Wikipedia:WikiProject Environment/Environmental Record task force

Template:WPEnvironment Sidebar The Environmental Record Task Force aims to make sure that the environmental records of policymakers, corporations, and organizations are accurately and consistently represented throughout the encyclopedia.

Scope

We address entries for corporations, institutions, and other organizations having notable environmental impact, as well as for individuals whose activity in the political process has notable environmental impact.

Goals

• Expand the category for notable environmental topics
• Ensure that articles on environmental organizations are well written, well sourced, and encyclopedic
• Ensure that NPOV is maintained

Members

• 1. OhanaUnited (talk · contribs) (Co-ordinator)
  2. Cyrusc (talk · contribs)
  3. Benzocane (talk · contribs)
  4. Psdubow (talk · contribs)
  5. Mackabean (talk · contribs)
  6. Mazet (talk · contribs)
  7. Vortexrealm (talk · contribs)
  8. Totnesmartin (talk · contribs)
  9. Parmesan (talk · contribs)
  10. Wikidudeman (talk · contribs)
  11. William M. Connolley (talk · contribs)
  12. Adam Cuerden (talk · contribs)
  13. Bosniak (talk · contribs)
  14. Jensbn (talk · contribs)
  15. Cocoaguy (talk · contribs)
  16. Orcasgirl (talk · contribs)
  17. Nishspeak (talk · contribs)
  18. Envirocorrector (talk · contribs)
  19. Rejede (talk · contribs)
  20. ratnerd0 (talk · contribs)
  21. Chriswaterguy (talk · contribs)
  22. Monkwaugh (talk · contribs)
  23. Sea.wolf4 (talk · contribs)
  24. Count Iblis (talk · contribs)
  25. Odd nature (talk · contribs)
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  38. SlashleyMA (talk · contribs)
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The Environmental Barnstar will be awarded by the co-ordinator to those who contribute significantly to the task force.

		The Environmental Barnstar
		This will be presented to the barnstar recipient for their hard work to this task force OhanaUnitedTalk page

Contributions

The Environmental Barnstar will be awarded to dedicated editors of this task force. Please keep track on number of articles that you have improved.

1. Cyrusc (talk · contribs · count) 81
2. Benzocane (talk · contribs · count) 7
3. Parmesan (talk · contribs · count) 2
4. OhanaUnited (talk · contribs · count) 20
5. Rejede (talk · contribs · count) 1
6. Monkwaugh (talk · contribs · count) 1
7. Sea.wolf4 (talk · contribs · count) 1
8. Orcasgirl (talk · contribs · count) 2

Related WikiProjects

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Environment

To do list

The following sections are intended to help task force members collaborate effectively by identifying articles that need attention, working on those articles, and recording our progress. Add new entries to the bottom.

Corporations

1. Barrick Gold: Revise section on environmental record to provide actual sources about problematic practices in Papa New Guinea

Officials

1. Al Gore
2. David Miliband: Add environmental record section
3. James Connaughton:
   1. Remove unsourced and inaccurate paragraph that starts: "Connaughton has extensive experience helping organizations large and small become responsible environmental stewards"
   2. Clarify his role at Sidley, Austin, Brown, and Wood, where he lobbied to reduce government regulations
   3. Add information about controversial edits to governmental reports on climate change. See here
4. Mark Rey: Write article for Mark Rey, former timber lobbyist who is now the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment.

Organizations

1. Democratic Party (United States): Should the section on environmental issues be separate from economic issues? Environment seems broader than economic only. Maybe environment should have its own section.
2. George W. Bush administration: This article could be cleaned up to include a section on the Bush administration's environmental record.
3. U.S. Department of the Interior: The DOI is in charge of most U.S. environmental policies. A controversy section should be added to this entry regarding the policy of appointing officials with strong ties to the industries they are supposed to regulate.

Issues

1. Fast Food, criticisms section: This information should be split out into a separate environmental impact section, as it is more accurate to discuss the "criticisms" of fast food in the context of well-documented impacts on agriculture, deforestation, global warming, etc.
2. Coal mining: The current environmental impact section still needs a little help with some sources.
3. Carbon neutrality: There is an article on Carbon offsets, but it seems like carbon neutrality should have its own entry. See this report for more information.
4. David Suzuki Foundation: check POV and add more references

Completed articles

Elected officials / public figures

1. Canada
   1. Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki: References added.
2. United States
   1. Executive branch
      1. United States Republican Party: record added
      2. Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels: Record added.
      3. Missouri Governor Matt Blunt Added environmental record section.
   2. U.S. House of Representatives
      1. U.S. Representative Bobby Jindal: Record added.
      2. U.S. Representative Dan Boren: Record added.
      3. U.S. Representative Deborah Pryce: Record added.
      4. U.S. Representative Dennis Moore: Record added.
      5. U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter: Added record.
      6. U.S. Representative Heather Wilson: Record added.
      7. U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar: Record added.
      8. U.S. Representative Jerry Moran: Record added.
      9. U.S. Representative Joe Barton: Standardized, augmented record.
      10. U.S. Representative John Dingell: Record added.
      11. U.S. Representative John Peterson: Record added.
      12. U.S. Representative Nancy Boyda: Added brief record section.
      13. U.S. Representative Richard Pombo: Standardized environmental record section.
      14. U.S. House minority whip Roy Blunt: Record added.
      15. U.S. Representative Steve Chabot: Record added.
      16. U.S. Representative Todd Tiahrt: Record added.
   3. United States Senate
      1. U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe: Record added; substantial reorganization of "Views" section.
      2. U.S. Senator John Cornyn: Added paragraph on environmental record.
      3. U.S. Senator John E. Sununu: Record added.
      4. U.S. Senator Judd Gregg: Added record.
      5. U.S. Senator Kit Bond: Record added.
      6. U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski: Record added.
      7. U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell: Record added.
      8. U.S. Senator Pat Roberts: Record added.
      9. U.S. Senator Pete Domenici: Record added.
      10. U.S. Senator Sam Brownback: Record added.
      11. U.S. Senator Wayne Allard: Added record.
   4. U.S. Cabinet
      1. Allan Fitzsimmons: record added.
3. England
   1. London Mayor Ken Livingstone: Record added.
4. Elliot Morley: Record added.

