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2002 Dec 16 |
Canada ratified the Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 treaty on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Links: Canada, Environment 
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2002 Dec 16 |
The EPA issued a water-pollution rule to cover animal waste from "factory farms." Links: Environment
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Devra Davis authored "When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales of Environmental Deception and the Battle Against Pollution." Links: Environment, Books
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Edward O. Wilson authored "The Future of Life," a discussion of the biodiversity crises. Links: Environment, Books
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In Utah Waldo Wilcox deeded his Range Creek Canyon lands to the public for $2.5 million as part of a conservation deal. He had sold the property to the Trust for Public Land in 2001 for $2.5 million. Links: USA, Environment, Utah
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William McDonough and Michael Braungart authored “Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things.” Links: USA, Environment, Books
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Richard Porter authored “The Economics of Waste.” Links: Environment, Economics, Books
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Michael Williams, British geographer, authored “Deforesting the Earth: From Prehistory to Global Crisis, An Abridgment.” Links: Britain, Environment, Books, Trees
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2003 Jan 20 2003 Jan 27 |
In Honduras a drastic drop in oxygen in rivers and ponds may have killed 5.5 million fish near the El Cahon hydroelectric plant. Links: Honduras, Environment, Fish
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2003 Jan 29 |
Belgium said oil leaking from the sunken cargo ship Tricolor (Dec 14) is washing up on the Belgian coastline, damaging wildlife and beaches. Links: Belgium, Oil, Environment
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2003 Jan 29 |
Frank Moss (b.1911), liberal Utah Democratic Senator (1958-1976), died. His efforts included the addition of Capitol Reef and Canyonlands to the national park system. Links: Environment, Utah
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2003 Jan |
An environmental assessment on Iraq was finalized for the US government. It indicated that Iraqis had ordered 8 million pounds of sodium dichromate, a deadly toxin, to keep water pipes from corroding. Months later US soldiers were sickened after they arrived at the Qarmat Ali water treatment plant. Oregon Nat’l. Guard soldiers sued military contractor KBR in 2009. KBR said it only knew of the presence of the toxin July 2003. Links: Iraq, USA, Environment
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2003 Mar 7 |
Jose Marcio Ayres (49), Brazilian biologist and senior Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) biologist, died in NYC. In 1996 he set up the Mamiraua Sustainable Development Reserve to protect a 4,300 square-mile area of the Amazon rain forest. Links: Brazil, Environment
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2003 Mar 11 |
California scientists reported that polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), a family of flame retardants, were found in elevated amounts in the breasts of Bay Area women. Links: California, Environment, Medical, SF Bay Area
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2003 Mar 19 |
Holmes Rolston III (70), philosopher, clergyman and scientist, was awarded the Templeton Prize for his work on faith-based environmental ethics. Links: USA, Environment
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2003 Mar 27 |
EU governments agreed to ban single-hulled oil tankers carrying heavy fuel in an attempt to reduce the risk of slicks. Links: EU, Environment
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2003 Apr 13 |
The environmental Goldman Prize winners included Pedro Arroyo-Agudo (Spain); Von Hernandez (Philippines); Odigha Odigha (Nigeria); Eileen Wani Wingfield and Eileen Kampakuta (Australia); Julia Bonds (US); Maria Elena Foronda Farro (Peru). Links: Australia, Peru, USA, Philippines, Environment, Nigeria
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2003 Apr 23 |
Guy Mountfort, ornithologist and co-founder of the World Wildlife Fund (1961), died. His books included "Portrait Of A Wilderness" (1958), "The Vanishing Jungle" (1969), "Saving The Tiger" (1981) and "Rare Birds Of The World" (1988). Links: Environment
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2003 Apr 23 |
A Chinese fuel tanker, "Daqing 767" carrying a 1000 tons of oil, sank and 3 crew members were missing after the vessel collided in heavy fog with another ship off China's southeastern coast. Links: Oil, China, Environment, Ship
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2003 Apr 28 |
An environmental group reported that chemical perchlorate, the explosive ingredient in rocket fuel, was found in samples of lettuce traced to growers in southern California or Arizona. The Bush administration had already imposed a gag order on the EPA from publicly discussing perchlorate pollution. Links: USA, Environment, Food
