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The Neurobiology of Mass Delusion - Energy Bulletin 11jan05
Boulder Glacier Photos in 1932 and 1988  -  witness the drastic change

• Long-range Air Transport of Dioxin from N.  American Sources to Ecologically Vulnerable Receptors in Nunavut, Arctic Canada Barry Commoner CBNS Sep00

• Is Dioxin Destroyed by Extremely High-Temperature Incineration?  Comments on Rigo et al.

• Climate Change: Kyoto Protocol - Next Steps - Report of a Panel Discussion convened by the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development Sponsored by the UN 3may01

• Incinerators & Landfills - Cancers in Proximity to Incinerators (3 separate abstracts) Jun00

• Incinerators & Landfills - Childhood cancers, birthplaces, incinerators and landfill sites  -  International Journal of Epidemiology Jun00

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• Platinum Pollution Comes From Cars' Catalytic Converters -  South Bend Tribune (Indiana) 26nov01

• Insurers see More Disasters due to Climate Change  - Reuters 2nov01

• Integrated Environmental Systems (IES) Pays $925,000 Fine  - SF Chronicle 1nov01

• New Diesel Engine Standards  - California Air Resources Board 25oct01

• "Green" Chemicals Harming Ozone Layer  -  Science News 17oct01

• Withdrawing from the Climate Talks is More Harmful to U.S. than Kyoto Treaty -  Nucleus Fall01

• Wind-Borne Pollutants May Travel Thousands Of Miles  - Texas A&M University Release 21sep01

• What's Lurking in That Smoke?  - Business Week 20sep01

• DuPont and Marubeni in UK emissions trading first  - Financial Times 19sep01

• Particulate Matter Size Matters  -  NY Times 9sep01

• No Glaciers in Glacier National Park?  - Washington Post 9sep01

• Forest Fire Smoke Poses Mercury Danger  - LA Times 5sep01

  • Mercury in Smoke from Biomass Fires  -  Science Sep01

• Utilities, Environmentalists, and States Will Discuss Revisions to Clean Air Act  -  Wall Street Journal 4sep01

• Don't Drive and Breathe: Pollutants Lurk Inside Vehicles -  Environmental Health Perspectives  Sep01 

• Adverse Health Effects of Exposure to Ambient Carbon Monoxide - Fierro et al / The University of Arizona, College of Public Health 1sep01

• John Deere Fined $200,000 on Substandard Garden Equipment California EPA/Air Resources Board Press Release 27aug01

• Cash-strapped NASA to Turn Off Ozone Satellite  - AP 24aug01

• Hidden Health Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation  - Science 17aug01

• Asthma "crisis" for Black Americans -  British Medical Journal 11aug01

• US plants could be harmed by warmer climate - Reuters 10aug01

• Statement on Relaxing Enforcement of Federal Clean Air Act  - NY State Attorney General 8aug01

• Evaluating Vehicle Emissions Inspection and Maintenance Programs  - (Exec. Summ.) National Academy of Sciences 2001

• EPA rejects Bay Area plan to clean up the air It doesn't measure up to other regions' work  -  SF Chronicle 25jul01

• Illinois governor signs measure banning MTBE as fuel additive  -   AP 24jul01

• Stop Tax Subsidies for Incinerators and Landfills  -  Bill Sheehan / GrassRoots Recycling Network 21jul01

• Protesters: Bay Area Smog Remedies Inadequate  - SF Chronicle 19jul01

• EU Looks to Find Unified Way To Cut Greenhouse-Gas Emissions  - Wall Street Journal 13jul01

• Statement on Relaxing Enforcement of Federal Clean Air Act -  NY State Attorney General 8aug01

• Chevron Refinery fined $300,000 52 violations from 1998 to May -  SF Chronicle 10jul01

• Hidden Environmental Hazard Found in Fireworks  - Reuters 29jun01

• Urban Air Pollution and Health Inequities - Environmental Health Perspectives v.109, s.3, Jun01

• Relation between Ambient Air Pollution and Low Birth Weight  -  Environmental Health Perspectives v.109, s.3, Jun01

• U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Sources 2000  -  EIA/ US. Department of Energy June 2001

• "Warming debate seen from abroad "  -  Response to Editorial in Indianapolis Star - Paul Goettlich 15jun01

• Inuit Life Threatened by US: Northbound chemicals from U.S. companies is threatening Inuit lives  -  SF Chronicle 11jun01

• 1 Hour of Lawnmower Exhaust = 150 km in Car Exhaust  - BBC 7jun01

• Bush & Kyoto: Tiger by the Tail  -  Op-Ed New York Times 1jun01

• Lawnmower Pollution: Grass Cutting Beats Driving in Making Air Pollution  -  ENS 31may01

• Public health problems around the MIWA Waste Incinerator in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium  -  Belgian Platform Environment and Health 26feb01

• Smells Like Texas!  - Observer (UK) 20may01

• 250 Scientists Express Grave Concern Over White House Energy Plan: An Open Letter to the American People  - TomPaine.com 22may01

