Environment

Efforts to Contain Mad Cow Disease Fall Short

Submitted by John Stauber on

In 1997 Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber wrote Mad Cow USA, warning that that mad cow type diseases were possible in the U.S. Even now, in the face of North America's first case of mad cow disease in Canada, the powerful livestock industry and their friends in government are refusing to adopt the strict British standards regarding animal feeding and testing. USA Today editorializes that "Lax federal regulation and enforcement have left the U.S.

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Main Source: 
USA Today, June 2, 2003
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Mad Cow Disease

Mad Cow Disease Hits North America

Submitted by John Stauber on

In 1997 Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber wrote Mad Cow USA:
Could the
Nightmare Happen Here. To further public education the book is now available free on our website as a HREF="https://www.prwatch.org/books/madcow.html" target="_blank">PDF
download. It predicted that Mad Cow
Disease and similar ailments were likely to emerge in North America since
the US (and Canada following its lead) refused to ban all feeding of

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Main Source: 
http://www.prwatch.org/books/madcow.html
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Mad Cow Disease

Nature Conservancy Does Damage Control

Submitted by Laura Miller on

Responding to an in-depth Washington Post expose, The Nature Conservancy has hired Edelman PR Worldwide for damage control. The Post's multi-part article portrayed the environmental non-profit, which has $3 billion in assets, as a willing dealmaker for the benefit of its corporate supporters and trustees. According to O'Dwyer's PR Daily, the Arlington, Va.-based group is desperate to avoid Congressional inquiry into its activities.

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O'Dwyer's PR Daily, May 20, 2003
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Crisis Management
Environment

It's the Water, Stupid

Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on

"Conspicuously missing from the ubiquitous Iraq war critique was the subtle agenda of water rights in the parched Middle East region," writes Leah C. Wells. "The dialogue about access to clean water is commonplace in peace talks throughout the Middle East, but Western diplomats rarely broach the topic. An anonymous U.S. State Department official quoted in National Geographic said, 'people outside the region tend not to hear about the issue (of water).

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Main Source: 
Counterpunch, May 16, 2003
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Environment

NY Nuke Plant Hires Giuliani

Submitted by Laura Miller on

Fearing the Indian Point nuclear plant is an appealing target for terrorists, neighbors, activists and local officials are demanding that parent company Entergy shut down the facility, which is located 35 miles upstream from New York City. The New Orleans-based energy company, which owns nine other nuclear power plants, hired former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's PR firm to help out with security and crisis management issues. O'Dwyer's PR Daily reports that Entergy enlisted Giuliani Partners for its "real-world public safety experience" earned following the Sept.

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Main Source: 
O'Dwyer's PR Daily, May 13, 2003
Topics: 
Crisis Management
Nuclear Power

'Green Industry' Prepares For PR Fight

Submitted by Laura Miller on

The trade organization Professional Lawn Care Association of America wants "to create a positive message about the benefits of a well-maintained landscape." Landscape Management, a landscape and lawn care trade publication, writes that PLCAA is sponsoring a meeting next month to address "threatening issues" faced by the "Green Industry. ... These include issues pertaining to pesticide and

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Main Source: 
Landscape Management, May 6, 2003
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Corporations
Environment

Networks Largely Ignore War's Long-Term Impact

Submitted by Laura Miller on

"Media have been quick to declare the U.S. war against Iraq a success, but
in-depth investigative reporting about the war's likely health and
environmental consequences has been scarce," media watchdog Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting writes. "Two important issues getting
shortchanged in the press are the U.S.'s controversial use of cluster

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Main Source: 
FAIR, May 6, 2003
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Iraq
Journalism
Environment
Health

Nature Conservancy Benefits Its Benefactors

Submitted by John Stauber on

In the last of its investigative series the Washington Post reports on how a multi-billion dollar environmental charity takes care of its own. For example, "on New York's Shelter Island, the Nature Conservancy three years ago bought an undeveloped, 10-acre tract overlooking its Mashomack Preserve ... just a stone's skip from the exclusive Hamptons. Cost to the charity: $2.1 million.

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Main Source: 
Washington Post, May 6, 2003
Topics: 
Corporations
Environment
Ethics

Nature Conservancy Goes for the Black Gold

Submitted by John Stauber on

The second part of the Post's examination of a multi-billion dollar tax exempt corporation: "Eight years ago, Mobil Oil gave the Nature Conservancy what was one of the group's largest corporate donations, a patch of prairie that encompassed the last native breeding ground of a highly endangered bird. ... The Conservancy ... started acting like an oil company. The Conservancy sank a well under the bird's nesting ground. Drilling in sensitive areas is opposed as destructive by most environmentalists.

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Main Source: 
Washington Post, May 5, 2003
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Corporations
Environment
Ethics

Nature Conservancy Rakes in Corporate Cash

Submitted by John Stauber on

In the first of three articles the Washington Post takes a long look at the Nature Conservancy, "the world's richest environmental group, amassing $3 billion in assets by pledging to save precious places. ... Yet the Conservancy has logged forests, engineered a $64 million deal paving the way for opulent houses on fragile grasslands and drilled for natural gas under the last breeding ground of an endangered bird species. ...

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Main Source: 
Washington Post, May 4, 2003
Topics: 
Corporations
Environment
Ethics

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