B.A.D. --- the Bush Administration Dossier

The Dis-integration of U.S. climate policy, resource management, and ecopolitical relations

 

A RESOURCE OF INTERNET NEWS ARTICLES
REGARDING IMMANENT U.S. AND WORLD ECOLOGICAL
ISSUES — Updated Weekly on Monday mornings

 

Compiled and maintained by R. Kiffin Hope, Thornton, Colorado, USA

Hosted by the eminent John Major Jenkins, Denver, Colorado, USA

 

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04/09/2001

A Letter to President Bush

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,104774,00.html

 

04/09

The View From the Bush Administration; Condoleeza Rice explains why the U.S. turned its back on Kyoto

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,104771,00.html

 

04/09

Cool and Clean; Iceland may eliminate use of fossil fuels

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,104769,00.html

 

04/09

Sci-fi Solutions

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,104768,00.html

 

04/09

Are you Eco-Conscious?

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,104757,00.html

 

04/09

A Climate Of Despair
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,104596,00.html

 

04/09

Life In The Greenhouse
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,104617,00.html

 

04/08

U.S. to unveil new climate proposal to replace Kyoto

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20010408a1.htm

 

04/08

US to propose global warming alternative

http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/environment/2001/04/item20010407233311_1.htm

 

04/08

Clashing images of the Arctic refuge

http://msnbc.com/news/553588.asp

 

04/08

Natural gas fix is not in arctic refuge

http://www.msnbc.com/news/554165.asp?cp1=1

 

04/08

New Zealand cabinet minister attacks United States and its 'lackey' Australia

http://www.southam.com/ottawacitizen/newsnow/cpfs/world/010407/w040782.html

 

04/07

Senate Budget Vote Rebuffs Bush on Global Warming

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52290-2001Apr7.html

 

04/07

Bush opens up Rockies to energy explorers

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,3-111209,00.html

 

04/06

National Wildlife Federation Calls On President Bush To End War On Environment, Find Common Ground For Conservation Progress

http://nwf.org/news/whitmanatannualmeeting.html

 

04/06

Whitman Calls for Patience on Environmental Policies

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/07/politics/07WHIT.html

 

04/06

Climate change causes Atlantic rift
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1264000/1264386.stm

 

04/06

Hidden Camera Exposes Anti-Environmental Junkets for Judges for Judges

http://www.ems.org/advisories/judge_junkets.html

 

04/06

Drilling Studied in Off-Limits Areas of Rockies

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/06/politics/06DRIL.html

 

04/06/01

Greens urge boycott of US firms

http://www.guardian.co.uk/globalwarming/story/0,7369,469241,00.html

 

04/06/01

Europe should now push Kyoto

http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,469687,00.html

 

04/06/01

The UN's top climatologists reject the US President's claim that scientists are divided over global warming

http://www.newscientist.com/dailynews/news.jsp?id=ns9999609

 

04/06/01

Sierra Club Blasts Senate For Stripping Funds From Environmental Protection

http://www.enn.com/direct/display-release.asp?id=3987

 

04/06/01

Greenpeace mounts second protest on U.S. oil rig

http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2001/04/04062001/reu_greens_42912.asp

 

04/06/01

Carbon dioxide levels will double by 2050, experts forecast

http://www.guardian.co.uk/globalwarming/story/0,7369,469225,00.html

 

04/06/01

League of Conservation Voters applauds bipartisan budget win in climate change fight

http://lcv.org/news/040601_%20budget.html

 

04/06/01

Climate right to fight Bush, says US Green

http://www.theage.com.au/news/2001/04/06/FFXFKS3E5LC.html

 

04/06/01

Bush Expected to Cut Research

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/04/06/MN21892.DTL

 

04/06/01

Bush Budget Plan May Fan the Fire Over His Priorities http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/20010406/t000029380.html

 

04/05/01

What sort of energy crisis?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40973-2001Apr4.html

 

04/05/01

Bush may pull back energy efficiency standards
http://www.nrdc.org/news/newsDetails.asp?nID=326

 

04/05

NRDC Denounces Budget Resolution Slashing Environmental Funding

http://www.nrdc.org/media/pressReleases/010405.asp

 