• Annan faults Bush on Global Warming  -  Boston Globe 21may01

• Sarin/VX Incineration Program sees Troubles  - Courier-Journal 21may01

• Production in Mind, U.S. Reconsiders Enforcement of Pollution Laws  - New York Times 19may01

• Air Toxics Significant Pollution Source for Lake Michigan:   PCB, Dioxin  PCB, Dioxin, Chlordane, DDT, Mercury, etc. - Delta Institute 9may01

• Cheney Gets Coal Fired  -  Time 2may01

• Rebels urge Blair to confront Bush -  London Times 13apr01

• Tiny Bits of Soot Tied to Illnesses  -  New York Times 12apr01

• The case against ESSO/EXXON  - The Stop Esso campaign 12apr01

• A Letter to President Bush on Global Warming  - Time 4apr01

• International Calls to Boycott Texaco & Esso  -  European Green Parties 30mar01

• Sen. Richard Lugar's Nonsense: Pay Farmers for Pollution-eating Crops Instead of Stopping the Pollution  - Journal-Gazette (IN) 30mar01

• EU sends strong warning to Bush over greenhouse gas emissions  -  Independent UK 19mar01

• Bay Area Air Quality Management District: Pollution Laws Will Not be Enforced  -  SFC 16mar01

• Bush drops pledge on carbon dioxide emissions  -  Independent UK 15mar01

• How Carbon-Dioxide Cap Vanished Into Thin Air  -  WSJ 15mar01

• Antipollution Proposal From Bush Stems From Unlikely Source: Gore  - WSJ 12mar01

• High Court Upholds EPA Clean-Air Rule Method  - Reuters 1mar01

• Estimation of Dioxin Exposure Concentrations and Dioxin Intakes of Workers at Continuously Burning Municipal Waste Incinerators - JOH Mar01

• Industry loses in Supreme Court's clean-air ruling   - AP 27feb01

• Public health problems around the MIWA waste incinerator in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium  - Belgian Platform Environment and Health 26feb01

• Wetlands' demise dire threat to ducks Global warming has extensive impact, report says  -  Calgary Herald 26feb01

• GM Sues to Overturn State's Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate  - LAT 24feb01

• U.N. Report Forecasts Poor Countries Would Bear Brunt of Climate Consequences  -  Washington Post 20feb01

• Glacier Loss Seen as Clear Sign of Human Role in Global Warming  -  New York Times 19feb01

• Global Environment Reaches Dangerous Crossroads State of the World 200 1 - Worldwatch Institute Press Release 14feb01

• Tests Reveal High Levels Of Toxics Inside Diesel School Buses  - Press Release / NRDC 12feb01

• No Breathing in the Aisles Diesel Exhaust Inside School Buses - NRDC / CCA Jan01

• Indiana Pollution Control Board Approves Tougher Clean-Air Rules  - AP 9feb01

• Measurements from space show shrinkage of polar ice sheet  -  AP 2feb01

• Exhaustive test for diesel vehicles  - Environmental Science and Technology 1feb01

• Diesel Exhaust - The Masculinization of the Fetus During Pregnancy Due to Inhalation of Diesel Exhaust  - EHP Feb01

• Air board reduces electric vehicle requirement  - AP 26jan01

• Bush's Idea of Easing Smog Rules Won't Help, Experts Say  -  LA Times 25jan01

• Oil Industry Seeks Softening of Clinton Clean-Air Rules  -  NYT 25jan01

• US Wants Delay in Climate Talks  - AP 24jan01

• Scientists Issue Dire Prediction On Warming  -  Washington Post 23jan01

• Bush Suggests Easing Curbs on Pollution -  LAT 19jan01

• All Diesel Is Dirty, Critics Charge But transit agencies resisting natural gas -  SFC 15jan01

• S.F. Coalition Sues EPA Over Air Quality Bay Area in violation of U.S. rules -  SFC 9jan01

• Pollution in India may Affect Climate  -   Science News 6jan01

• Dioxin/PCB:  Emissions of PCDD/F from uncontrolled, domestic waste burning  - (abstract) Chemosphere 2001

• Cinergy Agrees to $1.4 Billion Pollution Settlement -  AP 22dec00

• Clinton diesel pollution rules likely to be challenged by Oil Industry - Reuters 22dec00

• New pollution rules set for trucks, buses - AP 21dec00

• Lead Poisoning a Major Health Hazard For Children -  US News and World Report 20dec00

• Global warming blamed for huge fires -  SFC 18dec00

• EPA seeks limits on mercury releases Power plants in Kentucky called major source - Louisville Courier-Journal 15dec00

• Battery Power Lagging in Clean-Air Contest Pollution - State Officials Fear ZEVs won't catch on with public - LAT 8dec00

• State Gives $50 Million To Upgrade School Buses - Environmentalists cool to improved diesels  - SFC 8dec00

