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Sierra Nevada plan limits logging, grazing activities in California national forests (12/27/01) |
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Forest Service won't allow drilling in New York's Finger Lakes (12/18/01) |
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EPA enlists National Academy of Sciences on issue of human pesticide studies (12/15/01) |
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USFS guts protections for undeveloped forest lands (12/14/01) |
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DOE weakens standards for Yucca nuclear storage (12/14/01) |
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NRDC sues Department of Energy to expose Cheney energy task force secrets (12/11/01) |
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Interior calls for fiscal reform of mining law (12/10/01) |
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Snowmobile ban unlikely to be implemented in Yellowstone and Grand Teton (12/10/01) |
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November |
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Voyageurs National Park reopening areas to snowmobiles (11/29/01) |
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EPA may lift ban on human testing of pesticides (11/28/01) |
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White House plans deep cuts in environmental spending (11/28/01) |
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Forest Service makes hasty salvage logging decision, forces court battle (11/27/01) |
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Bush administration shutting down Everglades restoration office (11/06/01) |
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Bush signs Interior bill that boosts spending, but includes harmful riders (11/05/01) |
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Corps of Engineers ignores "no net loss" wetlands policy (11/02/01) |
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October |
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EPA issues an arsenic-in-tap-water standard higher than that recommended by public health advocates (10/31/01) |
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Norton Guts Tough Mining Protections (10/25/01) |
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EPA considers standards that could slow cleanup of PCBs in the Hudson River (10/04/01) |
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Forest chief asks Norton to end Oregon mining ban (10/02/01) |
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GAO slams Forest Service for poor fiscal management (10/01/01) |
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September |
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White House rule change could inflict "paralysis by analysis" on regulatory process (09/24/01) |
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Corps official uses terrorist attacks as excuse to weaken environmental protection (09/21/01) |
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USFS to reduce public participation (09/20/01) |
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DOE to fund biomass research (09/19/01) |
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Bush administration wants farm policy overhaul (09/19/01) |
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Bush backing away from pledge to clean up federal facilities (09/07/01) |
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August |
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Bush administration considers disposing of radioactive waste in consumer products (08/28/01) |
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Bush administration seeks to fast-track missile defense program, but coalition sues to force drafting of environmental impact statements (08/28/01) |
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Norton reneges on agreement to protect endangered desert tortoise (08/27/01) |
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Forest Service stalls roadless protection, allows logging to continue (08/22/01) |
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Bush administration appeals federal judge's decision to ban drilling off California's coast (08/17/01) |
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EPA postpones action on power plants, expected to favor limited approach (08/14/01) |
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Tongass and other forests open to roadbuilding, logging (08/12/01) |
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Army Corps of Engineers to weaken wetlands protections (08/08/01) |
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July |
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George W. Bush, the "vampire" slayer (07/31/01) |
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EPA wants to scrap air pollution regulations for power plants (07/26/01) |
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Bush unlikely to offer alternative global warming plan (07/26/01) |
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NRDC praises global warming agreement; calls on Bush to reconsider (07/23/01) |
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Norton balks at defending wildlife in the face of local opposition (07/23/01) |
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Bush seeking to weaken federal environmental enforcement (07/23/01) |
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White House favors limiting president's authority to protect federal lands (07/17/01) |
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Bush outlines an 'all talk, no action' approach to global warming (07/13/01) |
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June |
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President Bush's visit to Department of Energy a vain attempt to shore up his energy conservation credentials (06/28/01) |
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The Bush-Cheney Energy Plan: Players, Profits and Paybacks (06/20/01) |
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U.S. Department of Energy sued over final rule on air conditioners (06/19/01) |
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Bush will not change fuel efficiency standards (06/19/01) |
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NRDC Calls on Bush Administration to Abolish Current U.S. Nuclear War Plan (06/18/01) |
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BLM upholds "non-controversial" portion of hard rock mining rules (06/15/01) |
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NRDC to President Bush: Get serious about global warming (06/11/01) |
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EPA announces final radiation standards for Yucca Mountain waste repository (06/06/01) |
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May |
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Bush pledges improvements to maintenance of national parks (05/31/01) |
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EPA moves ahead with Clinton-era rule that will reduce haze over wildlands (05/29/01) |
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Bush administration formally suspends arsenic-in-drinking-water protections; NRDC rips decision (05/22/01) |
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President Bush releases his energy plan; NRDC offers a responsible alternative (05/17/01) |
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Agriculture secretary undercuts forest management process (05/17/01) |
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BLM fails to comply with agreement to protect threatened desert tortoises (05/12/01) |
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Bush administration won't release information on industry participants in Cheney energy task force (05/10/01) |
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NRDC's John Adams to President Bush: Don't take the teeth out of the Clean Air Act (05/07/01) |
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April |
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Cheney sketches out a misguided energy policy (04/30/01) |
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Bush administration marks 100 days in office (04/29/01) |
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EPA drops objections to Florida rule that undermines Clean Water Act protections (04/26/01) |
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Interior will not reintroduce grizzly bears into Idaho, Montana wildlands (04/25/01) |
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Gale Norton nominates William G. Myers III as solicitor for Department of the Interior (04/24/01) |
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Yellowstone snowmobile ban goes into effect, but perhaps not for long (04/23/01) |
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Bush seeks to relax requirements of Endangered Species Act (04/09/01) |
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Bush supports U.N. treaty on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (04/09/01) |
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March |
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Bush administration suspends the "contractor responsibility rule" (03/30/01) |
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Bush administration rejects Kyoto Protocol (03/28/01) |
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Bush administration delays hard-rock mining regulations that protect watersheds (03/21/01) |
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Bush withdraws new arsenic-in-drinking-water standard (03/20/01) |
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Bush administration settles pesticides lawsuit brought by NRDC against EPA (03/19/01) |
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Bush administration seeks to roll back Roadless Area Conservation Plan (03/16/01) |
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Bush retreats from campaign promise to reduce carbon pollution (03/13/01) |
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President nominates J. Steven Griles as deputy secretary of Interior (03/09/01) |
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February |
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EPA upholds Clinton decision to clean up diesel pollution (02/28/01) |
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Bush administration to try to adjust the boundaries of 19 new national monuments (02/20/01) |
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EPA delays, then upholds, new rule protecting wetlands (02/15/01) |
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Administration seeks to weaken efficiency standards for air conditioners (02/12/01) |
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January |
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Bush seeks to open Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil development (01/20/01) |
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New raw-sewage rules delayed by Bush regulatory freeze (01/20/01) |
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White House announces regulatory freeze (01/20/01) |
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