors can be built, because on-site storage of waste is just too dangerous. But with Yucca’s prospects (at least in the short term) looking dim, […]
