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Weak energy-efficiency rules flying under the radar
I wish enviros (and, hell, everyone else) would kick up more of a fuss about this kind of stuff. Energy-efficiency measures don't get enough attention, from the PTB or from the green movement.
The Bushies are lowballing these standards because, well, that's what they do: the minimal necessary to keep up appearances and still not bother their industry friends. If they discovered that everyone was watching, and a shitstorm would kick up every time they tried to skirt real, impactful rules on this sort of thing, they'd change their tune. As it is, they get away with it because everybody's attention is elsewhere.
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From Hurley to Hetchy
Certified orgasmic Liz Hurley has announced that she will give up acting, prompting an anguished nation to cry out, “Wait, when did Liz Hurley start acting?” Seems Hurley wants to devote herself full-time to her farm in England, which will soon go organic and get proper livestock. “I’ve joined the breeders’ club already,” said Hurley. […]
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Diss Me Cate
EPA whistleblower says agency misled on health hazards of 9/11 dust A U.S. EPA whistleblower has gone public with accusations that the agency downplayed the health hazards of dust from the collapsed World Trade Center. EPA senior scientist Cate Jenkins — who has long clashed with her employer — says the agency relied on misleading […]
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The Definition of Insanity
Bush administration will open 8 million Alaskan acres to oil drilling As only makes sense following a disaster in northern Alaska involving oil spills and corroded pipelines, the Bush administration next month plans to open 8 million northwestern Alaska acres to oil and natural gas development. The area, in the National Petroleum Reserve, contains “a […]
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God Hates BP
BP hits more snafus in Prudhoe Bay Beleaguered oil giant BP has halted leak testing on pipelines in Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay oil field after learning that workers may have been exposed to asbestos. Since a major spill in the oil field in early March, as many as 200 workers have been stripping insulation off of […]
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Stop Us If You’ve Heard This One
EPA must consult wildlife officials about pesticide use Yesterday a federal judge overturned a two-year-old regulation that allowed the U.S. EPA to approve pesticides without consulting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service about toxic impact on rare animals and plants. Ruling in favor of nine environmental groups, U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenor declared that […]
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Shags in the wild
While it is not about a strictly environmental topic, I nonetheless feel duty-bound (and proud) to point out that our very own Sarah van Schagen -- author of the wildly popular Something Fishy column -- has a new piece up on CampusProgress.org. Check it out.
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Non-“environmental” environmental policies
It's funny -- on the way to work today, I was thinking about a post on policies that would help the environment but are not traditionally thought of as "environmental." Then John pops up this morning with something very similar. So I guess it's in the air.
One of the common accusations against the environmental movement in the whole death debate was that enviros conceive of "the environment" too narrowly, and thus conceive of their political mandate too narrowly. They focus on technocratic policies about PPB of contaminants in water or new-source regulations on coal plants, instead of trying to build a broad progressive movement.
So. What are some policies that most people would not label "environmental," but which would benefit the environment? Off the top of my head I'd cite:
