Failure to Clean Up Toxic Dumps Leaves Residents at Risk
Failure to Clean Up Toxic Dumps Leaves Residents at Risk, by Rena Steinzor
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Author(s): Rena Steinzor
Industry Tax Breaks Have Stalled Superfund Cleanup
Industry Tax Breaks Have Stalled Superfund Cleanup, op-ed by Rena Steinzor
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Author(s): Rena Steinzor
Turtles All the Way Down
Turtles All the Way Down, op-ed by Sandra Zellmer
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Author(s): Sandra Zellmer
Warming to Houston as a Leader on the Environment
Warming to Houston as a Leader on the Environment, op-ed byVictor Flatt
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Author(s): Victor Flatt
A federal obligation
A federal obligation, op-ed by Rob Verchick
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Author(s): Robert Verchick
Endangered Species Act Gets Listed
Endangered Species Act Gets Listed, op-ed by Holly Doremus
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Author(s): Holly Doremus
Disquieting View on Environment
Disquieting View on Environment, op-ed by Joel Mintz
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Author(s): Joel Mintz
Obscure Law a Powerful Weapon Against Environment
If you've never heard of the Information Quality Act (IQA), you're not alone. When it cleared Congress in 2000, most senators and representatives didn't even know they were voting for it; the two-paragraph provision had been quietly attached only hours before to a massive appropriations bill. But vote for it they did, and it became law without benefit of congressional hearing or debate. Despite its brevity and furtive entrance onto the legislative stage, the act has come to be a powerful weapon in the Bush administration's attack on environmental, health, and safety protections.
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Author(s): Sidney Shapiro
On the Environment, Hold Our Ground and Look to the Future
On the Center for American Progress website, Rena Steinzor writes that, when asked about his environmental record during the second presidential debate this fall, President Bush rattled off a series of well focus-grouped phrases – “clean coal,” “clear skies,” and “mak[ing] sure our forests aren’t vulnerable to forest fires” – and touted himself as a “good steward of the land.” The rhetoric ignored reality.
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Author(s): Rena Steinzor
Clear Facts about Clear Skies
Clear Facts about Clear Skies, op-ed by Catherine O'Neill
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Author(s): Catherine O'Neill