Environmental Insider News articles from April 2000

Environmental Insider News archives from April 2000

Bush Touts Voluntary Cleanups Nationwide.
April 14, 2000... In laying out a six-point plan for cleaning and redeveloping the nation's 450,000 brownfields, or polluted industrial sites, Texas Governor George W. Bush was for the most part expanding on his own state's highly successful voluntary cleanup...

Brownfields and Texas' VCP.
April 14, 2000... In his first major environmental policy address, unveiled in the former steel mill territory of suburban Pittsburgh, Governor Bush was treading rather heavily on ground laid long ago by Vice President Gore, who boasts that he was one of the...

Bush Speaks to Washington.
April 14, 2000... The February 2000 U.S. Conference of Mayors report revealed that 210 cities (out of 231 polled) say they have over 21,000 brownfields occupying over 81,000 acres of land that could generate up to $2.4 billion in new tax revenue with help from...

Competing Eco-Worldviews.
April 14, 2000... Two very different entities last month published documents designed to attract broad audiences to their positions on the environment. The Earth Charter Campaign, an international effort coordinated in this country through the Center for Respect...

Is TNRCC Using California Car to Push Auto Industry?
April 28, 2000... Those anticipating final action one way or the other on TNRCC's proposal to adopt the California low-emission vehicle (LEV 2) program statewide got quite a surprise when Chairman Robert Huston announced his intention to postpone the decision...

Motorists Beware?
April 28, 2000... At least three of the new environmental rules adopted to help the Dallas-Fort Worth area achieve attainment of the federal ozone standard will directly impact motorists. Despite their reticence to commit on what kind of vehicle - Tier 2 or...

Let 100 Flowers Bloom.
April 28, 2000... As part of the State Implementation Plan process, TNRCC conducted nearly a dozen public hearings around the state and received thousands of written comments on the various proposed rules and revisions to the State (air quality attainment)...

Indicators Good for Texas.
April 28, 2000... Pacific Research Institute, which annually publishes the Index of Leading Environmental Indicators nationwide, this year also published a Texas Index of Leading Environmental Indicators 2000 in conjunction with Texas Public Policy Foundation....

Texas Tidbits.
April 28, 2000... *** The Texas Environmental Superconference (a SXSW-style event, to be sure) has gone game-show crazy for its 12th annual visit to Austin, coming up August 3-4. Headlining the lawyer-laden event will be a legislative pane (dubbed, Make Me...

Cherry Blossoms.
April 28, 2000... *** United Press International reported on April 20 that part of the reason for high gasoline and heating oil prices of late has been production breakdowns at three Texas refineries. The U.S. Energy Information Administration said the trouble...