Environmental Insider News articles from March 2002

Environmental Insider News archives from March 2002

Trans Texas and Other Thoughts.
March 18, 2002... The old Environmental Insider has been having a crisis of sorts of late - wondering (among other things) where EPA should send the bill for the environmental cleanups in New York City and the Pentagon and whether the United States can survive...

Bush's First Year Also EPA's Most Lucrative.
March 18, 2002... EPA Administrator Christie Whitman a while back released data on the agency's enforcement and compliance assurance results for fiscal 2001. That year, the first during the Bush Administration (though with a few holdover months from the prior...

Cherry Blossoms.
March 18, 2002... An Al Gore Paradise? A few days back we learned that Britain's David King, the chief scientific advisor to Prime Minister Tony Blair, had urged the United Kingdom to follow the lead of the Italian state of Lombardy (that nation's...

Texas Tidbits.
March 18, 2002... Railroad Commission Wins $500,000 Grant The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a $500,000 grant to a public-private partnership headed by the Railroad Commission of Texas's Alternative Fuels Research and Education Division (AFRED). The...

Thoughts on the Austin City Council Elections.
March 31, 2002... In reality, there is only one significant issue on the ballot in Austin this year - the creation of a single-member district scheme that, while far from perfect, would go a long way toward eliminating government by an oligarchy of the effete...

Environmental Criminals - Beware!
March 31, 2002... Those even thinking about (or more likely, not thinking) committing environmental crimes in Texas should be apprised - April 8-12 is Environmental Crime Prevention Week, and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is holding a training...

Environmental Excellence 2002.
March 31, 2002... The Texas Environmental Excellence Awards winners for 2002 have been officially announced, but they will not get their free dinner until the awards banquet on May 7 at the Austin Convention Center. We have already learned that Dr. David T....

Cherry Blossoms.
March 31, 2002... Eight-Hour Ozone, Fine Particulate Standards Upheld Not that this is really big news - given the history of the case - but the D. C. Circuit Court completed action to uphold the authority of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to issue...

Texas Tidbits.
March 31, 2002... AirCheck Texas Gears Up State and local officials have launched a 6-week public education campaign to inform motorists in five affected counties about the new AirCheck Texas vehicle inspection and maintenance program, which is scheduled...