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They've Got a Little List
One environmental order by the Clinton administration is likely to go unchallenged by the Bush administration: The decision last fall by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service not to add any more animals or plants to the endangered species list until at least the end of this year. The agency said that it had to […]
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The Capital Schlepps
The Sierra Club sued the U.S. EPA yesterday for extending the deadline for the Washington metro area to meet federal air pollution limits for ozone. The area missed the original deadline of November 1999, and the EPA granted it a reprieve last month until 2005, without reclassifying the region from a “serious” to “severe” non-attainment […]
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We Who Are About to Pollute Cellucci You
Enviros are crying foul that Massachusetts Gov. Paul Cellucci (R) is considering gutting pollution limits for the state’s dirtiest power plants. To great fanfare last May, Cellucci announced a plan under which the plants would have to halve their emissions within three years. But an anonymous source in his administration told the Boston Globe that […]
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Speedy Delivery
FedEx Express asked auto manufacturers this week to submit proposals for a commercial delivery truck that has 90 percent less emissions and is 50 percent more fuel-efficient than current models. The delivery giant has been working with the Alliance for Environmental Innovation since the spring of 2000 to figure out how to make its truck […]
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Snow Mobilization
Snowmobilers are rushing to Yellowstone this winter to experience what might be the second-to-last year snowmobiles are allowed in the national park. The Clinton administration in December issued a rule to ban snowmobiles in the park by the winter of 2003-04 because of concerns about air pollution, noise, and harassment of wildlife. But Rep. Jim […]
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Regulatory Maize
The European Parliament voted yesterday to establish strict rules on the production and marketing of genetically modified foods and pharmaceuticals. Under the rules, companies will have to apply for 10-year licenses to sell genetically modified products and all products will be tracked in a public database marking the locations of crops. A separate bill laying […]
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Olive You Just the Way You Are, Except for the Erosion
Olive farming in southern Europe is leading to desertification and other environmental ills, according to a report prepared for the European Commission. The report said that soil erosion is the most serious problem linked to olive farming, and that "inappropriate" methods of weed control and poor soil-management practices are causing big runoff problems, with chemicals […]
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This Ain't the Place
Utah is home to the country’s No. 1 air polluter and an enviro study has found that Utah’s Tooele County leads the country in chemical releases that affect child development and learning, reports the Salt Lake Deseret News in an eight-part series on Toxic Utah. Indeed, people across Utah talk about how public safety and […]
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News Flash: Law Enforcement Leads to Enforced Laws
Even though North Carolina has the most far-reaching soil runoff laws in the U.S., it still isn’t keeping its rivers clean, say scientists who’ve been studying the issue for four years. The problem, they say, is that the state doesn’t have a strong enough inspection regimen in place. The scientists from the University of North […]
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How Now Mad Cow
The European Commission yesterday called for more support for organic agriculture and decreased beef production throughout Europe as a way to counter the mad cow disease crisis. The crisis "demonstrates the need for a return to farming methods that are more in tune with the environment," said the European Union farm commissioner, Franz Fischler. In […]
