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See You Later, Regulator
Bush victory portends big and enduring changes in environmental regs U.S. EPA chief Mike Leavitt is touting last week’s election as “a validation of our philosophy and agenda,” and his agency and others that oversee environmental matters are expected to move aggressively to relax mandatory regulatory limits in favor of market-based systems and voluntary targets. […]
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Ray Anderson, sustainable biz pioneer, answers questions
What work do you do? I am founder and chair of Interface, Inc. How does it relate to the environment? I used to think that my job didn’t have anything to do with the environment. Then I realized that my job, as well as everyone else’s job, impacts the environment in some way. And now […]
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Rhymes with “ditty” too
The radio program "Living On Earth" had some hack from the Wall Street Journal editorial page on, along with Grist contributor Bill McKibben, to discuss what Bush's victory means for the environment. It's interesting (and like Shalini, what I mean by interesting is "makes me reach for a noose"). You can read the transcript here.
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Four more years of rhymes with “yell”
Interesting (and by interesting, I mean depressing) article in Salon on what the Bush victory may mean for the environment and for enviros.
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War and Environment Day … yesterday
Gristmill contributor Geoff Dabelko, who's having a little trouble with the posting widget, sent this to me, and I'm passing it along to you. Enjoy:
A couple years back the U.N. General Assembly declared today [ed.: yesterday], November 6, to be International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict.
In resolution 56/4 [PDF], the U.N. called attention to the often long-lasting damage done to the natural environment done in times of conflict.
Having a special day for an issue is great, but what is the U.N. really doing about environmental security links on the ground?
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You forgot Colorado!
Reader (and Colorado resident) Gary Wockner writes to remind us that not all the news is bad:
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The Powell and the Glory
Lake Powell is drying up; Glen Canyon is coming back Lake Powell is dropping by a foot every four days, thanks to ongoing drought in the West — and many enviros couldn’t be happier about it. Veteran conservation leader David Brower called the completion of Glen Canyon dam in 1963, and the subsequent drowning of […]
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Love Hurts
Worries over ecotourism on the rise Ecotourism and its more profit-centric cousin nature tourism make up about 20 percent of international tourist travel. These two sectors are growing by 10 to 30 percent a year, and generate hundreds of billions of dollars — money that often helps the ecosystems being toured, not to mention local […]
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Solution Dilution
Bush admin opposes recommendations in Arctic climate-change report Last week, details emerged about a comprehensive study on the accelerated and destructive effects of global warming on the Arctic, involving more than 300 scientists from eight nations and six indigenous tribes. Now some members of an eight-nation negotiating team are accusing the U.S. of working to […]