04/05/01

Report: Draft Recommends U.S. Open Land to Drilling

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010405/pl/bush_energy_dc.html

 

04/05/01

Bush's Former Oil Company Threatens Endangered Sea Turtles in Costa Rica: 800 turtle scientists issue plea

http://www.cccturtle.org/n_bushoil.htm

 

04/05

UK to get 18 wind farms

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_1261000/1261759.stm

 

04/05/01

Climate protest floods White House

http://headlines.igc.apc.org:8080/enalerts/986511977/index_html

 

4/5/01

Norton pushes Alaskan drilling, pipelines

http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2001/04/04052001/reu_drill_42904.asp

 

04/05/01

Norton review of Ironwood is not wanted

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/opinion/4_5_01op.html

 

04/05/01

Interior’s draft report calls for oil drilling on millions of acres of national lands

http://www.wilderness.org/newsroom/briefing040501.htm

 

04/05/01

NRDC denounces budget resolution slashing environmental funding

http://enn.com/direct/display-release.asp?id=3978

 

04/05/01

Environmental organizations defeat coal industry, global warming SLAPP suit federal judge dismisses coal industry suit attempting to prevent debate over global warming

http://www.foe.org/act/vt.html

 

04/05/01

EU Will Ratify Kyoto Protocol Despite U.S. Withdrawal

http://headlines.igc.apc.org:8080/enheadlines/986509719/index_html

 

4/5/01

Bush may pull back energy standards

http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2001/04/04052001/ap_energy_42902.asp

 

4/5/01

Greenpeace warns U.S. giants of consumer ‘consequences’ over Kyoto

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010405/1/m3vw.html

 

04/05/01

Corporations outgun environmentalists in politics of the U.S. West

http://headlines.igc.apc.org:8080/enheadlines/986508506/index_html

 

4/5/01

Canada poised to reject Kyoto pact, much depends on U.S.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/national/010405/5037536.html

 

04/05/01

California Wind Farms Kept from Generating Power for Public Use

http://headlines.igc.apc.org:8080/enheadlines/986508757/index_html

 

04/05/01

Amphibian populations in decline

http://www.nature.com/nature/links/010405/010405-1.html

 

04/05/01

Critics knock naming of oil tanker Condoleeza

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/04/05/MN222557.DTL

 

4/5/01

Greenpeace urges U.S. businesses to reject Bush reversal on global warming

http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/media/press_releases/01_04_05text.htm

 

04/05/01

EU says U.S. surprised by anger over climate treaty

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010405/pl/environment_eu_dc_9.html

 

04/05/01

Canada leader calls Bush reckless, ignorant

http://www.thestar.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=986441755569&call_page=TS_News&call_pageid=968332188492&call_pagepath=News/News&col=968793972154

 

04/05

Public lands topic of drilling draft?

http://www.msnbc.com/news/555175.asp

 

04/05/01

Frog decline 'due to global warming'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4165374,00.html

 

4/5/01

EPA chief endures critique from environmentalists

http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2001/04/04052001/krt_whitman_42896.asp

 

04/05/01

Energy efficiency programs are set for Bush budget cut

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/05/politics/05BUDG.html?ex=987476906&ei=1&en=66c9ce1aee254b68

 

04/05/01

Climate change blamed for Okinawa coral death

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fe20010405rh.htm

 

04/05/01

Direct talks open with U.S. over dropping of Kyoto Protocol

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20010405a8.htm

 

4/4/01

Sierra Club, AFL-CIO and Members of Congress Blast President Bush's Latest Action Against Environment, Workers

http://lists.sierraclub.org/SCRIPTS/WA.EXE?A2=ind0104&L=ce-scnews-releases&D=1&T=0&H=1&O=D&P=682

 

4/4/01

Interior Dept. plan would open lands for drilling

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/2001-04-05-energydrilling.htm

 

04/04

U.S. Rebuffs European Plea Not to Abandon Climate Pact

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/04/science/04WARM.html

 

4/4/01

U.S. rebuffs European plea not to abandon climate pact

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/04/science/04WARM.html

 

4/4/01

Bush stance on Alaska refuge’s natural gas puzzles some

http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2001/04/04042001/reu_anwr_42888.asp

