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Kenyans' Ivory Weigh-In
Six months after Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe held controversial sales of ivory stocks, there is widespread disagreement over whether the sales sparked incidents of elephant poaching. An international ban on the sale and trade of ivory was imposed in 1989, but the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species allowed the three nations to hold […]
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Enviros Teamster Up With Unions
After years of sometimes testy relations, labor unions and environmental groups in the U.S. are joining forces to push for stronger protections for jobs and the environment at World Trade Organization talks in Seattle beginning November 30. Their coalition, the Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment, is kicking things off today with a full-page […]
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Iceburg: Lettuce Hope This Isn't a Trend
A massive iceberg measuring about 50 miles by 17 miles is traveling toward the southern tip of South America at speeds of eight to 10 miles a day and is threatening to block shipping lanes. The iceberg, known as B-10A, broke away from Antarctica in 1992; some scientists attribute this break-up of Antarctic ice to […]
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State of the Wal-Mart
States are increasingly taking strong action to curb sprawl, according to a report released today by the Sierra Club. The report ranks states on open space protection, land use planning, transportation planning, and community revitalization, and notes that Oregon, Vermont, Maryland, and Rhode Island, among other states, are creating innovative programs to tackle sprawl. Though […]
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Bad Magic for Forest NMFs
A federal judge ruled last week that 24 timber sales in Oregon cannot go forward until the federal government ensures that they will not harm fish protected by the Endangered Species Act. The ruling, which came in a lawsuit filed in January by the Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund on behalf of several fishing and enviro […]
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Mr. Right, Meet Mr. Left
GOP presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) said yesterday that Republicans “have to do a lot more than they are doing today on the environment.” During a visit to Seattle, he decried the $5 billion maintenance shortfall for national parks and challenged GOP congressional leaders to fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which […]
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Where Some See Profits, Others Sea Turtles
The heads of five prominent environmental groups accused the Clinton administration yesterday of abandoning environmental concerns as it prepares for the upcoming World Trade Organization meeting, to begin in Seattle in late November. The groups — including the National Wildlife Federation and Friends of the Earth — all claim to support global trade, but they […]
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Timber! Chainsaw-Happy Policy to be Cut Down
In a major shift, the ecological health of national forests would be given precedence over logging and other commercial uses of the forestland in regulations proposed yesterday by the Clinton administration. The proposed rules would likely lock in or reduce the relatively low logging levels of recent years, down significantly from the astronomical logging levels […]
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Tiggers Not Very Bouncy
Only some 5,000 to 7,000 tigers remain living in the wild — fewer than exist in captivity — and urgent action is needed to stop the creatures from disappearing completely, conservation experts warned yesterday. The tiger population has fallen from about 100,000 at the turn of the century, and three sub-species have already gone extinct. […]
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Windows Wide Shut
In the worst accident in Japan’s troubled history with nuclear power, workers in a fuel plant 87 miles northwest of Tokyo accidentally set off a chain reaction yesterday morning that spewed high levels of radiation into the air. More than 40 people, most of them plant employees, were being treated for radiation exposure, three people […]
