BACKGROUND: As of June 20, wildfires in the U.S. had devastated 1,857,500 acres, almost entirely on federal land. This is more than double the ten year average for wildfire destruction by this date and 50 percent greater than the "modern ...
BACKGROUND: The Wall Street Journal (1) reported recently that long-haul truck sales have skyrocketed primarily as trucking firms buy new rigs before new anti-pollution rules for diesel engines take effect October 1, 2002. The added cost of the new less ...
BACKGROUND: Reuters News Service reports that Australian Prime Minister John Howard said today his government will not ratify the Kyoto Treaty because of the economic impact it would have on jobs there. Howard said, "For us to ratify the protocol ...
BACKGROUND: The Bush Administration's EPA released a report, "U.S. Climate Action Report 2002" quietly last week stating that greenhouse gas emissions have "likely affected the global climate system." To many this is a turn-about in policy by the Administration since ...
BACKGROUND: President Bush has reportedly called the recent EPA report that says human activities cause global warming "nothing more than a product of government bureaucracy." According to a Reuters News Service report by Tom Doggett, the President has no plans ...
BACKGROUND: The U.S. District Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. has voted 2-1 that the U.S. EPA overstepped its power in implementing what's called the "Haze Rule." In 1999, the EPA's Haze Rule imposed emissions controls on power plants in ...
BACKGROUND: In the ongoing argument over logging in national forests, a group of hunting and sportsmen's clubs wrote President Bush last week pointing out that forest management is as essential for wildlife conservation as it is for healthy forests. Young ...
BACKGROUND: A University of North Texas (UNT) study just released says the Clinton Administration EPA's interpretations of New Source Review (NSR) regulations for power plants would have a costly effect on rural areas. These interpretations are being challenged in court ...
BACKGROUND: As the House and Senate convene in conference to hammer out a final energy bill, the question arises whether the provision for oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) will be included. While the House bill allowed ...
BACKGROUND: On May 3, 2002, an explosion damaged a truck at Sims Poultry Inc., a poultry plant outside of Bloomington, Indiana. Witnesses saw what appeared to be homemade incendiary devices being pulled out from under the truck, according to the ...
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