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2003 May 21 |
Christie Whitman (56), former New Jersey governor, announced her resignation as chief of the Environmental Protective Agency. Links: USA, Environment, New Jersey
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2003 May 31 |
A Chinese freighter sank in the Baltic Sea. It carried 66,000 tons of fertilizer and leaked over 55,270 gallons of diesel oil. Some 38,000 gallons were recovered. Links: China, Environment
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2003 May |
Freecycle, a global recycling phenomenon started operating in Arizona. By 2008 it had grown to more than 4 million members in more than 4,100 cities. It boasted of keeping more than 300 million tons of trash out of landfills every day and inspired imitators. Links: USA, Environment, Arizona
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2003 Jun 4 |
The Pews Ocean Commission said US waters are so stressed by pollution and overfishing that drastic federal intervention is required. Links: Environment, Fish
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2003 Jun 15 |
Scientists reported that nearly 1,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises drown every day after becoming tangled in fishing nets and other equipment. Links: Environment, Whales, Fish
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2003 Jun 18 |
The Mercury Policy Project reported that 1/3 of albacore tuna contained levels of toxic mercury exceeding a federally recommended dose for women of child-bearing age. Links: Environment, Fish
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2003 Jun 26 |
Researchers said the Amazon rain forest is disappearing at an increasing rate, mainly because of a growing appetite for farm land. Links: Brazil, Environment
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2003 Jul 9 |
Research was released that said PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers), commonly used in flame retardants, posed a health hazard. Links: Environment, Health
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2003 Jul 16 |
The Environmental Protection Agency announced it was starting big-money, long-term cleanups at 10 Superfund toxic waste sites and putting ten other sites aside for later. Links: USA, Environment
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2003 Aug 11 |
Pres. Bush named Mike Leavitt, Republican governor of Utah, to head the EPA. Links: USA, Environment, Utah, BushGW
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2003 Aug 13 |
Scientists are blaming global warming for falling fish harvests in Africa's Lake Tanganyika, threatening the diets of several poor nations. Links: Environment, Africa, Fish
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2003 Aug 14 |
A Greek oil tanker that ran aground Jul 27 off the port city of Karachi broke apart, but officials said the worst was over and rich fishing grounds nearby were not threatened. The ship carried 378,000 to 450,000 gallons. It leaked an estimated 12,000 metric tons. Links: Oil, Pakistan, Environment, Greece
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2003 Aug 22 |
In southern California members of the Earth Liberation Front struck 4 car dealerships. Damage at a Chevrolet dealership in West Covina was over $1 million. Links: California, Environment
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2003 Aug 27 |
The Bush administration relaxed clean air rules to allow industrial plants to make upgrades without installing pollution controls. Links: USA, Environment
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2003 Oct 1 |
California approved a phosphite product developed by Agrichem of Australia to treat sudden oak death. Links: Australia, California, Environment, Trees
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2003 Oct 9 |
Scientists in Nature reported that certain types of Navy sonar use was responsible for whale deaths due to beaching. Links: Environment, Technology, Whales
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2003 Oct 14 |
Ben Metcalfe, the 1st chairman of the Greenpeace Foundation (1970), died in BC, Canada. Links: Canada, Environment
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2003 Oct 28 |
The US Senate approved Utah's Gov. Mike Leavitt as head of the EPA. Links: USA, Environment
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2003 Oct 30 |
The US Senate passed legislation allowing thinning of forests across the West. Links: USA, Environment
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2003 Oct 31 |
The EPA rejected new restrictions on weed-killer atrazine. It was suspected of causing mutations in frogs. Links: Environment, Animal
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2003 Nov 3 |
Israel's Minister of the Environment said the Dead Sea is dying, and only a major engineering effort can save it. Links: Environment, Israel
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2003 Nov 27 |
In Peru police clashed with highland peasants blocking an Andean highway to protest against mining pollution, leaving 2 demonstrators dead and over 20 people injured. Links: Peru, Environment
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2003 Nov 28 |
