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Mexican Standoff
Feds Will Study Environmental Impact of Mexican Trucks on U.S. Roads Bowing to a federal court order, the Bush administration announced yesterday that it will study what the environmental impact would be of an increase in Mexican trucks on U.S. roads. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals banned Mexican trucks from the U.S. in […]
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Prey for Rain
Wildfires in Portugal Push Iberian Lynx Closer to Extinction The endangered Iberian lynx is closer than ever to extinction following a rash of devastating wildfires that hit Portugal this summer during a blistering, continent-wide heat wave. Only about 120 lynx remain in the wild in Portugal and southwestern Spain, down from some 3,000 in the […]
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Bill Moyers speaks his mind on Bush-brand environmental destruction and more
Bill Moyers is best known as the broadcast journalist who, for more than 20 years, has brought the public frank, soul-searching, and sometimes frightening examinations of — well, of almost everything under the sun. On air, he’s equally comfortable discussing politics or poetry, scriptures or science. Bill Moyers isn’t pulling punches. Photo: PBS. Born in […]
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The Three Amigos
Three Major Companies Join Fight to Protect Tongass Office supply giant Staples and building companies KB Home and Hayward Lumber have joined with environmentalists in opposing a Bush administration proposal that would allow roads and development in southeast Alaska’s pristine Tongass National Forest. The three companies, all big users of wood products, have been working […]
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Secret Disservice
Big Biz Shaped Bush Energy Plan, Congressional Investigators Say Corporations had a significant hand in formulating the Bush administration’s energy policy, but the full extent of their influence is unknown because the White House has mulishly refused to release information on the matter. That’s the word in a report released yesterday by the General Accounting […]
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Read Between the Pipelines
Huge Energy Project on Russian Island Could Wreak Environmental Havoc Conservationists are warning that plans to build the world’s largest energy project — a massive pipeline and three oil-drilling platforms on and around the Russian island of Sakhalin, just north of Japan — could mean environmental disaster. The project, led by a Shell subsidiary and […]
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Air Apparent
Bush Admin. Lacked Data to Support Relaxing Emissions Rules, GAO Found And that’s not all the GAO’s been up to. In a report released yesterday, the agency determined that the Bush administration had no real evidence to back up its claims that loosening air pollution rules for industrial plants would lower emissions and reduce health […]
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Shale Maulana, Center for Environmental Citizenship
Shale Maulana is Northwest summit coordinator for the Center for Environmental Citizenship and a student and activist at Seattle Central Community College. Monday, 25 Aug 2003 SEATTLE, Wash. This summer, I’m interning with the Center for Environmental Citizenship (EnviroCitizen), helping to organize a student summit, “Powered By Justice: Skills to Build Energy Alternatives.” It’s a […]
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An Ice-cold Reception
Protesters Greet Bush as He Touts Environmental Policies in Northwest President Bush made a swing through Oregon and Washington state late last week to talk up his environmental agenda in an attempt to attract eco-concerned suburban voters, but he was met with thousands of protesters who didn’t buy his promises to deliver “Clear Skies” and […]
