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Scientific American July 2007 Charles Q. Choi	Warming to Law After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling, how stiff will greenhouse gas regulations be?
Geotimes December 2004 Frank T. Manheim	U.S. Offshore Oil Industry: New perspectives on an old conflict A stalemate between environmentalists and industry has inhibited current U.S. offshore oil and gas leasing. Now, Norway -- a country with a very different environmental and offshore drilling history -- could shed light on how to move forward.
Salon.com January 11, 2001 Anthony York	Baked Alaska? Fearing a return to the days of James Watt, green activists mobilize to spike Bush's environmental nominees...
Outside November 2004	Robert F. Kennedy, JR. & Christine Todd Whitman Debate the Environment Environmental advocates from opposing sides of the political aisle met over a campfire for a no-holds-barred debate about the state of America's natural resources.
Geotimes October 2004 Dere, Martin & Wallace	Energy Issues Take Center Stage in Senate Races Earth science issues, such as the future of Yucca Mountain or petroleum drilling in Alaska, may not take center stage in the minds of many voters, but they do figure into some prominent U.S. Senate races this year.
Geotimes November 2007 Erin Wayman	Auto Ruling Paves the Way for Efficiency Standards Much to the chagrin of the auto industry, a federal judge ruled that states have the right to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks.
Chemistry World September 16, 2011 Rebecca Trager	US job concerns hamper environmental rules Economic woes and pressure to create jobs in the US are impeding environmental regulation, resulting in President Obama being rebuked by traditional allies and applauded by political opponents.
BusinessWeek September 2, 2010 Kim Chipman	Lisa Jackson's High-Wire Act on Carbon Controls The EPA chief is using her authority under the Clean Air Act to control carbon emissions.
Geotimes October 2004	The Geoscience Vote Slippery Slope for Drilling in Alaska... Managing Federal Lands... The Evolving Debate Over Teaching Evolution... Funding and the Fate of NASA... Climate Tipping Point... etc.
BusinessWeek November 3, 2003 John Carey	How Green Is The White House? Environmentalists say President Bush is a disaster. This magazine examines his real record.
Outside June 2002 Weston Kosova	What's Gale Norton Trying to Hide? George W. Bush's Secretary of the Interior keeps a low profile, keeps her mouth shut, and never picks a fight. As the steward of 507 million public acres, she has deftly combined an aggressive, pro-extraction agenda and Bush's wartime clout to steamroll environmentalists...
Mother Jones Sep/Oct 2001 Jan DeBlieu	Keeping the Coast Clear How a band of activists blocked Big Oil's drilling plans off North Carolina's outer banks...
IndustryWeek January 20, 2010 Peter Alpern	EPA Sets Stage to Battle Climate Change The Environmental Protection Agency has signaled that it might not wait for Congress and instead move ahead with its own regulations in the coming months.
IndustryWeek January 20, 2010 Peter Alpern	The Future of Energy Part One -- Emissions Regulation: A New Era Dawns Whether by the hands of Congress or the EPA, regulations on carbon emissions loom in the near future. Here's how U.S. industry is mobilizing.
Salon.com September 27, 2001 Damien Cave	Oily insecurity Will the war on terrorism require drilling for oil in pristine Alaska?
Fast Company March 2003 Katharine Mieszkowski	Fill 'er Up With Hydrogen The California Fuel-Cell Partnership looks to go without gas.
IEEE Spectrum September 2006 Stephen Barlas	Stricter U.S. Gas Standards Stalled In the U.S., bipartisan opposition defeats bipartisan efforts to strengthen Corporate Average Fuel Economy regulations.
BusinessWeek February 10, 2011 Paul M. Barrett	Attack of the Commerce Clause A new assault on regulation is gathering force -- and it's deploying a constitutional weapon
Reason June 2001 Marc B. Haefele	Suing for Relief It's no surprise that trying to clean the air by getting people to drive electric cars is a California idea: It's the perfect melding of the Golden State's historic smog problems with its taste for utopian technological innovation...
The Motley Fool September 27, 2004 Brian Gorman	California Calls the Shots California is enacting environmental legislation that could shape the U.S. auto market.
Salon.com June 21, 2000 Jacques Leslie	We want our SUVs Al Gore and the Democrats' attacks aside, rising gas prices could be the only thing that forces the U.S. to stop hogging the world's energy.
Reason June 2001 Diane Katz & Henry Payne	Electric Go-Karts The perverse consequences of California's sales quotas...
BusinessWeek January 14, 2010 John Carey	Emissions Rules are On the Way The EPA has regulations due at the end of March, and Congress may weigh in with a bill of its own.
Outside February 2007 Amanda Griscom Little	Capitol Gains? It's a new political era, all right: Big business is crusading for tougher pollution regulations. But are they doing it for the right reasons?
Geotimes November 2007 Erin Wayman	No Arctic Drilling for Shell? A summer filled with legal setbacks is preventing Shell Oil Company from conducting exploratory drilling in the Beaufort Sea offshore of northern Alaska.
