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March 21, 2003

A war on the environment

3/21/03 Mirkarimi, Alternet, A war on the environment

May 16, 2003

Senate Tax Bill Blows Open $100,000 Loophole for Largest SUV Gas Guzzlers

5/16/03 NRDC, Senate Tax Bill Blows Open $100,000 Loophole for Largest SUV Gas Guzzlers

May 20, 2003

White House policies divert funds from national parks

5/20/03 Pegg, OneWorld.net, White House policies divert funds from national parks

June 5, 2003

World Marks Environment Day 'Dying for Water

6/5/03 Doyls, Reuster, World Marks Environment Day 'Dying for Water

June 6, 2003

A nuclear whistleblower at home

6/6/03 Savage, AlterNet, A nuclear whistleblower at home

June 9, 2003

Unwise use: Gale Norton's new environmentalism

6/9/03 Helvarg, The Progressive, Unwise use: Gale Norton's new environmentalism

June 16, 2003

Devastating the earth

6/16/03 Goodall, Resurgence, Devastating the earth

June 17, 2003

Global Warming May Wipe Out a Fifth of Wild Flower Species, Study Warns

6/17/03 Connor, Independent/UK, Global Warming May Wipe Out a Fifth of Wild Flower Species, Study Warns

June 24, 2003

Doctored EPA Environment Report Raises Questions

6/24/03 Environmental News Service, Doctored EPA Environment Report Raises Questions

League of Conservation Voters Slams Bush Record

6/24/03 Pegg, OneWorld.net, League of Conservation Voters Slams Bush Record

June 27, 2003

Satellite View Shows Amazon Rainforest Shrinking Fast

6/27/03 Envronmental News Service, Satellite View Shows Amazon Rainforest Shrinking Fast

June 28, 2003

Bangladesh floods kill 58, maroon 150,000 people

6/28/03 Reuters, Bangladesh floods kill 58, maroon 150,000 people

July 5, 2003

Entire Rainforests Set to Disappear in Next Decade

7/5/03 Wolff, Independent/UK, Entire Rainforests Set to Disappear in Next Decade

July 8, 2003

Globalization in our local economy - Our water, their profits

7/8/03 Leavitt, ZNet, Globalization in our local economy - Our water, their profits

July 13, 2003

Shadow of extinction

7/13/03 Monbiot, ZNet, Shadow of extinction

July 14, 2003

Beware the life cycle of 'recycled'

7/14/03 Venkat, Christian Science Monitor, Beware the life cycle of 'recycled'

July 16, 2003

Prospecting for Profits

7/16/03 Lydersen, AlterNet, Prospecting for Profits

July 17, 2003

Bush Administration Withholds Toxic Cleanup Information

7/17/03 PIRG, Bush Administration Withholds Toxic Cleanup Information

July 19, 2003

Islanders Consider Exodus As Sea Level Rises

7/19/03 Fickling, Guardian/UK, Islanders Consider Exodus As Sea Level Rises

July 20, 2003

Bush Ready to Wreck Ozone Layer Treaty - US Slips in Demand to Drop Ban on Harmful Pesticide

7/20/03 Lean, Independent/UK, Bush Ready to Wreck Ozone Layer Treaty - US Slips in Demand to Drop Ban on Harmful Pesticide

July 24, 2003

Outsourcing Fraud: Privatizing environmental protection

7/24/03 August Issue, Cusac, The Progressive, Outsourcing Fraud: Privatizing environmental protection

Troubled waters for Bangladesh as India presses on with plan to divert major rivers

7/24/03 Vidal, Guardian/UK, Troubled waters for Bangladesh as India presses on with plan to divert major rivers

July 25, 2003

Future Tense: Is Mankind Doomed?

7/25/03 Arthur, Independent/UK, Future Tense: Is Mankind Doomed?

