Tom Arrandale

Recent Articles

• Working on Watersheds
• Dec 1, 2001
• Cleaning up rural riverbeds that feed water to cities makes fiscal and political sense.

• Paper Trades and Real Emissions
• Nov 1, 2001
• Are market-driven approaches a regulatory charade that lets factories profit from polluting their neighborhoods?

• C. Stephen Allred: Fairness Under Pressure
• Nov 1, 2001
• Bringing both sides to the table

• The Diesel Dilemma
• Oct 1, 2001
• The pollution-belching engines that power government buses and trucks have to go. What will replace them?

• The Ruckus Over Racket
• Sep 1, 2001
• It is overstating the case to cast aggravating nuisances such as grating noise and glaring lights as another form of `pollution.'

• Focus on Wastewater: the Hazard of Ooze
• Aug 1, 2001
• Seepage from outmoded septic tanks is a major threat to groundwater. And it's not just a rural phenomenon.

• Taking Green for Granted
• Jul 1, 2001
• A few states are finally concluding that they can profit by preserving the diverse biological life of their landscapes.

• Tilting Toward Windmills
• Jun 1, 2001
• Of all the renewable-energy sources, wind is emerging as the most competitive alternative for expanding the nation's power-generating capacity.

• Ganging up on Gases
• May 1, 2001
• A multi-pollutant regulatory strategy just might reach the elusive objective of protecting the environment efficiently.

• Hot Stuff on Ice
• Apr 1, 2001
• For decades, states have been wrangling over disposal sites for radioactive waste. The latest proposals are generating as much controversy as ever.

• Checking Out a School's Bad Air Days
• Apr 1, 2001
• A small town in Idaho will test the air with a sophisticated computer model to find out whether students and teachers at an elementary school are getting sick from pesticides.

• Getting Religion on Radon
• Mar 1, 2001
• Governments have to persevere to persuade citizens like me to check our homes for this naturally occuring, radioactive gas.

• Truck Stoppers
• Jan 1, 2001
• A 14-state pact aims to enforce stringent new diesel standards to keep dirty-running vehicles off U.S. highways.

• Balking on Air
• Jan 1, 2001
• The momentum states had generated in recent years to deal cooperatively with cross-boundary pollution has given way to dissension and lawsuits.

• Guide to Clean Water: Keeping it Fit to Sip
• Dec 1, 2000
• The new rules on safe drinking water are both better and worse for states and localities.