Cities Take Lead On Environment As Debate Drags At Federal Level
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NEW YORK -- To the long list of evils being blamed on global warming -- hurricanes, heat waves, melting ice caps -- tack on the smaller interior of Steve Benesoczky's cab. Inside, his passengers can already feel the squeeze of climate change in their knees.
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Environmentalists see some of their worst fears playing out as President Bush moves to cement a second-term agenda that includes getting more timber, oil and gas from public lands and relying on the market rather than regulation to curb pollution.
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By ERICA WERNER  WASHINGTON - The Transportation Department acknowledged Tuesday encouraging members of Congress to weigh in with the EPA on California's request to implement global warming controls on automakers.
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A comprehensive plan to tackle the Great Lakes' most pressing environmental problems &#151; from invasive species to sewage overflows &#151; is on track despite complaints about inadequate federal funding, an Environmental Protection Agency official said.
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BUENOS AIRES -- Two sets of Americans have come here to talk global warming: the United States, opposed to controls on carbon emissions, and a bloc of united states, from Maine to Delaware, that plan to impose them.
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Talks on global warming in the United States next week may be complicated by differences among developing countries as their climate policy positions diverge.
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Business leaders, consumer groups, and prominent politicians, come together to call for a new environment agency.
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There is a quiet battle for the future of this industrial town, one of America's most polluted places.
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By The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Sep. 12--California launched a gutsy environmental initiative last month that has received far less attention than the much-heralded global warming bill.   On a unanimous vote on Aug.
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By Larry Parsons, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Dec. 17--A long environmental battle over storm runoff into ocean waters off the Monterey Peninsula is close to over, though several local jurisdictions could still challenge details of the antipollution program.
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GRUNDY CENTER, Iowa -- Two states guard the campaign trail as though they own it. Their influence on national politics is wildly disproportionate to their modest populations. Neither has anything that could be called a large city, or a slum, or a sprawling suburb. Both are dotted with small towns...
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Mayors from 32 U.S cities were urged Saturday to be leaders in slowing global warming by taking steps in their communities.
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October 9 election victory, a poll shows, as the environment began to emerge as another key campaign issue. strategists have been optimistic that Queensland would provide most of them,&quot; The Weekend Australian said.
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ATLANTA _ North and South Carolina are fighting over a river. In Tennessee, springs are drying up, jeopardizing production of Jack Daniels whiskey. The mayor of Los Angeles is asking residents to take shorter showers. And in Georgia, the governor is praying for rain.
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The study raises questions of whether environmental standards are strict enough.
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By Joel Lang, The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Feb. 28--One of Gov. M. Jodi Rell's major budget initiatives -- to keep Connecticut waters free of pollution -- is well-intentioned but too small by half, an alliance of environmental, municipal and economic interests declared Tuesday.
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By Larry Sandler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Sep. 21--Milwaukee would join hundreds of other local governments in a pair of environmental initiatives aimed at slowing global warming, under a measure backed Wednesday by a Common Council committee.