July 29, 2003

House Votes More for Nuclear Space Flight than Earth Cleanup

7/29/03 Pegg, OneWorldNet, House Votes More for Nuclear Space Flight than Earth Cleanup

July 30, 2003

Bush, the Rainforest and a Gas Pipeline to Enrich His Friends

7/30/03 Gumbel, Independent/UK, Bush, the Rainforest and a Gas Pipeline to Enrich His Friends

Cod Is Dead

7/30/03 Grossman, Grist Mag, Cod Is Dead

July 31, 2003

Coke accused of poisoning Plachimada locals by BBC team

7/31/03 OneWorldNet, Coke accused of poisoning Plachimada locals by BBC team

Industrial Baker Fined $5.25 Million for Ozone Depletion

7/31/03 ENS, OneWOrldNet, Industrial Baker Fined $5.25 Million for Ozone Depletion

August 4, 2003

New Approaches to Safeguarding the Earth - An Environmental Version of the Hippocratic Oath

8/4/03 Blumenfeld, San Francisco Chron., New Approaches to Safeguarding the Earth - An Environmental Version of the Hippocratic Oath

August 6, 2003

Global Warming May Be Speeding Up, Fears Scientist

8/6/03 Vidal, Guardian/UK, Global Warming May Be Speeding Up, Fears Scientist

August 8, 2003

Bush Team Makes Federal Lands More Open to Oil, Gas Drilling

8/8/03 Shogren, LA Times, Bush Team Makes Federal Lands More Open to Oil, Gas Drilling

August 9, 2003

Birds and sealife at risk from European heatwave

8/9/03 Hayley, Reuters, Birds and sealife at risk from European heatwave

August 11, 2003

Sleepwalking To Extinction

8/11/03 Monbiot, ZNet, Sleepwalking To Extinction

US May Slow Cleanup Pace on 522 Toxic Sites - Study

8/11/03 Planet Ark, US May Slow Cleanup Pace on 522 Toxic Sites - Study

Heat Threatens Safety of Nuclear Reactors as France Girds for Electricity Rationing

8/11/03 Smith, Independent/UK, Heat Threatens Safety of Nuclear Reactors as France Girds for Electricity Rationing

August 12, 2003

Threat of U.S. Geophysical Weapons Faces Mankind

8/12/03 Sytin, CRG, Threat of U.S. Geophysical Weapons Faces Mankind - HAARP

It's a dirty job... Anti-environment Leavitt nominated to head EPA

8/12/03 Parrish, WorkingForChange, It's a dirty job... Anti-environment Leavitt nominated to head EPA

August 13, 2003

Threat of U.S. Geophysical Weapons Faces Mankind

8/13/03 Sytin, CRG, Threat of U.S. Geophysical Weapons Faces Mankind

August 14, 2003

Spill Feared from Grounded Oil Tanker Off Pakistan

8/14/03 Planet Ark, Spill Feared from Grounded Oil Tanker Off Pakistan

August 16, 2003

The Joseph Strategy

8/16/03 Ehrenfeld, Orion Online, The Joseph Strategy

August 17, 2003

Study Finds Atmospheric Decline in Pesticide Harmful to Ozone

8/17/03 Revkin, NY TImes, Study Finds Atmospheric Decline in Pesticide Harmful to Ozone (Bush wants to lift ban)

Bush Waging a War On Our Parks, Forests

8/17/03 Barron, Boston Globe, Bush Waging a War On Our Parks, Forests

August 18, 2003

Danger to Coral Reefs May Outpace Discovery: Despite Conservation Effort, Damage to Communities Continues

8/18/03 Weiss, Wa. Post, Danger to Coral Reefs May Outpace Discovery: Despite Conservation Effort, Damage to Communities Continues

August 19, 2003

We must have revised standards for pesticide use in food and water'

8/19/03 Sridhar, OneWorldNet, We must have revised standards for pesticide use in food and water'

August 21, 2003

American Pika Doomed as 'First Mammal Victim of Climate Change'

8/21/03 Brown, Guardian/UK, American Pika Doomed as 'First Mammal Victim of Climate Change'

August 22, 2003

Draft of Air Rule Is Said to Exempt Many Old Plants

8/22/03 Seeyle, NY Times, Draft of Air Rule Is Said to Exempt Many Old Plants

August 23, 2003

Cargo Ship Leaking Chemical Off S. Africa Also Carrying Uranium

8/23/03 Goering, Chicago Tribune, Cargo Ship Leaking Chemical Off S. Africa Also Carrying Uranium

