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Ansje Miller sends a dispatch from a conference on transportation and justice
Ansje Miller is a program director for Redefining Progress and staffs the Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative, a consortium of environmental-justice, religious, and policy groups. Sunday, 20 Feb 2005 LOS ANGELES, Calif. Driving down California’s Interstate 5 from Oakland to Los Angeles, the need for a new vision for the future of transportation was […]
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Uprisings down under
Who says there are no good protests anymore? Australian environmentalists used ice sculptures yesterday to protest their country's refusal to jump on the Kyoto wagon. Maybe frozen icons are just what the U.S. needs! (Insert hackneyed Al Gore joke here.)
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Delay of Shame
Senate committee delays vote on Clear Skies In what clean-air advocates called a “major victory for the environment,” the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee yesterday postponed a decision on Bush’s Clear Skies Act. A vote had been scheduled to determine whether the bill would advance to the Senate floor, but with 18 committee members […]
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As Kyoto goes live, U.S. green groups offer tepid response
It’s an action-packed week on the climate front: The Kyoto Protocol finally goes into effect today throughout the vast majority of the industrialized world (the U.S. conspicuously not included), and Capitol Hill is awash in climate-related assaults and initiatives. As Kyoto and climate bills heat up, greens’ response is tepid. Congress is facing a double […]
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Join a people’s campaign to ratify the Kyoto Protocol
The much-discussed Kyoto Protocol takes effect today, Feb. 16. In the face of the United States’ continuing refusal to ratify the international agreement, a group of progressive activists is launching a drive to gather millions of signatures from U.S. citizens for a “People’s Ratification of the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty.” Ross Gelbspan, a Grist contributor […]
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Green’s Labor Lost
Enviros, labor unions clash over Clear Skies legislation With the Senate Environment Committee set to vote tomorrow on the Clear Skies Act, both supporters and critics of the legislation are in high gear. Enviros, who have fought Clear Skies since it was first unveiled by the Bush administration three years ago, have been running ads […]
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Dropping the Hybrids Off at the Pool
Hybrid incentive bills introduced in Congress Fuel-efficient hybrids, the cars of choice for greens of means, are a hot topic in Congress, with two bills introduced this month that could further fuel their popularity. One bill, unveiled in the House last Tuesday by California Reps. Darrell Issa (R) and Brad Sherman (D), would let states […]
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Complicating, Circulating, New Life, New Life
GOP congressfolk announce plan to revamp Endangered Species Act House Resources Committee Chair Richard Pombo (R-Calif.) has expressed open hostility toward the Endangered Species Act numerous times, so some conservationists are questioning the sincerity of his recently announced effort to “breathe new life” into the law. Along with Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) and Sen. Mike […]
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A Granholm Don’t Come for Free
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm shows D.C. Dems how to do it With Beltway Democrats in a tizzy trying to figure out how to appeal to the working class, and Beltway environmentalists in a tizzy trying to figure out how to appeal to Beltway Democrats, both groups might want to check out the State of the […]
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Enviros join chorus against class-action bill, but measure still likely to pass
Will class-action plaintiffs still get their day in court? The Erin Brockoviches of America could have a much tougher time going after polluters if the Class Action Fairness Act — which the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to approve last week — is signed into law. The bill, which will be put to a full Senate […]