It was reported that the New Zealand mud snail had invaded trout streams in Northern California. They were capable of stripping entire river systems of algae and had already infested trout streams in Montana. Links: California, Environment, Montana
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2003 Dec 1 |
In Canada a coalition of energy and forest companies and Indian tribes and environmental groups announced a framework for forest and wetland conservation to conserve at least 50% of Canada's sub-Arctic boreal forests. Links: Canada, Environment, AmerIndian
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2003 Dec 2 |
A senior adviser to President Vladimir Putin said that Russia cannot ratify the Kyoto Protocol limiting greenhouse gas emissions, dealing a mortal blow to the pact that required Russia's ratification to take effect. Links: Russia, Environment
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2003 Dec 8 |
US District Judge James Ware ruled that US toxic cleanup law doesn't apply abroad. A suit by Filipinos sought that the US government be required to assess pollution near 2 former military bases. Links: USA, Philippines, Environment
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2003 Dec 12 |
A UN conference on climate control closed in Milan, Italy. Many countries planned to go ahead with their Kyoto Protocol commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Links: Italy, Environment, UN
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2003 Dec 15 |
The Bush administration proposed a market-based system of pollution controls that required power companies to cut mercury pollution by nearly 70% over the next 15 years, but let them decide for themselves how to meet the overall limits. Links: USA, Environment
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2003 Dec 19 |
Fisheries ministers of the 15 European Union nations reached a compromise deal to protect dwindling stocks of cod, hake and other species. Links: EU, Environment, Fish
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2003 Dec 23 |
The Bush administration reversed a 2001 Clinton policy and opened some 300,000 acres of Alaska's Tongass National Forest to possible logging or other development. The plan affirmed a Clinton plan from 1997. Links: USA, Environment, Alaska
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2003 Dec 24 |
A US federal appeals court blocked the Bush administration from implementing a major environmental rule change that would have allowed power plants to upgrade their facilities without installing anti-pollution equipment. Links: USA, Environment
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Brazilian ranchers, soybean farmers and loggers destroyed a chunk of the Amazon rainforest about the size of Massachusetts. Links: Brazil, Environment
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Oklahoma and Arkansas made an agreement on phosphorus levels. Toxic run-off from poultry houses in Arkansas was entering the Illinois river watershed, which supplied water to eastern Oklahoma. In 2005 Oklahoma filed suit against Arkansas for various violations related to high phosphorus levels. Links: Environment, Arkansas, Oklahoma
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The Florida Clean Air Act became part of the state constitution. It prohibited smoking in virtually all indoor public areas. Links: Environment, Florida, Smoking
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In China the local government of Hongwei acknowledged the seriousness of local pollution and called on Daqing Lianhua, a subsidiary of PetroChina, to relocate villagers. Links: Oil, China, Environment
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2004 Jan 1 |
A California ban on the gasoline additive MTBE went into effect. Ethanol became the new additive of choice, even though it could increase air pollution. Links: California, Environment
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2004 Jan 8 |
The journal Science reported high levels of dangerous chemicals in farmed salmon. Wild Pacific salmon had 10 times less than the farmed ones. Links: Environment, Food
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2004 Feb 2 |
An ivory-billed woodpecker, thought to be extinct, was reported in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge of Arkansas. The last sighting of the bird was in 1944. The sighting put a hold on the Grand Prairie Area Demonstration Project, a $319 million irrigation project to provide water for rice farming, which would divert water from the bird’s habitat. Links: USA, Environment, Arkansas, Birds
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2004 Feb 8 |
In New Zealand some 3,400-gallons of fuel spilled in a fjord listed as a World Heritage site. Officials the next day said the spill in Milford Sound fjord was "eco-terrorism and economic sabotage" against the country's lucrative tourism industry. Links: Oil, Environment, New Zealand
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2004 Feb 25 |
The head of Doe Run Peru, a US-owned smelter in Oroyo, Peru, admitted that lead poisoning of children by the facility's emissions was a serious problem, but said his company would not be able to significantly reduce the contamination until 2011. Links: Peru, USA, Environment, Medical
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