• Clean-air officials propose shift from battery-run cars - AP 8dec00

• EPA to crack down on recreational vehicle emissions -  USA TODAY 7dec00

• Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Union Pacific Promise NOx Emissions Cuts - AP 4dec00

• Someone is going to have to pay for it -- and soon. The question is who? - SFC 3dec00

• U.S. Should Lead Way on Global Warming - SFC 3dec00

• Tires  Smoking for 2 Years Close to Extinguished - SFC 30nov00

• Washington's New World Order Weapons Can Trigger Climate Change  - M Chossudovsky 26nov00

• Agreement on global warming appears gone - AP 25nov00

• Delegates Fault U.S. Stand on Pollution  - Washington Post 23nov00

• Indian government backs off on pollution controls - Reuters 23nov00

• Environmental Group Lobbies Businesses on Global Warming - Environmental Defense - WSJ 22nov00

• U.S. Ready to Make Compromise at Talks on Global Warming Treaty - NYT 20nov00

• Recent floods cited in plea for reducing global gas emissions - Reuters 19nov00

• CA Air Resources Board Settles Air Quality Violation with Subaru - ARB 17nov00

• Clean ethanol on tap when MTBE phaseout ends - AP 16nov00

• Scientists Urge Tax on Emissions  -  Washington Post 16nov00

• Limits Placed on Fireplaces Mateo County Looks at Similar Ordinance to Spare Air  -  SFC 15(?)nov00

• Richmond Home Plan At Risk Navy says refineries threaten Point Molate - SF Chronicle 14nov00

• Global warming spawns new breed of business: Pollution Trading - AP 14nov00

• Clinton Seeks to Regulate Common Gas to Clean Air - NYT 12nov00

• Smoking in the Schoolyard - Diesel School busses -  Nucleus Fall 2000 

• Administration to tie curbing of greenhouse gases to cost effectiveness - AP 11nov00

• Energy Firm's Landmark `Ecotrade' Forests protected to offset warming - SFC 11nov00

• U.S. warns high costs could kill Kyoto greenhouse treaty - AP  10nov00

• Studies question value of planting trees to slow warming  - Reuters 9nov00

• EU agrees tough stance before climate change talks - Reuters 8nov00

• Indiana Adopts Strict Styrene Limits - Star 2nov00

• Gore's Greenhouse Gas - SFC 15oct00

• Tri-State Environmental Council, Terra Swearingen, Block EPA To Shut Incinerator; Want Gore's Help - DJN 25oct00

• Historical Records Provide a Growing Sense of Global Warmth  - Washington Post 8sep00

• Is Global Warming Harmful to Health? - Scientific American 20aug00

• Incinerators & Landfills - Childhood cancers, birthplaces, incinerators and landfill sites. -  (3 separate abstracts) Int J Epidemiol 29 (3): 391-7 Jun00

• Fabric softeners: Respiratory toxicity of fabric softener emissions - (abstract) J Toxicol Environ Health A.  26may2000

• Associations between Mortality and Air Pollution in Central Europe - EHP 4apr00

• Associations between Air Pollution and Mortality in Phoenix, 1995-1997 - EHP Apr00

• The Contribution of Benzene to Smoking-Induced Leukemia  - EHP Apr00

• Airborne Concentrations of PM2.5 and Diesel Exhaust Particles on Harlem Sidewalks - EHP Mar00

• "New Car Smell" - Volatile Organic Compounds In a New Automobile Scientific Instrument Services 23dec99

• Formaldehyde: Indoor Air Alert: Formaldehyde - Green Guide n.72 Oct99

  • Formaldehyde (Gas) CAS No. 50-00-0 Reasonably Anticipated to be a Human Carcinogen - NTP 1nov02

• Municipal Waste Incineration: A Poor Solution For The Twenty First Century - DR. Paul Connett / 4th Annual International Management Conference Waste-To-Energy (Amsterdam) 24nov98

• Ban the Burn Barrels! Evaluation of Emissions from the Open Burning of Household Waste In Barrels - Report No. EPA-600/R-97-134a. Nov97

• Foundry Air: In Vitro Characterization of DNA Adducts Formed by Foundry Air Particulate Matter K. SAVELA et al / Environmental Health Perspectives v.104, sup.3 1may1996

• Dioxin: EPA Collusion with Industry: A Very Brief Overview   -  Synthesis/Regeneration 7-8 Summer 1995

• Hazardous Waste Combustion in Cement Kilns - Introduction to Policy and Legal Issues Associated with Burning Hazardous Waste in Cement Kilns Apr95

• Substances in Diesel Exhaust Listed by Cal EPA as Toxic Air Contaminants

• What's Wrong With Incineration Of Medical Wastes -  Huff, MJ, and deFur, P., Virginia Commonwealth University- Center for Environmental Studies (undated)

• Identification of Polar Volatile Organic Compounds in Consumer Products and Common Microenvironments -  Paper #A312 to be submitted for presentation at the 1991 Annual Meeting of the AWMA 1mar91