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Burma Shaved
Hundreds of square miles of Burma’s ancient tropical forests have been stripped bare in recent years to fuel the increasing demand for wood products in China. China’s growing economy and a logging ban to protect the remaining forests in 18 Chinese provinces have led the country to look to neighboring countries to meet its need […]
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Dreaded Wheat
Some farmers in the U.S. are joining environmental and consumer groups in opposing genetically engineered crops, adding strength to campaigns to have the crops regulated more tightly. More than 40 state bills have been introduced this year to regulate the crops or the labeling of foods made from them. In North Dakota, a bill to […]
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All Your Acid Are Belong to Us
Forests and lakes in the Northeast are still being hurt by acid rain despite cuts in power plant emissions mandated by Congress in 1990, according to a study appearing today in the journal BioScience. In fact, the study’s authors recommend an additional 80 percent drop in emissions to help the ecosystems bounce back. (We’ll see […]
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Boxer Rebellion
Democrats say that President Bush’s recent moves to roll back environmental protections have given them their first rallying point since Bush took office. “We believe that George W. Bush has declared war on the environment,” said Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) last week. Mark Mellman, a leading Democratic pollster, said, “I think Bush is in the […]
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Waste Watchers
More than 10,000 demonstrators protested in the German town of Lueneburg on Saturday in anticipation of shipments of reprocessed nuclear waste from France to Germany that begin today. Transport of the waste, which originated from German nuclear reactors and was sent to a French reprocessing center in the 1990s, was suspended in 1998 when officials […]
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Vinyl Jeopardy
A PBS documentary tonight by Bill Moyers focuses on the dangers of exposure to vinyl chloride, asserting that the chemical industry has gone to great lengths to cover up the risks of the chemical, which is used for making plastic products. For example, a 1984 industry document outlines how the industry created the illusion of […]
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Noelle Barger, San Diego Oceans Foundation
Noelle Barger is operations manager for the San Diego Oceans Foundation (SDOF), a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting ocean stewardship through community-supported projects. Monday, 26 Mar 2001 SAN DIEGO, Calif. Imagine this: You are standing in front of a crowd of 100 people, your body is moist from what I call “the nervous sweat,” your […]
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Maybe They Just Needed to Venti
As Starbucks executives joyously announced a stock split to shareholders during the company’s annual meeting in Seattle on Tuesday, demonstrators gathered outside the meeting and stores in 100 other U.S. cities to denounce the company’s use of genetically engineered ingredients in some products. The protesters, organized by the Organic Consumers Association, particularly object to the […]
