Environmental Insider News articles from October 2003

Environmental Insider News archives from October 2003

Chevron To Spend $279 Million, Pay $3.5 Million Fine.
October 16, 2003... Under terms of a settlement agreement announced in San Francisco on October 16, Chevron U.S.A. Inc. has agreed to spend an estimated $275 million to install and implement innovative control technologies to reduce emissions at five U.S....

Cherry Blossoms.
October 16, 2003... Leavitt a Step Closer to EPA Administrator Job Opposition to the nomination of former Utah Governor Mike Leavitt to replace Christie Whitman as Administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency crumbled on October 15, as the Senate...

Bluebonnets.
October 16, 2003... RRC Well Plugging Projects The Railroad Commission on October 7 earmarked about $176,100 from the Oil Field Cleanup Fund for 12 well plugging projects in three South Texas counties - Jim Hogg, Zapata, and Duval. The money, which originates...

Carrillo Seeks Texas Energy Planning Council.
October 24, 2003... Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Victor Carrillo on October 21 called for the creation of Texas Energy Plan to strengthen the Texas economy and Texas energy industry, promote practical energy conservation and renewable energy sources, and...

Environmental Racism in Elgin? Or Just Angst?
October 24, 2003... A few years ago, former federal corrections officer Brent Wesley Amos and his investor wife Patricia moved to central Texas and began buying up low-income properties to fix up and resell. Two of these properties are in the J. C. Madison...

Environmental Justice Report Panned.
October 24, 2003... The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on October 17 voted 4-2-1 (with one abstention) to adopt a 198-page staff report - "Not in My Backyard [www.usccr.gov/pubs/envjust/ej091103.pdf] - that proposes changes to the federal government's...

Cherry Blossoms.
October 24, 2003... NCPA: Estate Tax Kills Forests According to a new report from the National Center for Policy Analysis, permanent abolition of the estate tax would help families preserve forests, save wildlife, and protect small businesses. Author Pamela...

Bluebonnets.
October 24, 2003... Monticello Wins Again TXU's Monticello Mine was recently awarded the National Reclamation Award by the U.S. office of Surface Mining for achieving exemplary mining and reclamation. This marks the 72nd award received by TXU Energy over the...