Environmental Insider News articles from September 1999

Environmental Insider News archives from September 1999

Logging Ban Hurts East Texas Schools.
September 14, 1999... Public schools in a dozen East Texas counties will lose millions of dollars in revenues for what could be a long, long time as a result of a divided (2-1) August 16 ruling by a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that...

Logging Off Education.
September 14, 1999... The 5th Circuit's ruling, issued by Judge Carl E. Stewart, explained that the case is the latest iteration of a 14-year dispute between the Sierra Club, Wilderness Society, and the Texas Committee on Natural Resources and the U.S. Forest...

Greening the Elephant.
September 14, 1999... The National Environmental Trust, a nonprofit advocacy group for environmental policies, had something to prove to the Republican leadership (or so it seems) -- they believed GOP voters did care about environmental issues and might be receptive...

Candidate Bush Ag Policy.
September 14, 1999... Presidential candidate (and current Texas Governor) George W. Bush on September 1 released a position paper on agriculture issues that had a lot to say about the Kyoto Protocol, ethanol, and private property rights, as well as safe food and...

Will Warming Feed World?
September 14, 1999... World food supply in the year 2050 will be sufficient to feed the planet's projected 8.9 billion people only if we allow the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration to continue to rise as predicted in the absence of anthropogenic CO2 emission...

Texas Tidbits.
September 14, 1999... *** Upon his installation on September 14 as the newest Chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, Michael L. Williams said he could continue his efforts "to maintain a sound and stable Texas energy industry that serves the needs of Texas...

Cherry Blossoms.
September 14, 1999... *** Vice President Al Gore lost yet another key support group on September 14, with the announcement by the political action committee of the Friends of the Earth that they would endorse the candidacy of former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley for the...

EPA Still Struggles with States on Water Funding.
September 28, 1999... Last month Texas Water Development Board Executive Administrator Craig Pedersen made yet another pilgrimage to Washington to plead, together with counterparts from six other states who manage federally funded state revolving fund (SRF) loan...

Public Participation Rules.
September 28, 1999... TNRCC regulators killed parts of six birds -- House Bills 801 and 1479 and Senate Bills 7, 211, 766, and 1308 -- with the adoption earlier this month of additions or revisions to regulations in seven chapters of the Texas Administrative Code;...

Risk Reduction Rules.
September 28, 1999... Attorneys, consultants, and other experts have been earning their living over the past 4 years studying various renditions of TNRCC's latest version of its risk reduction rules, lobbying for changes favorable to their interests, and fighting...

Texas Tidbits.
September 28, 1999... *** TNRCC Executive Director Jeff Saitas and Attorney General John Cornyn on September 21 announced an agreement with National Foam Cushion, Ltd. (in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization) which addresses the environmental cleanup at the City...