 

4/4/01

Interior Department plan would open lands for drilling

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/2001-04-05-energydrilling.htm

 

4/4/01

EU Can't Budge Bush on Warming; Envoys' plea for treaty rejected at EPA, State Department

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/04/04/MN118938.DTL


4/4/01

EU says Bush wrong over global warming deal
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2001/04/04/international0934EDT0546.DTL

 

4/4/01

Sierra Club, AFL-CIO and Members of Congress Blast President Bush’s Latest Action Against Environment, Workers

http://lists.sierraclub.org/SCRIPTS/WA.EXE?A2=ind0104&L=ce-scnews-releases&D=1&T=0&H=1&O=D&P=682

 

4/4/01

Leading Environmental Group calls on Whitman to Step Down

http://www.foe.org/act/whitman.html

 

4/4/01

‘Endangered parks’ list aimed at Bush

http://msnbc.com/news/540531.asp

 

4/4/01

French leader blasts U.S. unilateral approach to foreign policy

http://www.southam.com/ottawacitizen/newsnow/cpfs/world/010404/w0404134.html

 

4/4/01

Brussels to press for fresh round of climate talks

http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?id=010404001564&query=Brussels+to+press

 

4/4/01

Opposing energy forces fight for president’s ear

http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?id=010404001538&query=Opposing+energy+forces

 

04/04/01

The great divide

http://www.guardian.co.uk/bush/story/0,7369,468261,00.html

 

4/4/01

New Forest Service Data Shows Overwhelming Support for Protecting Our Last Wild Forests

http://lists.sierraclub.org/SCRIPTS/WA.EXE?A2=ind0104&L=ce-scnews-releases&D=1&T=0&H=1&O=D&P=541

 

04/03/01

U.S. turns down European pitch for climate pact; envoys in Washington to urge Bush to reconsider stand

http://www.msnbc.com/news/553972.asp?cp1=1

 

04/03/01

Finnish ministers slam "selfish and irresponsible decision"

http://www.helsinki-hs.net/news.asp?id=20010403IE4&pvm=20010403

 

04/03/01

'Flood Bush' email stalls White House server

http://www.guardian.co.uk/bush/story/0,7369,468024,00.html

 

04/02/01

Bush budget won’t reflect energy crisis

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010402/pl/energy_bush_dc_1.html

 

04/02/01

What has America done to deserve the Arsenic President?

http://www.iht.com/articles/15421.html

 

04/02/01

What next on warming?

http://www.iht.com/articles/15429.html

 

04/01

Bush Angers Europe by Eroding Pact on Warming

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/01/world/01GERM.html

 

03/2001

Sierra Club Blasts Murkowski Bill

http://www.sierraclub.org/pressroom/environmental_currents/march_2001.asp

 

03/2001

We were robbed

http://www.sierraclub.org/energy/ads/0103robbed_ad.asp

 

03/31/01

Europe backs Kyoto accord

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1252000/1252556.stm

 

03/31

Hemisphere Conference Ends in Discord on Global Warming

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/31/science/31WARM.html

 

03/31/01

Stay with climate protocol, Mori warns U.S. in letter

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20010331a3.htm

 

03/31/01

Pressure mounts on U.S. over Kyoto

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1252000/1252556.stm

 

03/30/01

Bush rejects global warming treaty

http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2001/03/03302001/ap_bush_42805.asp

 

03/30/01

World criticizes Bush for changing mind on CO2

http://www.unknowncountry.com/news/?id=414

 

03/30/01

Bush’s carbon dioxide flip-flop came through staffer who had lobbied for car-exhaust firm

http://www.public-i.org/story_01_032901.htm

 

03/30/01

Bush spark’s mild grumbling from some conservatives

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010330/pl/bush_grumbling_dc_1.html

 

03/30/01

Bush criticized for global warming

http://news.excite.com/news/ap/010330/18/global-warming-reax

 

03/30/01

U.S. Puts Energy Needs Before Ecology

http://www.iht.com/articles/15265.html

 

03/30/01

Clinton climate change czar slams Bush

http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2001/03/03302001/reu_clintonclimate_42798.asp

