August 16, 1999: Smog impacts: Hurtling through airways, tiny particles may do more damage than previously assumed
August 15, 1999: Biotech Food Raises a Crop of Questions
July 22, 1999: Governors Urged to Prepare for Possible Y2K-related
Hazardous Materials Problems
June 29, 1999: Biotech Panic
May 31, 1999: Download EWG Report, Above the Law that,
"reveals a persistent pattern of 'significant violations' of the Clean Air Act (CAA) in five major industries."
May 29, 1999: Find out why the Pennsylvania Environmental Network (PEN) is boycotting
Green Mountain Energy Resources.
May 26, 1999: CLEAN AIR FACE-OFF: BROWNER VERSUS GRAY (Chairman of the Environmental Resources Trust (ERT))
May 22, 1999: Trading away our chances to end global warming
May 19, 1999: Schools
built on DOD land to get a toxic checkup
May 17, 1999: EPA calls for steps to save the Bay
April 3, 1999: Repression Inc.: The Assault on Human Rights and the Environment
March 24, 1999: California dump to accept toxic
waste that caused hysteria in Cambodia
March 5, 1999: National Academy of Sciences: Research needs for
environmental justice
February 24, 1999: Native Americans to breathe air as clean as anywhere else in the United States
February 23, 1999: Governors will vote to change EPA Environmental Justice Policy
February 23, 1999: The Pesticides We Eat: Recent articles
and report download
February 20, 1999: Chemical Plant in PA Blows Up, Kills 5
February 19, 1999: CHILDREN AT RISK FROM PESTICIDES ON FRUITS & VEGETABLES
February 19, 1999: Chemicals killing Florida birds, fish
February 11, 1999: ACTION ALERT! Protecting Children's Health
February 4, 1999: EPA Response to Protecting Children's Health
February 4, 1999: Dangers of Eating Fish Harvested from Contaminated Waters
February 3, 1999: YES! Oakland City Council passes resolution on dioxin reduction
February 2, 1999: FEDERAL JUDGE THROWS OUT TOSCO SLAPP SUIT AGAINST CBE
January 30, 1999: FOODNEWS.ORG -
pesticides in your meals
January 30, 1999: PESTICIDES LINGER CAUSING SMOG IN CALIFORNIA
January 30, 1999: EPA TAKING ACTIONS TO BENEFIT CHILDREN
January 29, 1999: OPPT Newsbreak to be discontinued!
January 29, 1999: More Info - Right-To-Know and Terrorism
January 28, 1999: Our Right-To-Know and Terrorism
January 27, 1999: Chemicals cause Parkinson's Disease
January 26, 1999: THE MONSANTO FILES - Online
January 23, 1999: POLLUTERS WAR AGAINST CLEAN AIR STANDARDS.
January 20, 1999: Chemical Industry Continues to
Resist Full Disclosure to Protect Our Communities.
January 18, 1999: Cleaning up our
valley conference, Jan. 23, 1999.
January 11, 1999: ACTION ALERT - Support Zero Discharge of
Dioxin in Oakland. Support passage of the
"Resolution on Dioxin, Public Health and the
Environment".
January 8, 1999: Canada Warmest Ever in 1998
January 7, 1999: United Nations says Pollution Control to
Raise Global Warming by 22nd Century!
January 7, 1999: Napalming Baton Rouge
January 5, 1999: Ward Valley News
December 29, 1998: A Civil Action - Coming soon to a theater near you.
December 29, 1998: Chemical Industry Leaders Assess Y2K Plant Safety.
December 28, 1998: CBE slapps back at TOSCO.
December 23, 1998: Smoggier air for Bay Area
blamed on lax refinery regs (forward by Denny, CBE).
December 22, 1998: New EPA Report: 1/3 of Americans live with substandard air quality.
December 18, 1998: Babbitt, Wilson Announce Revised Bay-Delta
Report For Public Discussion.
December 15, 1998: Update on plutonium permit for Lowry Landfill.
December 10, 1998: Pass the Plutonium Please? (followup to
November 30, 1998: Radioactive Sludge to go in Colorado Sewer).
Updated with links to several articles.
December 8, 1998: Researchers See Global Warming Increasing Fire Danger
Global Climate Change: Ill-Wind For California Wildfires.
