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Sweet Chile o’ Mine
Two Americans take political heat for preserving Chilean wilderness Douglas Tompkins and his wife Kristine McDivitt own more than 2,000 square miles of Patagonian wilderness, and they’re determined to preserve it — even if some Chileans don’t appreciate the conservationist gesture. Their Pumalín Park holding encompasses huge swaths of virgin forest, free-flowing streams, and scenic […]
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Nukonomics 101
Efficiency much cheaper than nuke power as way to curb carbon emissions The market economics of nuclear power don’t add up to a climate-change solution, particularly when compared to simple, proven energy-efficiency techniques, argues Mark Hertsgaard in the San Francisco Chronicle. But you wouldn’t know it from listening to the current public debate. Collapse author […]
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Ursa Rager
Green groups divided over next moves to protect Yellowstone grizzlies A schism is growing in the environmental movement over Bush administration plans to remove Yellowstone’s grizzly bears from the endangered-species list. Bear numbers have roughly tripled since 1975, to about 600 bears today. Some ursine advocates want to call it a story of successful species […]
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Readers talk back about John Roberts, nuclear power, Wal-Mart, and more
Re: Toadus Operandi Dear Editor: Your piece on Supreme Court nominee John Roberts lacked a bit of perspective. While Roberts may or may not have sympathy for the environmental movement, his rulings in In Re: Cheney (2003) and Sierra Club v. EPA (2004) were right legally, even though they didn’t favor the “environmentalist position.” […]