 

3/30/01

Scientist Fired for Exposing Alaska Oil Risks

http://www.unknowncountry.com/news/?id=416


03/29/01

Bush move on climate pact regrettable

http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2001/03/03292001/reu_bush_42780.asp

 

03/29/01

Facing Obstacles on Arctic Oil, Bush Says He'll Look Elsewhere

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/30/politics/30BUSH.html?searchpv=site01

 

03/29

U.S. Going Empty-Handed to Meeting on Global Warming

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/29/science/29WARM.html

 

3/29/01

German concern over U.S. climate policy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1250000/1250069.stm

 

3/29/01

U.S. Abandonment of climate pact sparks outcry

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010329/ts/environment_eu_dc_2.html

 

3/29/01

U.S. facing climate isolation

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1249000/1249446.stm

 

3/29/01

Bush firm with allies on climate pact

http://msnbc.com/news/551593.asp

 

03/29/01

President’s bipartisan words hollow

http://libpub.dispatch.com/cgi-bin/documentv1?DBLIST=cd01&DOCNUM=14423&TERMV=186:4:190:5:83739:4:83743:5:88816:4:88820:5

 

3/29/01

Bush fuels environmentalists’ ire

http://www.msnbc.com/news/551194.asp

 

3/29/01

Bush emissions policies upsetting allies abroad, U.S. will skip talks on global warming

http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/088/nation/Bush_emissions_policies_upsetting_allies_abroad%2B.shtml

 

03/29/01

Lieberman calls for environmental probe

http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2001/03/03292001/upi_lieberman_42785.asp

 

3/29/01

U.S. upsets allies on ecology pact

http://www.iht.com/articles/15131.html

 

03/29/01

Europe reacts with disgust to Bush’s ‘scandalous’ repudiation of Kyoto treat

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0329-01.htm

 

03/29/01

Special interests getting their way on environment

http://www.democrats.org/news/releases/rel032901.html

 

03/29/01

Europe warms Bush on global warming

http://news.excite.com/news/ap/010329/11/europe-us-global-warming

 

3/28/01

Japan dismayed by Bush’s stance on global warming accord

http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5445-2001Mar28.html

 

3/28/01

Bush moves on Clinton monuments

http://msnbc.com/news/547638.asp

 

3/28/01

Bush seeks alternative to climate pact; president says ‘whole world’ needs to be included

http://msnbc.com/news/550854.asp

 

3/28/01

Greens say Bush has killed U.S. roll in Kyoto climate pact

http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2001/03/03282001/reu_climatekiller_42763.asp

 

3/28/01

The world can’t wait for another climate treaty

http://www.worldwatch.org/alerts/010328.html

 

3/28/01

U.S. aims to pull out of warming treaty

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2354-2001Mar27.html

 

3/27/01

A Reversal on Public Access to Chemical Data

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/27/politics/27ACCI.html?pagewanted=all

 

03/27

Letter from Environmental Defense Executive Director Fred Krupp to Frederick L. Webber, President and CEO of the American Chemistry Council

http://www.environmentaldefense.org/pubs/Filings/ltr_pbs.html

 

03/27/01

To Europeans Worried by America Policies, He’s ‘Bully Bush’

http://www.iht.com/articles/14739.html

 

3/27/01

Bush heads north to Michigan as poll numbers head south

http://www.democrats.org/news/releases/rel032701.html

 

3/26/01

A reversal on public access to chemical data

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/27/politics/27ACCI.html?pagewanted=all

 

3/26/01

Whitman to Bush: global warming is serious issue

http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/transcripts/whitmanmemo032601.htm

 

3/25/01

Coal scores with wager on Bush

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53886-2001Mar24.html

 

03/25/01

A new role for Greens: Public Enemy

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/25/weekinreview/25KAHN.html?searchpv=site01

 

03/24/01

Alps permafrost melting

http://earthfiles.com/earth222.htm

 

3/24/01

A ‘dirty’ energy policy

http://www.latimes.com/cgi-bin/slwebcli?DBLIST=lt01&DOCNUM=23863&TEMPLATE=9002&DBPUB=20010324pKaELHoP&QDesc=A%20%27Dirty%27%20Energy%20Policy