December 6, 1998: Low-Level Chemical Exposures:A Challenge
for Science and Policy
December 6, 1998: Pollution hits new heights
December 5, 1998: New website: The Climate Change and Human Health Integrated Assessment Web
December 4, 1998: Frogs and salamanders - now penguins in decline
December 4, 1998: EPA plans to update air quality
index used in local air pollution reporting
December 4, 1998: EPA proposes to minimize burden
of overlapping air toxics regulation
on industry, state and local governments
December 3, 1998: TOSCO refinery accident report (November 1998)
available from EPA
December 3, 1998: Infoterra to make environmental information
more accessible
November 30, 1998: EPA announces blue-ribbon
panel to review use of MTBE and other
oxygenates in gasoline
November 30, 1998: Radioactive Sludge to go in Colorado Sewer
November 29, 1998: Sustainable Development Series from
Rachel's Environment and Health Weekly
November 29, 1998: Links to new articles on global climate
change
November 25, 1998: DPR Schedules Workshops for Ground Water
Protection
November 25, 1998: ALERT! Y2K and FDIC Monitoring of Your Banking Activities
November 22, 1998: EPA Funding Cuts!
November 22, 1998: Pesticide related sources of
information.
November 21, 1998: New EPA Right-To-Know
initiative will provide Americans with information
on mercury.
November 14, 1998: UC Davis Report: Health and Environmental
Assessment of MTBE available for download.
November 13, 1998: The 5th International Network for Environmental
Compliance and Enforcement
Conference - Monterey, California, November 16-20.
November 13, 1998: Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition "Sweet 16" anniversary
and benefit.
November 10, 1998: Right-To-Know Letter to President Clinton. Sign on!
September 23, 1998: "Textbook Trash," a new
Report on Environmental Education from the Center for the New West.
Also See,
"Report Criticizes Eco Ed", a related article from the
Denver Post.
September 22, 1998: "Frog Force" to
Focus on Amphibian Declines and Deformities.
September 19, 1998: Fears of Terrorism, Chemicals Clash as EPA
Considers Web Site.
September 18, 1998: Groups Disclose "Secret" Worst Case Accident Zones at Chemical Plants.
September 18, 1998: Risk Reduction Imperiled by Proposed
Disaster Secrecy.
September 17, 1998: Document from Arthur F. Burk,
Senior Safety Fellow, DuPont Company on terrorism and chemical
reporting.
September 17, 1998: Document from Pam Nixon,
Accident Prevention Subcommittee member on terrorism and chemical
reporting (Date: December 29, 1997).
September 16, 1998:
United States Chamber of Commerce
vice-president William Kovacs says, "the use of the Internet by extreme
environmentalists and greater amounts of public
disclosure law will create fear and allow the
sabotage of industries."
September 15, 1998:
EPA Data on Internet Will Increase Threat Of Terrorism, Industry-
Sponsored Study Says
September 14, 1998:
Email discussion and articles related to Y2K (year
2000 problem) and the environment. September 8, 1998:
International PRTR (Pollutant Release and Transfer Register)
Conference, 9-11 September 1998, Tokyo, Japan.
September 4, 1998: EPA's PROVIDING SAFE DRINKING WATER
report is now available. May, 1998:
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition's (SVTC) new
groundwater contamination and environmental justice map site. April, 1998:
WWW launch of EDF's Chemical Scorecard.
February, 1998: New Book -
GOING LOCAL: CREATING SELF-RELIANT COMMUNITIES IN A
GLOBAL AGE, New York: Free Press, 1998. September, 1997:
CBE - Defending your Right to Know
before the US Supreme Court.
September, 1997: Download OPPT's new
human and ecological health risk ranking software. September, 1997:
EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO CONVENE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHILDHOOD
CANCER AND POSSIBLE LINK TO ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS.
September, 1997: Federal Register:
Establishment of the Children's Health Protection Advisory
Committee. September 8-10, 1997:
Right-To-Know Conference at the Renaissance
Hotel, Washington DC. May, 1997:
EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner today reported
for the first
time on toxic-chemical
releases into local communities since the Clinton Administration
nearly doubled the number of
chemicals that industry must make public under EPA's Right-to-Know
program. May, 1997: Federal Register:
Addition of Dioxin and Dioxin-Like Compounds. May, 1997:
Industry Must Report Deadly Dioxin Under
Community Right To Know Law. EPA proposal grants
petition by Oil Refinery Network. May, 1997:
Addition of Facilities in Certain Industry Sectors; Revised
Interpretation of Otherwise Use; Toxic Release
Inventory Reporting; Community Right-to-Know; Final Rule. April, 1997:
Executive Order, Protection Of Children From Environmental Health Risks And Safety Risks.
April, 1997:
Vice President Announces Executive Order To Reduce
Environmental Health And
Safety Risks To Children. April, 1997:
Remarks by President Clinton on 30%
Increase in the Number of TRI Facilities.
April, 1997:
"Who is Stealing Our Future: Industry's Toxic Addiction
to Estrogen Mimickers & Endocrine Disrupters"
by Pratap Chatterjee. April, 1997:
EPA Moves Toward Major
Expansion of Community Right-To-Know Information
About Chemical Use by Industry.