Irate scientists say the administrator ignored or misconstrued their recommendations in proposed new rules on soot and dust pollution. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, February 4, 2006 By Janet Wilson, Times Staff Writer In an unprecedented action, the Environmental Protection Agency’s own scientific panel on Friday challenged Read more…
‘No one has called me more names than Erin Brockovich, and I’ve called her everything in the book, but we love each other.’ Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2005. By Myrna Oliver, Times Staff Writer Ed Masry, the flamboyant, crusading environmental lawyer portrayed by actor Read more…
Seeing potential in shale, Interior is opening federal lands to industry. But extraction methods are unproven, and in Colorado some see risks. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, November 20, 2005. By julie cart, Times Staff Writer MAHOGANY TEST SITE, Colo. — Tucked into a ravine and hidden Read more…
Pointing to Katrina’s hit to fuel supplies, some in Congress seek to diversify by loosening a ban covering areas such as offshore California. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, October 3, 2005. By Richard Simon and Kenneth R. Weiss Times Staff Writers WASHINGTON — Citing hurricane damage to Read more…
Giant trees, magnificent vistas, pristine wilderness. Well, reconsider the pristine part. The air in Sequoia-Kings Canyon is smoggier than New York City’s. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, September 13, 2005. By Gary Polakovic, Times Staff Writer Up here, atop Beetle Rock, a precipice more than one mile Read more…
Energy officials plan to move radioactive waste from near the Colorado, easing fears of tainted drinking water for millions downstream. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, April 7, 2005. By JANET WILSON, Times Staff Writer Department of Energy officials proposed Wednesday to move an enormous pile of radioactive Read more…
The Arctic refuge may soon be in the hands of Big Oil. Will it drill clean? Source of this article – Technology Review, April 2005 By Bryant Urstadt Drill Kit “Arctic Petroleum Development: Implications of Advances in Technology” By Terry R. Twyman Congressional Research Service, 2001 Central to the case Read more…
Energy Department’s proposal to leave a radioactive pile near the Colorado River in Utah is seen as a threat to drinking water. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, March 5, 2005. By JANET WILSON, Times Staff Writer The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has told the Department of Energy Read more…
Poisonous past: A 72-mile bike path covers northern Idaho’s once-toxic mining debris. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, April 27, 2004. Guy Hand | Special to The Times Idaho will officially open the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes, one of the longest bike paths in the country, on Read more…