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Reprocessing Nuclear Fuel is the Way to Make Yucca Mountain Work tor Everyone, by Tom Randall

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BACKGROUND: The Associated Press reported on May 8, 2002 on the alleged inadequacies of Yucca mountain as a repository for spent nuclear fuel. In the report, the notion of reprocessing fuel to reduce storage needs was discussed but it said, ...
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Kyoto Treaty Language Attached to Senate Energy Bill, by Gretchen Randall

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BACKGROUND: Before passing its energy bill, the Senate attached an amendment setting up a greenhouse gas database. Participating companies would voluntarily report their reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. If, after five years, less than 60 percent of greenhouse gas emissions ...
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Earth Day 2002 Brings Cause for Celebration and Concerns about Over-Regulation, by Gretchen Randall

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BACKGROUND: April 22, 2002 marks the 32nd anniversary of the first Earth Day. Former U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, Earth Day's co-founder, modeled Earth Day on anti-Vietnam War demonstrations, called "teach-ins," that were common on college campuses. As many as 20 ...
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Bush Administration and House Democrats Oppose Bill to Restrict Federal Land Acquisition, by Gretchen Randall

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BACKGROUND: H.R. 3962, the "Good Neighbor Act" was the subject of a U.S. House Forests and Forest Health subcommittee hearing held April 10, 2002. Under the bill's provisions, if more than 50 percent of a county's land is owned by ...
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Lincoln Chafee Advances Bill to Usurp Local Control of Land Use Planning and Zoning, by Tom Randall

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BACKGROUND: S.975, euphemistically titled the "Community Character Act," was introduced last May and is now scheduled to come before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Thursday, April 11, 2002. The bill, introduced by Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), with Senators ...
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Natural Resources Defense Council ‘Cries Wolf’ Over Consultation on Bush Energy Plan, by Christopher Burger

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BACKGROUND: Supposedly worried that environmental groups were not consulted when the Bush administration developed its energy plan, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed a lawsuit to force the Department of Energy (DOE) to release documents revealing the names of ...
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Ice Shelf Breaks Off Antarctica Coastline, by Gretchen Randall

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BACKGROUND: Scientists believe the 12,000 year old ice shelf which broke off the coast of Antarctica over a recent 35-day period detached as the result of warming in the region over the last 50 years or more. But they could ...
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Sierra Club Attacks Senators for Vote on CAFE, by Gretchen Randall

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BACKGROUND: Today the Sierra Club issued a press release praising 38 senators for standing "up to the scare tactics and lies of the auto industry and [voting] against this do nothing amendment," referring to the Levin-Bond amendment to the Senate ...
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Media Misconceptions Help Lead to Public Fear of Global Warming, by Christopher Burger

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BACKGROUND: The Washington Post repeatedly has reported that areas of the U.S. will warm extensively in the coming century. On December 17, 2001, for example, citing a report commissioned by Congress, the Post reported that the Northeast (New England and ...
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Teamsters Union Claims Environmentalist Support For ANWR Oil Exploration, by Tom Randall

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BACKGROUND: The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a strong supporter of President Bush's energy plan, issued a press release dated February 26, 2002 claiming the plan to drill in ANWR has the support of environmentalists with past or current affiliations with ...
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