News 05-25-03 Congress Increases Tax Breaks for Polluting (MSNBC News) "Supporters including President Bush said the business equipment tax break, which was quadrupled to $100,000 in the $350 billion tax cut bill that narrowly cleared Congress, is good for the economy." "But critics called it a loophole that unfairly benefits the auto industry and provides an unnecessary perk to business people who do not need, but want to buy the largest, most-polluting and fuel hungry SUVs." 5-03 08-28-02 Europeans Abandon Alternate Energy Plans (Independent - Lean) "Hopes that world leaders would agree to boost renewable energy, such as wind and solar power, were dealt a devastating blow yesterday when European Union negotiators abandoned attempts to press for it." 09-01-02 British Prime Minister Criticizes USA on Global Warming (Independent - Woolf) 'On climate change, we need to build on Kyoto but we should recognise one stark fact: even if we could deliver on Kyoto, it will at best mean a reduction of 1 per cent of global warming. But we know ... we need a 60 per cent reduction worldwide. In truth, Kyoto is not radical enough. Yet it is, at present, the most that is politically do-able and even then the largest nation, the United States, stands outside it.' 09-01-02 Johannesburg - USA Isolated in Its Opposition to Kyoto (Bloomberg - Sguazzin, Maier, Griffiths, and Rosenthal) "Western leaders called for the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol to cut carbon-dioxide emissions at the United Nations development summit, isolating the U.S. in its opposition to the agreement." "President George W. Bush has rejected the Kyoto protocol, saying it will harm economic growth." 09-03-02 Johannesburg - Russia Signs Kyoto Agreement (CBS News) "Russia announced Tuesday it will ratify an accord on reducing smokestack emissions and other causes of global warming." "Russia's ratification of Kyoto would meet the last requirement for the accord to come into effect: that the countries on board account for at least 55 percent of carbon dioxide emissions based on 1990 output." "The United States continued to be criticized for its rejection of the Kyoto Protocol, which requires developed nations to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases to 1990 levels by 2012. Many countries view the accord as crucial to reversing a global warming trend blamed for cataclysmic storms, floods and droughts worldwide." 09-08-02 Johannesburg - UN Changes Strategy from Meetings to Measuring Progress (Independent - Lean) "Instead of high-profile summits, the UN will set up an unprecedented operation to report on how governments are performing – naming and shaming those that do not do well – and campaigning for change." 10-01-03 Bush Administration Appeals to Top Court to Prevent Disclosure (Bloomberg News) "The Bush administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to shield the government from giving advocacy groups documents they seek in a suit claiming Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force was influenced by corporations." 9-03 10-05-03 Swarzenegger Proposes Hydrogen Stations Every 20 Miles (MSNBC News) "The cornerstone of that plan [by Swarzenegger] is to build hydrogen filling stations every 20 miles along major highways in California." "It largely mirrors proposals from Energy Independence Now, a group headed by Tamminen."10-03 11-27-02 Bush Proposes Less Protection for Forests and Wildlife (CBS News) "The Bush administration is proposing giving managers of the nation's 155 national forests greater leeway to approve logging and commercial activities with less examination of potential environmental damages." "The Bush administration proposal also would eliminate specific standards and procedures for maintaining and monitoring wildlife populations that foresters had to comply with, substituting broad goals in their place." "Democrats accused the administration of attempting to 'undo most of the environmental safeguards that protect our nation's forests.' " Environmental Protection Positions of Candidates (CNN News - Collins) Collins notes that "little has been said about which Democrat has the best chance of appealing to environmentalists. Green groups like the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council and Greenpeace have voiced strong opposition to White House policies on the environment. And the League of Conservation Voters (LCV), Washington's green political machine, says eco-issues may not always be the most important subjects to voters, but they're still influential in crucial swing states." She gives a summary of the views (available on Web sites) of presidential candidates, including George W. Bush. 12-03 Papers Top 25 Green Cars for 2003 (Greencars.com) Ranks the top 25 cars in terms of pollution and fuel economy. 6-03

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