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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 primarily 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.

Members

The Environmental Barnstar will be awarded by the co-ordinator to those who contributes significantly to the task force.

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


Related WikiProjects

To do

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

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) 41
  2. Benzocane (talk · contribs · count) 7
  3. Parmesan (talk · contribs · count) 2
  4. OhanaUnited (talk · contribs · count) 20

Active articles

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.

Name of article What is needed
Al Gore
Delphi (auto parts) Add environmental record section
Tesoro Corp. Add environmental record section
Phelps Dodge Corp. Add environmental record section
Temple-Inland Inc. Add environmental record section
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Add environmental record section
Allegheny Technologies Add environmental record section
International Paper Co. Add environmental record section
Progress Energy Inc Add environmental record section
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Add environmental record section
Danaher Corporation Add environmental record section
Engelhard Corporation Add environmental record section
Elliot Morley Add environmental record section
David Miliband Add environmental record section
BT Group Add environmental record section
Google Add environmental record section
Ken Livingstone Add environmental record section
Caterpillar Inc.
  • Move environmental issues from criticisms to their own environmental record section
  • Include information about consent decree that came in response to Caterpillar intentionally avoiding emissions standards in some of their engines. More here
James Connaughton
  • Remove unsourced and inaccurate paragraph that starts: "Connaughton has extensive experience helping organizations large and small become responsible environmental stewards"
  • Clarify his role at Sidley, Austin, Brown, and Wood, where he lobbied to reduce government regulations
  • Add information about controversial edits to governmental reports on climate change. See here
Barrick Gold
  • Revise section on environmental record to provide actual sources about problematic practices in Papa New Guinea
United States Republican Party

Work/monitoring in progress

Name of article What is being worked on
David Suzuki Foundation check POV and add more references

Completed

Individuals

Corporations

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.

REP Congressional Scorecard 2006
REP Congressional Scorecard 2005
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

Templates

Recruiting

The ERTF actively recruits editors whose contributions demonstrate the skills and knowledge we need. Post this template on promising user talk pages!

You are being recruited by the Environmental Record Task Force, a collaborative project committed to accurately and consistently representing the environmental impact of policymakers, corporations, and institutions throughout the encyclopedia. Join us!

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Under Review

Please use this template to tag articles in need of review:

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Userboxes

Once you've joined the task force, please post either one of these userboxes on your userpage:

This user is a member of the Environmental Record Task Force.

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