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Quoth the Raven, "Endeavor More"
Unless we act quickly and decisively, one-third of the plant species on Earth could go extinct within 50 years, Peter Raven, director of the Missouri Botanical Garden, said yesterday at a conference of the International Botanical Congress in St. Louis, Mo. Among Raven’s recommendations is the creation of a new political entity, probably under the […]
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A Buttload of Energy
The Department of Energy is putting $5 million into a project to transform manure, sewage, food wastes, and agricultural leftovers into electric power. A pilot plant is expected to process up to 100 tons a day of waste, which will be combined into a low-cost, energy-rich combustible slurry that could be used cleanly in conventional […]
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Timber Sales Get the Ax
The feds broke the law when they awarded nine timber contracts in the Northwest that failed to protect rare and endangered species as stipulated under the Northwest Forest Plan, a federal judge ruled yesterday. The judge — the same one who halted timber sales over the northern spotted owl — sided with 13 enviro groups […]
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Is It Time for Recess Yet, Mr. Vice President?
Vice Pres. Al Gore yesterday warned a group of fifth graders that more heat waves are likely in the future because of global warming and told the kids that Republicans in Congress were blocking funds that could help save the environment. Gore and Bill Nye, who hosts a TV science program for kids, unveiled new […]
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Jamie Lennox, Alliance for the Wild Rockies
Jamie Lennox is membership coordinator for the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and a board member of the Wild Rockies Legislative Action Fund. He previously worked for the Missoula Independent, a weekly newspaper. He lives in Missoula, Mont. Monday, 2 Aug 1999 MISSOULA, Mont. Today, I am pondering wilderness. I write and rewrite about my […]
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Bright Lights, Big Donations
GOP presidential hopeful George W. Bush is winning over big business with help from a college chum, Thomas Kuhn, head of the Edison Electric Institute, an electric utility trade group. Trade associations have traditionally kept quiet during presidential nomination battles, but this year they are speaking out early and declaring their allegiance to Bush. Lobbyists […]
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I've Seen Fire and I've Seen Rainforests
A thick, hazy smog caused by the burning of rainforests in Indonesia is spreading across Southeast Asia this week, reminiscent of the 1997 smog that caused rampant health problems and that cost Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia some $4 billion. Satellite pictures show that most of the fires have been started by owners of Indonesian plantations, […]
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A Hot New Trend
The hot, dry weather that is now plaguing much of the U.S., and which has killed 182 people, appears to extend what federal scientists say is a trend toward more extreme summer temperatures since World War II. While most scientists are hesitant to attribute any individual heat wave to global warming, some note that the […]
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Bay Watch
The San Francisco Bay looks and smells a lot better these days than it did 30 years ago, in part because municipal sewage and industrial waste are no longer dumped directly into the water. But many fish and wildlife species in the Bay are still in steep decline. The problem now is numerous small sources […]
