3 on the Environment

Administration Announces Weak New Mileage Standards
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/082405EA.shtml
Amidst rising oil and gas prices, the Bush Administration yesterday announced
its new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for light trucks.
Environmentalists say the proposed rule changes will do nothing to help American
motorists at the pump, nor will they reduce America's dependence on imported
oil.


Feds Cut Land for California Tiger Salamander
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/082405EB.shtml
Federal wildlife officials said Tuesday that they would cut by nearly half the
amount of land set aside for the California tiger salamander, saying it would be
too costly to restrict development in those areas to protect the threatened
amphibian.


Renewal through Renewable Energies
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/082405EC.shtml
Giving just due to the essential role of renewable energies in our societies
that are so very dependent on fossil energies, is long overdue.