Environmental Insider News articles from February 2002

Environmental Insider News archives from February 2002

Mixed Signals from the South Pole.
February 6, 2002... Only a few weeks ago, EI NEWS reported on a study [see our January 14 issue] by U.S. scientists, led by Peter Doran of the University of Chicago, who established that much of Antarctica is cooling. Now, a second study, performed by Ian Joughlin...

Federal Fish Policies Hooked on Feelings?
February 6, 2002... The release this week of an interim report prepared by the National Science Foundation regarding last summer's denial of irrigation water to farmers in the Klamath River Basin may yet turn federal fish management policy on its head. The report,...

Texas Tidbits.
February 6, 2002... Cool Texans Blast Governor Perry The CoolTexas Network, a coalition of groups demanding statewide action to stop "global warming," accused the Governor's Office of "playing politics" by quashing TxCEQ's intended recommendation that would...

Cherry Blossoms.
February 6, 2002... EPA Whistleblower Sharyn Erickson The long saga of EPA whistleblower Sharyn Erickson continues, as her (latest) grievance hearing is due to begin on February 25. Erickson, you may recall, was stripped of her official duties and has been...

E-Gasoline II and U.S. Energy Security.
February 16, 2002... Those seeking a technological solution to the problems arising from U.S. dependence on foreign oil typically argue in favor of developing alternative fuels - that is, anything but fossil fuels. The assumption is that the United States lacks...

Texas Tidbits.
February 16, 2002... Clean Texas Partnership Conference TxCEQ Presiding Officer Robert Huston, Parks and Wildlife Commissioner Joseph Fitzsimmons, and Texas Department of Transportation Chairman John W. Johnson will participate in a roundtable discussion on...

The Pendulum Swings Again in Bayou City.
February 28, 2002... The nature of air quality problems in the Houston-Galveston metropolitan area has been studied, re-studied, and now studied again - and this latest study, according to Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Presiding Officer Robert Huston,...

Supremes Slam Pecan Farmer.
February 28, 2002... The Texas Supreme Court has handed a major victory to the Edwards Aquifer Authority. In an opinion signed by Justice Deborah Hankinson, the court ruled that a groundwater district, because it is a political subdivision, does not have to conduct...

Two Texas Facilities Get EPA Blessing.
February 28, 2002... EPA Administrator Christie Whitman has announced the acceptance of 32 new members into the National Environmental Performance Track program, including 3M's Research Boulevard site in Austin and the Cedar Bayou Plant in Baytown owned and...

Cherry Blossoms.
February 28, 2002... Brits Question Global Warming A new report, released in the United Kingdom of a report by the European Science and Environment Forum, "Climate Change and Policy: Making the Connection," reasserts charges made earlier by the George C....

Texas Tidbits.
February 28, 2002... Jury Renders Guilty Verdicts Against Villa Environmental consultant Hector Villa III, former director of TxCEQ's El Paso regional office, was found guilty on February 28 of eight felony counts involving the dumping of thousands of gallons...