August 25, 2003

Dirty Secrets

8/25/03 Davidson, Mother Jones Sept-Oct Issues, Dirty Secrets - Bush and the Environment

August 26, 2003

Bill Moyers Speaks his Mind on Bush-Brand Environmental Destruction and More

8/26/03 Grisom, Grist, Bill Moyers Speaks his Mind on Bush-Brand Environmental Destruction and More

August 27, 2003

Judge Stops Deployment of Whale Killing Navy Sonar

8/27/03 Kaufman, Wa. Post, Judge Stops Deployment of Whale Killing Navy Sonar

August 28, 2003

Administration Adopts Rule on Antipollution Exemption

8/28/03 Seeyle, NY Times, Administration Adopts Rule on Antipollution Exemption

August 29, 2003

E.P.A. Says It Lacks Power to Regulate Some Gases

8/29/03 Lee, NY Times, E.P.A. Says It Lacks Power to Regulate Some Gases

States to Fight Relaxation of Power-Plant Pollution Standards

8/29/03 KOCIENIEWSKI, NY Times, States to Fight Relaxation of Power-Plant Pollution Standards

Moyers interviews David Suzuki on human impact on the earth

8/29/03 Moyers, NOW, Moyers interviews David Suzuki on human impact on the earth

August 31, 2003

Alarm Over Hungary's Shrinking Lake

8/31/03 Geohegan, THe Scotsman, Alarm Over Hungary's Shrinking Lake

September 3, 2003

Superfund To Run Out Of Money, GAO Says

9/3/03 Pianin, Wa. Post, Superfund To Run Out Of Money, GAO Says

September 13, 2003

Tourism a Huge Threat to Global Environment

9/13/03 Stoddard, Reuters, Tourism a Huge Threat to Global Environment

September 14, 2003

Ozone hole is bigger than it has ever been

9/14/03 Cookson, Financial Times, Ozone hole is bigger than it has ever been

October 8, 2003

Study Suggests Sonar Could Be Killing Whales

10/08/03 Borenstein, Knight-Ridder, Study Suggests Sonar Could Be Killing Whales

October 11, 2003

U.S. eyes conservation law

10/11/03 Vendantan, Wa. Post, U.S. eyes conservation law

October 14, 2003

Britain's tearaway nuclear missiles

10/14/03 Evans, Sydney Morning Herald, Britain's tearaway nuclear missiles

Group hails demise of U.S. mining rules

10/14/03 Geranios, Seattle Times, Group hails demise of U.S. mining rules

October 17, 2003

The Empire Strikes Out

10/17/03 Ausubel, AlterNet, The Empire Strikes Out

Saving Endangered Animals by Killing Them?

10/17/03 Mariner, FindLaw, Saving Endangered Animals by Killing Them?

October 18, 2003

Don't Let GOP Leadership Bailout MTBE Polluters

10/18/03 Nader, CommonDreams, Don't Let GOP Leadership Bailout MTBE Polluters

October 19, 2003

World's Mega Cities Expand as Millions Quit the Countryside

10/19/03 Beaumont, Observer/UK, World's Mega Cities Expand as Millions Quit the Countryside

October 21, 2003

Flaw Is Found in Plan to Bury Nuclear Waste

10/21/03 Wald, NY Times, Flaw Is Found in Plan to Bury Nuclear Waste

October 22, 2003

Kremlin threatens to stop Shell drilling

10/22/03 Walsh, Guardian/UK, Kremlin threatens to stop Shell drilling

China's Boom Adds to Global Warming Problem

10/22/03 Bradsher, NY Times, China's Boom Adds to Global Warming Problem

This Land Is Your Land

10/22/03 Adams, GNN, This Land Is Your Land

October 25, 2003

Solar storm buffets Earth

10/25/03 Whitehouse, BBC, Solar storm buffets Earth

October 30, 2003

After the flood

10/30/03 Watts, Guardian/UK, After the flood - China's Three Gorges Dam

November 5, 2003

Biggest solar flare goes off

11/05/03 Whitehouse, BBC, Biggest solar flare goes off

November 6, 2003

Lawyers at E.P.A. Say It Will Drop Pollution Cases

11/06/03 Drew & Oppel, NY Times, Lawyers at E.P.A. Say It Will Drop Pollution Cases