IndustryWeek May 1, 2007 Jonathan Katz	Green Manufacturing: An Inconvenient Reality Are you turning green at the thought of going green? Like it or not more environmental regulations are on the way, and manufacturers who don't jump on the green bandwagon may be left behind.
BusinessWeek October 30, 2006 Carey & Woellert	Global Warming: Here Come The Lawyers It's the next wave of litigation - after tobacco, guns, and junk food. Why Detroit, Big Oil, and utilities should worry.
Salon.com May 17, 2001 Anthony York	Feeling the heat As Bush unveils his industry-friendly energy plan, even members of his own party are starting to sweat...
Chemistry World March 6, 2009 Rebecca Trager	Bush-era environmental regulations challenged After less than a month in charge, the Obama administration is distinguishing itself from the policies of Bush in many areas affecting public health and the environment.
CFO April 1, 2007 John Goff	Cleaning Up Carbon Pressure to curb carbon emissions is mounting. How companies respond will affect much more than their bottom lines.
Geotimes November 2003	Energy bill locked in Senate An unlikely coalition of Republican senators from New England and the rest of the Senate's Democrats refused to end debate on the bill and take a final vote. A look at some of the provisions of the bill.
Geotimes March 2007 Linda Rowan	A Change in Climate in Congress: To Act or Not To Act Because some state and local governments are taking action, Congress will need to set some federal standards in the near term. The nation can ill-afford a hodge-podge of regulations and policies on climate change across the country.
Salon.com April 17, 2001 Anthony York	Where's Ralph? With Nader and Gore missing in action, environmentalists are desperately gearing up to stop Bush's pro-business juggernaut...
Salon.com May 16, 2001 Jake Tapper	ANWR drilling, and conservation too A preview of Bush's energy plan reveals a lot the energy industry will love, and a little for its critics...
Chemistry World April 24, 2009 Rebecca Trager	EPA decision threatens chemical industry Chemical facilities could face burdensome permits and pricey construction requirements following the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) preliminary determination that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health and welfare.
BusinessWeek June 3, 2010 Paul M. Barrett	Obama and BP at Risk Over Oil Spill As the Gulf spill threatens to sink BP and damage a Presidency, it's time for Obama to rally the U.S. around tough, fair regulation.
Geotimes April 2006 Frank T. Manheim	A New Look at Mining and the Environment: Finding Common Ground The current impasse between environmentalists and industry is unique among advanced nations. The U.S. conflict contrasts sharply with policy in Sweden, where a dynamic mining and mineral industry coexists with a strong national environmental commitment in a high-wage, strong economy.
Salon.com November 7, 2000 Stephen Cohen	Shameful emissions The Supreme Court weighs whether the EPA overstepped its authority -- and public health hangs in the balance...
Salon.com October 23, 2000 Arthur Allen	Gore or Bush? Who cares? Not environmentalists After eight dispiriting years of Clinton-Gore, frustrated green groups are targeting corporations instead...
BusinessWeek March 1, 2004 Peter Coy	Let's Wage War On Gas Guzzlers If America is too reliant on foreign oil, why not ask Americans to do their part to reduce that reliance? Two-thirds of the oil in the U.S. goes for transportation fuels, mainly gasoline so improving the mileage of cars and light trucks must be part of the solution.
IEEE Spectrum May 2007 John Voelcker	Eyes on the Prize Here, the author sits in on energy equivalence debates -- with millions of dollars for a "100 mpg car" riding on the results. The impetus for the session -- and the Auto X Prize itself -- is the growing awareness of climate change.
BusinessWeek September 24, 2009 John Carey	Carbon Curbs: It's Business vs. Business As some powerful corporate groups fight a U.S. climate bill, others are leading a counterattack.
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 Peter Fairley	California to Rule On Fate of EVs Hybrids are going mainstream, major automakers are once again engineering battery EVs, and start-ups such as Tesla Motors and Phoenix are bringing them to market. Can California's ambitious and controversial zero-emissions vehicle mandate help?
Geotimes July 2005 Linda Rowan	The Energy Bill: Is It Big and Broad Enough? Unfortunately, the House bill falls short of achieving a comprehensive national energy policy and will do little to prevent a potential global energy crisis.
Reason June 2001 Sean Paige	The Great Pickup Stick-Up When a friend phoned last year to say that the state of Arizona was about to buy him a brand new pickup truck loaded with all the luxury options, I took it with a grain of salt. But it was a debacle of policy, what may go down in stupid government lore as the Great Pickup Stick-Up...
Chemistry World November 11, 2008 Rebecca Trager	Chemical industry cautious about Obama presidency The chemical industry's guarded response to the election of Democrat Barack Obama as the 44th US president stands in stark contrast to the enthusiastic reception he received from chemists.
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Scientific American November 2006	California, Here We Come In August the California legislature approved a bill calling for a 25% cut in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by 2020. But the federal courts may frustrate the states' efforts rather than furthering them.
Outside February 2004 David Masiel	Crude Reality As the brutal battle over proposed drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge grinds on, a former oil worker returns to the North Slope in search of the truth about the pro-exploration argument. His conclusion? (Brace yourself.) The unthinkable is the right thing to do.