Climate Politics
All Stories
-
The Bush administration embraces hybrid technology
Note: You’ll need Flash Player to watch the movie. If you don’t have it, download it now.
-
Air Enforce Won
After years of court battles, the U.S. EPA agreed yesterday to begin enforcing a stricter standard for ozone pollution that was developed by the Clinton administration in 1997. Industry groups such as the American Truckers Associations and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to try to block […]
-
Detroit Rock City
Detroit automakers sure aren’t complaining about the Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate. They anticipate having a close ally in the incoming chair of the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee, James Inhofe (R-Okla.), who is known for his criticism of clean air regulations and the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. He once referred to […]
-
Study Buddies
Ignoring the overwhelming consensus among scientists worldwide, the Bush administration this week unveiled a proposal that would have the U.S. embark on another years-long study to assess whether humans are causing the globe to warm. Industry officials and other climate skeptics lauded the research plan. But many climate scientists said it would simply reopen issues […]
-
Respirators Still Needed in Yellowstone
Rolling back a Clinton-era decision that would have banned snowmobiles in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks by the upcoming winter, the Bush administration plans to place no limits on snowmobiles until December 2003 and then to cap the number of snowmobiles at 1,100 per day. For the past decade, the parks have had an […]
-
Green Day
The Green Party says it fared well during last week’s election. The Greens ran 541 candidates for office, mostly at the state or local level. That’s double the number from 2000, according to Dean Myerson, the party’s national political coordinator. Sixty-seven candidates were elected; overall, 171 Greens now sit in office across the country. Another […]
-
Are They Rocky Mountain High?
Another one from the Believe-It-Or-Not Department: Colorado officials want to increase clear-cutting to help solve the state’s drought problem. Removing trees would allow more snow to fall to the ground, where it would run off into streams in the spring, providing enough new water to supply as many as a million families, says Kent Holsinger, […]
-
The Bucks Stop Here
The Bush administration slaps fewer polluters with fines than did the Clinton administration, and those it does nab get far gentler punishments, according to federal records compiled by Eric Schaeffer, the former head of the U.S. EPA’s Office of Regulatory Enforcement. In the first 20 months of the Bush administration, civil penalties plunged nearly 56 […]
-
Back in Black
Now that President Bush has strengthened his hand with a Republican-controlled Congress, his once-doomed energy plan — which would provide $30 billion in tax cuts for the fossil-fuel and nuclear-power industries and open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling — stands a good chance of passing. Enviros are pinning their hopes on possible presidential […]
-
Knock the Vote
In addition to suffering a loss at the federal level, the environmental movement came up short in several statewide and local votes on Tuesday. A huge majority of Oregonians voted down an initiative that would have made Oregon the first state to require labeling of genetically modified foods. The Grocery Manufacturers of American, with support […]