Rule Drafted That Would Dilute the Clean Water Act

11/06/03 Shogren, LA Times, Going Backwards: Rule Drafted That Would Dilute the Clean Water Act

November 8, 2003

A Loss to Man and Nature

11/08/03 Murphy, LA Times, A Loss to Man and Nature

Conservationists Rally to Save Baja's Dying Sea of Cortez

11/08/03 Replogle, SF Chronicle, Conservationists Rally to Save Baja's Dying Sea of Cortez

Pristine Wilderness Can Become Toxic Swamp

11/08/03 Yeager, Miami Herald, Pristine Wilderness Can Become Toxic Swamp

November 10, 2003

At Meetings, U.S. to Seek Support for Broad Ozone Exemptions

11/10/03 Revkin, NY Times, At Meetings, U.S. to Seek Support for Broad Ozone Exemptions

November 12, 2003

Administration Behind Weakening of Mercury Standards in Clear Skies Bill

11/12/03 Daily Mislead, Administration Behind Weakening of Mercury Standards in Clear Skies Bill

November 13, 2003

Toxic ship finds its port in a storm

11/13/03 Vidal, Guardian/UK, Toxic ship finds its port in a storm

November 15, 2003

Energy policy set for overhaul as Republicans reach deal

11/15/03 Herbert, Chicago Sun-Times, Energy policy set for overhaul as Republicans reach deal

U.S. Fails to Gain Exemption on Ozone-Harming Chemical

11/15/03 NY Times U.S. Fails to Gain Exemption on Ozone-Harming Chemical

November 16, 2003

Love It or Leavitt - The EPA hits a new low note

11/16/03 Young, Orion, Love It or Leavitt - The EPA hits a new low note

November 17, 2003

The Tarps of Kilimanjaro

11/17/03 Morton, NY Times, The Tarps of Kilimanjaro

November 18, 2003

Negotiators Make Deal on $30 Billion Energy Bill

11/18/03 Hulse, NY Times, Negotiators Make Deal on $30 Billion Energy Bill

Oblivion threat to 12,000 species

11/18/03 Kirby, BBC, Oblivion threat to 12,000 species

November 22, 2003

Villagers Take to the Barricades in Effort to Thwart Scheme for Burying Nuclear Waste

11/22/03 Arie, Guardian/UK, Villagers Take to the Barricades in Effort to Thwart Scheme for Burying Nuclear Waste

November 23, 2003

Crimes Against Nature

11/23/03 Kennedy, TomPaine, Crimes Against Nature

November 26, 2003

UN's clarion call for great apes

11/26/03 Kirby, BBC, UN's clarion call for great apes

November 29, 2003

Poor World 'Cuts Climate Gases'

11/29/03 Kirby, BBC, Poor World 'Cuts Climate Gases'

December 1, 2003

US hails own climate policies

12/01/03 Blunt, BBC, US hails own climate policies

December 2, 2003

Russia pulls away from Kyoto pact

12/02/03 BBC, Russia pulls away from Kyoto pact

City Seeks Ideas as Trash Costs Dwarf Estimate

12/02/03 Lipton, NY Times, City Seeks Ideas as Trash Costs Dwarf Estimate

December 4, 2003

New Forest-Thinning Policy Drops Safeguard for Wildlife

12/04/03 Shogren & Simon, LA Times, New Forest-Thinning Policy Drops Safeguard for Wildlife

December 5, 2003

Tiny fossil found to have the world's oldest known penis

12/05/03 Connor, Independent/UK, Tiny fossil found to have the world's oldest known penis

Bush Backtracking on Cleaner Air

12/05/03 Daily Mislear, Bush Backtracking on Cleaner Air

December 9, 2003

Far Fewer Polluters Punished Under Bush Administration, Records Show