Environmental Insider News articles from May 1999

Environmental Insider News archives from May 1999

A Monumental Fiasco To Be Repeated?
May 14, 1999... Just 3 years ago, President Clinton announced the taking of 1.7 million acres of public and private land in southern Utah -- land which included the world's largest resource of low-sulfur coal, now forever barred from development -- to create...

Arizona in an Uproar.
May 14, 1999... All seven members of the Arizona Congressional delegation on March 29 sent a letter to Interior Secretary (and former Arizona Governor) Bruce Babbitt, expressing "in the strongest possible terms," their opposition to any attempt to unilaterally...

Pilgrim's Deepwelled Pride.
May 14, 1999... One reason that environmental permitting contested case law is being rewritten this year may be the uncertainties created under the present system as to who wins and who loses at various stages in the permitting game. For example, on April 28...

Environmental Excellence.
May 14, 1999... Texas Governor George W. Bush on Earth Day announced the winners of the 1999 Texas Environmental Excellence Awards. The recipients, selected from over 200 applications, were honored at a May 4 luncheon in Austin. Award winners include: *...

Cherry Blossoms.
May 14, 1999... *** Several months ago [January 28 EI NEWS] we reported on the possibility, raised by the National Wilderness Institute, that shady land deals involving federal dollars spent to restore the Florida Everglades might be linked to campaign...

Would Kyoto Costs Cripple U.S. Economy?
May 28, 1999... Touted as a way to reduce global carbon dioxide emissions, the Kyoto treaty (which would be binding only if ratified by countries accounting for 55% or more of CO2 emissions in 1990) would in fact only slow the worldwide growth in fossil fuel...

Is Kyoto a Bad Deal?
May 28, 1999... In his report, Brown notes that some analysts worry that compliance with Kyoto would impose drastic costs on industrialized countries with little or no proven economic benefit, while others worry that the Kyoto targets are far too modest to...

Beefing Up the RRC.
May 28, 1999... Thanks to an entire package of new legislation that is either already signed or on Governor Bush's desk, the Texas Railroad Commission will have a quiver of new tools to use in doing its job of protecting the environment while at the same time...

Texas Tops in TRI Twice.
May 28, 1999... In the latest news on the Toxic Release Inventory, EPA's report on industrial releases of chemicals to the environment, Texas comes out on top in both total releases and total reductions in releases. Not surprisingly, EPA's press release...

The Force Comes to Austin.
May 28, 1999... The Eleventh Annual Texas Environmental Superconference will fly into Austin on August 5 for a two-day extravaganza dubbed, "Star Wars: May the Force Be With You!" The event, cosponsored by the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section of...

Cherry Blossoms.
May 28, 1999... *** EPA is having a hard time with the U.S. Circuit Court in Washington over its air quality regulations. First, on May 14, the court throws out the agency's fine particulate matter and 8-hour ozone standards. Then, on May 26, a different...