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Steer Clear of that Weasel Diesel
Environmental officials are considering a crackdown on diesel, a common and dangerous pollutant that can clog lungs, damage genes, and cause cancer. The California Air Resources Board last year declared that diesel particles are carcinogenic and is studying ways to reduce their health threat; the EPA is considering a similar move. In a series of […]
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We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us
For the first time, more Japanese companies favor a tax on carbon-dioxide emissions than oppose it, according to a poll released by the nation’s Environment Agency yesterday. “The poll indicates there is a growing perception among Japanese firms that voluntary corporate efforts alone cannot curb carbon-dioxide emissions,” an agency official said.
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We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Not Us
Mobil CEO Lucio A. Noto got testy yesterday when enviros suggested that the company’s planned merger with Exxon, approved overwhelmingly by stockholders yesterday, would create an environmentally irresponsible monster. Noto lit into the Kyoto climate change treaty, saying Exxon and Mobil oppose it and that it’s “not worth the paper that it’s written on.” He […]
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This Is the Place
The Clinton administration and Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt (R) have reached a broad general agreement that could result in more than 1 million acres of wilderness in Utah’s West Desert. The still nascent deal faces potential opposition from environmentalists and county commissioners, and would need approval from Congress. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt has the task […]
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Birth of a Breach Idea
The feds must breach four dams on the lower Snake River in order to honor treaty obligations to Indian tribes in the Northwest, according to a new report from a consultant to the Army Corps of Engineers. The corps is considering three options for restoring salmon and steelhead trout in the river and will make […]
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Fly Wolf
Two more packs of Mexican gray wolves were released into eastern Arizona last week, bringing the number of wolves in the area’s reintroduction program to at least 19. One pack, taken from central New Mexico, was driven into Arizona, flown by helicopter into the Arizona forest, then packed into the backcountry on mules. The reintroduction […]
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Killer Waves, Dude!
An Israeli company made a deal yesterday to sell an innovative new system that can generate electricity from the motion of ocean waves. An Indian company agreed to pay $4 million to S.D.E. Energy & Desalination Ltd. for a wave-generated power plant. The company claims to have developed a relatively cheap and eco-friendly way to […]
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Numb and Dumber
Sixty-nine percent of voters think Vice Pres. Al Gore would do a good job of handling the environment as president, according to a new USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll. Fifty-seven percent reject the notion that Gore’s views on the environment are too extreme. Unfortunately for Gore, though, 64 percent say he “doesn’t inspire” them (read: he’s boring). […]
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Court: Burn, Baby, Burn
A federal appeals court ordered the EPA yesterday to put on hold a regulation that would require 22 states to reduce their production of smog-causing gases that drift into other states. The three-judge panel issuing the decision did not question the merit of the regulation, but delayed its implementation pending a lawsuit filed by a […]