Corporations

1. AES Corporation: record added.
2. AK Steel: Record added.
3. Allegheny Technologies: Added environmental record section
4. American Electric Power: Added record section.
5. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation: Added environmental record section
6. Anheuser-Busch: Environmental impact section added.
7. Apple Inc.: Added Clean Air-Cool Planet report.
8. Ashland Inc.: added record.
9. Ball Corp.: record added.
10. Becton Dickinson: record added.
11. Berkshire Hathaway: Record added.
12. Boeing: Record added.
13. BP: Record added.
14. BT Group: Added environmental record section.
15. Burger King: Added Clean Air-Cool Planet report.
16. Burger King: Added Clean Air-Cool planet report.
17. Canon (company): Added Clean Air-Cool Planet report.
18. Caterpillar, Inc.: Separated Environment section; added consent decree/emissions info
19. CBS: Added Clean Air-Cool Planet report.
20. Cemex: Record added, UK info.
21. Chevron Corporation: Record added.
22. Cinergy: record added.
23. Colgate-Palmolive: Added environmental record section.
24. ConocoPhillips: Record added.
25. Constellation Energy: Record added.
26. Danaher Corporation: Added environmental record section
27. Delphi (auto parts): Added environmental record section
28. Deere and Company: Record added.
29. Dominion Resources: Record added.
30. Dow Chemical Company: Record added.
31. Duke Energy: record added.
32. Eastman Chemical Company: Record added.
33. Emerson Electric Company: record added.
34. Engelhard Corporation: Added environmental record section.
35. ExxonMobil: Record added.
36. FirstEnergy: record added.
37. Ford Motor Company: Record added.
38. General Electric: Record added.
39. General Motors: Record added
40. Georgia-Pacific: Record added.
41. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company: Added environmental record section
42. Google: Record added.
43. Hewlett-Packard: Added Clean Air-Cool Planet report.
44. Hitachi, Ltd.: Added Clean Air-Cool Planet report.
45. Honeywell: Record added.
46. IBM: Added Clean Air-Cool Planet report.
47. International Paper Co.: Added environmental record section
48. Kentucky Fried Chicken: Added Clean Air-Cool Planet report.
49. Leggett & Platt: record added.
50. Lyondell Chemical Company: added record.
51. McDonald's: Added Clean Air-Cool Planet report and Environmental Efforts section.
52. MeadWestvaco: added record.
53. Mirant: record added.
54. Monsanto: Record added.
55. Motorola: Added Clean Air-Cool Planet report.
56. Nike, Inc.: Added Clean Air-Cool Planet report.
57. Northrop Grumman: Record added.
58. Nucor: Record added.
59. Occidental Petroleum: record added.
60. Owens Corning: record added.
61. Phelps Dodge Corp.: Added environmental record section
62. Premcor: added record.
63. Procter & Gamble: record added.
64. Progress Energy Inc: Added environmental record section
65. Public Service Electric and Gas Company: added record.
66. Reliant Energy: record added.
67. Samsung: Added Clean Air-Cool Planet report.
68. Siemens AG: Added Clean Air-Cool Planet report.
69. Smurfit-Stone Container: record added.
70. Sony: Added Clean Air-Cool Planet report.
71. Starbucks: Added Clean Air-Cool Planet report.
72. Sunoco: record added.
73. Taco Bell: Added Clean Air-Cool Planet report.
74. TECO Energy: record added.
75. Temple-Inland Inc.: Added environmental record section
76. Tesoro Corp.: Added environmental record section
77. Textron: record added.
78. Toshiba: Added Clean Air-Cool Planet report.
79. United Technologies Corporation: record added.
80. U.S. Steel: Record added.
81. Valero Energy Corporation: Record added.
82. Wendy's: Added Clean Air-Cool Planet report.
83. Weyerhaeuser: record added.
84. Yorkshire Water: Record added.

Other

1. Climate change denial: New article focuses on disinformation
2. Climate change and agriculture: Added information about land use' role in climate change
3. Attribution of recent climate change: Added information about causes to which climate change is attributed
4. Cattle: Filled out and created own subject: environmental impact.
5. Green Fleets: Added article
6. Federal land use policy: An article including information on how Federal lands have been made available to energy companies is called for. This could be a new article and/or an expansion of Land use politics.

Resources

Let's pool our knowledge to determine the most accurate and effective research methods for this project.

U.S. Policymakers

The following pages have assembled environmental ratings for United States politicians.

• Republicans for Environmental protection

REP Congressional Scorecard 2006

REP Congressional Scorecard 2005

• League of Conservation Voters

LCV National Environmental Scorecard 2006

LCV National Environmental Scorecard 2005

UK General

• Parmesan works at ENDS, publishers of the British environmental business and policy journal The ENDS Report and has full access to the on-line journal at home. Happy to take requests for research on businesses and notable people in the UK.

Categories

• Category:Environmental organizations
• Category:Environmentalists by nationality
• Category:Denialism

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