 

03/24/01

US, EU head for global warming clash

http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?id=010324000629&quer

 

03/23/01

Texas parks loaded with toxins

http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/2001/03/03232001/toxins_42652.asp

 

03/23/01

Bush on an almost one-a-day anti-environment campaign

http://www.democrats.org/news/releases/rel032301a.html

 

03/23/01

European Union tells Bush climate is key to their relationship

http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2001/03/03232001/reu_ties_42680.asp

 

03/22/01

Interior secretary suspends mining rules

http://www.enn.com/enn-subsciber-news-archive/2001/03/03222001/krt_norton_42668.asp

 

03/22/01

Democrats hammer Bush on environment

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/dailynews/democrats010322.html

 

03/21/01

Arsenic and old rules; Bush rolls back Clinton arsenic standards

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/dailynews/bush_arsenic010321.html

 

3/23/01

Report blasts oil companies, Enviros say track record makes case against ANWR drilling

http://co001.campusmotor.com/shell_story_news.html?ID=1047

 

03/22/01

League of Conservation Voters criticizes Bush Administration delay of arsenic in drinking water

http://lcv.org/news/032001_arsenic.html

 

03/21/01

Earth Last! Bush is using false alarmism to plunder the environment and pay his donors

http://www.prospect.org/webfeatures/2001/03/sobel-l-03-21.html

 

03/21/01

Infernal Emissions

http://www.epn.org/ideacentral/environment.html

 

3/20/01

Sierra Club Blasts Decision to Withdraw Protections for Drinking Water

http://www.sierraclub.org/cleanwater/waterquality/arsenic_release.asp

 

03/20

More Than 500 Scientists Call on White House to Halt Plans to Drill in Arctic Wildlife Refuge

http://www.defenders.org/releases/pr2001/pr032001.html

 

03/18

Industry Has Powerful Allies on Drilling Bill

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/18/politics/18ENER.html

 

03/16/01

Lies, Damn Lies, and Bush’s statistics

http://www.prospect.org/webfeatures/2001/03/green-j-03-16.html

 

03/15/01

U.S. must face carbon problem

http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/headline.cfm?newsid=251

 

03/15/01

Satellite pictures show greenhouse effect

http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2001/03/03152001/upi_greenhouse_42528.asp

 

03/14/01

Clouding the Air? Democrats assail Bush over emissions policy pledge

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/bush010314_emissions.html

 

03/14/01

Bush makes mistake on CO2

http://www.worldwatch.org/alerts/010314.html

 

03/10/01

Shattering the greenhouse; we have the technology to halt global climate change, so let’s use it

http://www.newscientist.com/global/global.jsp?id=22811400

 

03/08/01

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by he Hon. Gale Norton, Secretary of the Interior National Environmental Policy Institute Summit Marriott Metro Center, Washington, DC

http://www.doi.gov/news/010308.html

 

02/19/01

Scientists warn global warming could catastrophically change the planetary processes that make the Earth habitable

http://www.newscientist.com/global/global.jsp?id=ns9999443

 

02/15/01

Cash, Relationships Help Explain Bush Administration’s Hands-Off Policy in California Electricity Crisis

http://www.citizen.org/Press/pr-cmep107.htm

 

Year 2000

 

11/12/2000

Scientists claim nothing will stop climate change

http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/11/12/stifgneur01006.html

 

11/12/2000

Update on increase UV radiation and amphibian decline

http://earthfiles.com/earth191.htm

 

06/09/2000

Passage into the Arctic has everything but ice

http://www.smh.com.au/news/0009/06/text/world9.html

 

05/08/2000

Rx for a Planetary Fever

http://www.prospect.org/print/V11/12/gelbspan-r.html

 

04/20/2000

Severe Arctic ozone loss and deep ocean warming

http://earthfiles.com/earth130.htm

 

Undated Links

 

ExxonMobil emerges as major funder of “greenhouse skeptics”

http://www.heatisonline.org/contentserver/objecthandlers/index.cfm?id=3645&method=full

 

The Effects of Global Warming

http://www.time.com/time/2001/globalwarming/splash.html